• BMB Reports
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2012

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predatory bacterium which attacks and consumes other bacterial strains, including the well known pathogens E. coli O157 : H7, Salmonella typhimurium and Helicobacter pylori. This remarkable activity has been the focus of research for nearly five decades, with exciting practical applications to medical, agriculture and farming practices recently being published. This article reviews many of the exciting steps research into this bacterium, and similar bacteria, has taken, focusing primarily on their use as both an antibiotic to remove harmful and pathogenic bacteria and as a probiotic to help curb and control the bacterial populations within the intestinal tract. Owing to the unique and dual nature of this bacterium, this review proposes the use of "amphibiotic" to describe these bacteria and their activities.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2018

Tarak is a traditional Korean fermented milk product, which is prepared by the addition of rice wine to milk. The major microbial strains found in Tarak are Leuconostoc citreum, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactococcus lactis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Pichia kudriavzevii. The activity of lactic acid bacteria isolated from traditional Korean foods of Taraki against the carcinogenic bacteria Helicobacter pylori, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Cronobacter sakazakii was characterized. Tarak extract significantly increased the proliferation of T-lymphocyte Jurkat (clone E6-1) cells. Tarak also inhibited the tyrosinase activity and melanin biosynthesis induced by an ${\alpha}$-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in pituitary intermediate lobe.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.389-406
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• 2007

This study was conducted to estimate the safety level of non-cooking and cooking processed foods to propose the sanitary management of foods donated to foodbanks. The time and temperature were measured and the microbial levels of aerobic plate counts (APC), coliforms, E. coli, Salmonella spp., S. aureus, B. cereus, and E. coli O157:H7 were analyzed on ten food items donated to seven foodbanks. The amount of cooked foods donated to each foodbank was about 10 to 40 servings. All foodbanks hired a supervisor and had at least one refrigerator/freezer and one temperature-controlled vehicle, but only four foodbanks had the separate offices to manage the foodbank operation. The flow of donated foods was gone through the steps; production, meal service and holding at donator, collection by foodbank, transport (or holding after transport) and distribution to recipients. After production, the levels of APC of both non-cooking and cooking processed foods were complied with the standards by Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development, and were not increased till distribution. Only the level of coliforms in dried squid & cucumber salad (1.5×$10^3$ CFU/g) was not met the standards. E. coli and other pathogens were not detected in all tested samples. The microbial levels of delivery vessels and work tables were satisfactory, but the APC levels of two of four tested serving tables (6.9×$10^3$ and 5.3×$10^3$ CFU/100$cm^2$) and the coliforms level of one (1.1×$10^3$ CFU/100$cm^2$) were over the standards. The air-borne microflora level in serving room was estimated as satisfactory. It took about 3.0 to 6.5 hours from after-production to distribution and the temperatures of donated foods were exposed mostly to temperature danger zone, which had a high potential of microbial growth. These results imply that a checklist to monitor time and temperature in each step should be provided and the employees involving foodbank operation should be properly educated to ensure the safety of donated foods.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.203-208
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• 2013

This survey was conducted to evaluate the microbial contamination level of butcher's shops in Seoul, Korea. For microbial inspections, a total of 584 samples (146 cotton work gloves, 146 utensils and equipments, 154 beef samples, 138 pork samples) were collected from butcher's shops. E. coli and pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Yersinia enterocolitica, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., and E. coli O157:H7 were tested in the samples. As a result, the level of aerobic plate count (APC) ranged ${\leq}10^4\;CFU/cm^2$ from utensils and equipments, $10^1{\sim}10^9$ CFU/glove from cotton work gloves and ${\leq}10^6$ CFU/g from meat. The APC level of E. coli ranged ${\leq}10^1\;CFU/cm^2$ from utensils and equipments, ${\leq}10^5$ CFU/glove from cotton work gloves, and ${\leq}10^3$ CFU/g from meat, respectively. Staphylococcus aureus was detected in 2 beef samples, 1 pork sample, and 10 used cotton work gloves. Yersinia enterocolitica was detected in 3 beef samples, 1 pork sample, and 3 used cotton work gloves. Listeria monocytogenes was detected in 2 used cotton work gloves. In order to improve the sanitation status of butcher's shops, application of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) or SSOP (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure), regular hygiene education, and continuous monitoring for microorganisms will be required.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.160-169
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• 2000

