• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.111-118
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• 1988

유기산 생산균인 L. casei Y, Str. faecium C, Str. faecalis, Cl. butyricum M, B. toyoi를 사료첨가제와 발효유로부터 분리 확인하여 이들 균주가 자돈의 대장균증 설사를 유발시키는 E. coli $A_2$, E. coli G$_7$에 대하여 in vitro에서는 어떤 항균효과를 나타내는지 조사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. L. casei Y, Str. faecium C, Str. faecalis, B. toyoi Cl. butyricum M을 각각 배양한 BL broth 3일 배양액은 모두 E. coli $A_2$와 E. coli G$_7$에 대하여 항균효과를 나타내었고, 이들 배양액을 E. coli $A_2$와 E. coli G$_7$에 대한 발육 Disc 확산시험 결과 그 저지환 직경은 각각 15mm와 17mm, 14mm와 15mm, 13mm와 14mm, 11mm와 13 mm, 10mm와 12mm 였다. 2. 유기산 생산 능력이 우수한 균일수록 E. coli $A_2$와 E. coli G$_7$에 대한 항균력이 높게 관찰되었으며, L. casei Y와 Str. faecium C가 이들 두 대장균에 대하여 높은 항균력을 나타내었다. 3. 유기산 생성균과 대장균(E. coli $A_2$, E. coli G$_7$)을 BL broth 에 혼합 배양할 때 E. coli $A_2$와 E. coli G$_7$은 배양액