This study was conducted to understand the inhibitory garlic and ginger against the growth of food born pathogenic bacteria. Juice was prepared from the raw spices by using an electric homogenizer and membrane filter. Dry-powdered spices were treated with double distilled water and 70% ethanol to extract the antibacterial substances, respectively. Growth inhibitory effects of juice and extracts of the spices were monitored by using bacterial strains such as B. subtilis, L. moncytogenes, S. aureus,E. coli O157 : H7, P. aeruginosa, and S. typhimurium. On a solid medium where E. coli and S. aureus cells were grown, ginger juice formed inhibitory zone at the concentrations of 2-10% by paper disc test. The Bone formed by ginger juice was wider and more transparent than that formed by garlic juice on the same concentration.1. monocytogenes and B. subtilis were more sensitive to garlic juice than others, and stopped growing at 2% garlic juice. Ginger juice showed the growth inhibition by 30-50% at 1.0% concentration. On the contrast, P. aeruginosa which resisted to the garlic juice was the most sensitive to ginger juice. Water extract of garlic was not effective to inhibit the bacterial growth, while 2% ginger extract completely inhibited the growth of E. coli and S. aureus. Alcohol extract of ginger inhibited the growth of bacteria at the concentration of 0.3%. This growth inhibition is almost 10 times lower than that of the garlic extract. It was clear that ginger had more potential than garlic as an inhibitor to control the growth of the indicator organisms.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1229-1235
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• 2006

A lab-on-a-chip (LoC) was designed for simultaneous monitoring of microorganisms, antibiotic residues, somatic cells, and pH in raw milk. The LoC was fabricated from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology, which consisted of two parts; a protein array and microchannel. The protein array was fabricated by immobilizing five types of antibodies corresponding to two microorganisms, two antibiotic residues, and somatic cells. A sol-gel film was deposited on a glass substrate to immobilize the antibodies. The target analytes in raw milk could be bound with the corresponding antibody by an immunoreaction, and the antigen-antibody complex was detected using fluorescence microscopy. SNARF-dextran was used as a pH indicator, and the SNARF-entrapped hydrogel was attached to the microchannel in the chip. After injecting the milk sample into the channel, the pH was measured by monitoring the change in fluorescence intensity by fluorescence microscopy. The on-chip simultaneous assay of two microorganisms (E. coli O157:H7 and Streptococcus agalactiae), two antibiotic residues (penicillin G and dihydrostreptomycin), and neutrophils was successfully accomplished using the proposed LoC system.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.86-90
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• 2004

저자들은 복통과 구토, 혈변을 주소로 내원한 환아의 바륨 대장 조영술에서 무지문양(thumb-printing)을 확인하여 허혈성 대장염 진단하에 치료 중 미세혈관성 용혈성 빈혈과 혈소판 감소, 전해질 불균형과 급격한 소변량 감소의 급성 신부전 소견을 확인하고 허혈성 대장염에 동반된 용혈성 요독 증후군을 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.540-563
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• 1998

This Study has been carried out to make a recommendation for the next amendment of the Infectious Disease Prevention Act with a specific focus on the kind of notifyable disease. Korean, Japanese, German, U.S, English and French acts on infectious diseases prevention were reviewed, compared with and analized in regards of numbers and kinds of notifyable infectious diseases and their tendency of amendments. An criteria was designed to assess the level of validity of diseases to be designated in the act. Four items, the fatality (greater than 10% or not), the possibility to make a big epidemic, the availability of efficient vaccination and the usefulness of isolation, are used in the assessment. This index is applied to the diseases in Korean and other countries' Infectious Disease Prevention Acts. Results are as follows: 1. The Korean Infectious Disease Preventon Act has a unique way of classifying the notifyable infectious disease, that is, the first, the second and the third class. But the author cannot find the basis of classification. No other countries reviewed have the similar classification. 2. The ten diseases, cholera, plague, yellow fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, poliomyelitis, rabies, tetanus, malaria, and meningococcal meningitis are designated as the notifyable diseases not only in Korea but also in Japan, Germany, United States, England and france. 3. Thirty seven diseases including small pox, Lassa fever, anthrax, influenza, German measles, Legionellosis, infection with E. coli O157:H7, Q-fever, brucellosis, Lyme disease are designated as legal disease at least one of the above mentioned countries. 4. The Korea has been coped with the change of the infectious disease occurrence for last fifty years in amendment of the Infectious Disease Prevention Act. 5. Japan has a special infectious surveillance system composed of 3,880 clinics throughout the whole country. 6. Germany has classified infectious diseases in five categories which are based on seriousness of disease. Any confirmed death, cases and suspected cases in class I should be reported within 24 hours. But only confirmed death and cases in class II, but not suspected cases, are reportable in Germarny. 7. Plague, bacillary dysentery, pertussis, mumps, Japanese encephaltis and Korean hemorrhagic fevers are diseases with high credits validity index among Korean legal disease. 8. German measles, anthrax, E. coli O157 : H7 infection, Lassa fever, Q-fever, brucellosis are high in validity index among those which are not designated in Korea but designated in other countries. In conclusion, the Korean Infectious Disease Prevention Act has well been coped with the changes of infectious disease occurrence for last fifty years, but the classification basis and the validity of diseases to be designated as legal diseases is worth reevaluating.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 현대인들에게 간식 또는 식사대용으로도 많이 소비되고 있는 샌드위치와 그 제조사업장에 대한 병원성 세균검사를 통하여 한 제조사업장의 행주에서 L. monocytogenes가 분리되었으며 모든 사업장의 원료와 샌드위치 20종에서 11주의 S. aureus를 분리하였으며, 이들 분리된 균주에 대하여 각각 26종과 20종의 항생제 내성 검사를 실시하여 샌드위치와 제조환경에 대한 항생제 노출정도를 알아보았다. C 사업장의 행주에서 분리된 L. monocytogenes는 총 26종의 항생제에 대하여 38.5%의 항생제 내성율을 나타내었다. penicillin계열의 항생제인 Am, OX, P에 모두 내성을 나타내었으며, aminoglycoside계열의 항생제인 AM, Gm, K, S, N에 대해서는 모두 감수성을 나타내었다. 총 70종의 시료에서 11주의 S. aureus가 검출되었으며 모두 구운 고기, 햄, 야채 등의 원료와 샌드위치에서 분리되었다. penicillin계열의 P와 Am에 90.9%로 가장 높은 내성율을 보였으며 OX에도 36.4%의 내성율을 나타내어 MRSA가 4주 확인되었다. 그리고 인체용 의약품 혹은 가축의 성장촉진제로서 사료에 첨가되는 B에 대하여 모든 분리균이 중간내성으로 나타나 B에 노출되어 있음을 시사하였다. PAmB 또는 OX을 포함하는 분리균주는 KECXM에 대해서도 내성을 나타내어 6, 7약제 내성형 이었으며 야채와 샌드위치에서 분리된 S. aureus라는 공통점을 보였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2005

1996년도에 서울${\cdot}$경기지역 소재의 재래시장과 백화점에서 판매되고 있던 계육과 계란을 구입하여 각종 미생물학적 위생실태를 조사하였다. 먼저 계육을 구입처에 따라 구분하고 총균수, 대장균군수와 포도상구군수를 산정하여 오염도를 비교하였으며, 또한 주요 인수공통 병원균들인 Salmonella 속균을 비롯하여 Campylobacter jejuni, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus 및 E. coli O157:H7에 대해서도 분리율을 조사하였다. 그리고 비교를 위해서 수입판매 되고 있는 미국과 중국산의 수입계육과 국내산 계육에 대해서도 전술한 바의 각종 미생물학적 위생실태를 비교조사 하였던 바 그 성적을 보고하고자 하였다. 먼저 미생물오염도비교조사에서 백화점의 시판계육은 총세균수와 대장균군수에 있어서 재래시장의 시판계육보다도 낮은 세균오염도를 보였지만, 포도상구균수에 있어서는 오히려 백화점의 시판계육에서 더욱 높은 오염도를 나타내었다. Salmonella 속균의 분리율 성적에서는 재래시장의 시판계육이 $76.5\%$의 분리율을 보였고, 백화점의 시판계육은 $60\%$의 균분리율을 나타내었으며, 국내 시판계육 전체적으로는 $68.8\%$의 Salmonella 분리율을 나타내었다. 한편 인수공통 병원균인 Listeria 속균의 분리율 성적은 재래시장의 시판계육이 $73.3\%$로서 백화점 시판계육의 $53.\%$ 보다도 더욱 높았고, 전체적으로는 $63.3\%$의 분리율 성적을 보였다. 반면에 Campylobacter 속균의 경우에는 백화점 시판계육이 $80\%$로서 재래시장의 시판계육의 $53.3\%$ 보다도 높은 분리율 성적을 보였으며, 전체적으로는 $64.0\%$의 분리율을 나타내어 Salmonella속균에 이어서 두 번째로 높은 균분리율을 보였다. 그러나 국내산 시판계육에서 E. coli O157:H7 균주는 전혀 분리되지 않았다. 국내 및 수입산(미국 & 중국) 닭부분육(닭다리, 닭날개 및 발골육)에 대한 각종 미생물의 오염도 조사에서 대장균군수의 경우 양자 간에 비슷한 수준이었으나, 총세균수와 포도상구균수에 있어서는 수입산 계육이 국내산 보다 $10\~100$ 배정도 낮은 오염도를 보였다. 닭날개(Wings)의 경우 국내산에서는 S.typhimurium $(33\%)$이 분리 되었으나, 미국산 닭날개에서는 Salmonella 속균이 전혀 분리되지 않아 대조적이었다. 하지만, 중국산의 닭부분육(혼합육)에서는 S. enteritidis와 L. monocytogenes도 함께 분리되었다. 그러나 부분육의 경우 국내산 및 수입산 모두에서 Campylobacter 속균과 E. coli O157:H7 균주는 전혀 분리되지 않았다. 서울${\cdot}$경기지역의 재래시장과 백화점에서 시판되고 있는 계란 총 446개에 대해서도 동일한 절차와 방법으로 조사하였던바, 재래시장에서 구입했던 계란의 난각부분(Egg-shell)에서만 가금티푸스(fowl Typhoid)의 병원체인 S. gallinarum이 1주$(0.2\%)$만이 분리되었고, 기타 세균으로서는 대장균군이 역시 난각에서 가장 높은 빈도로 분리되었고, 난황(Yolk)에서는 극히 낮은 수준의 세균오염도를 보였다.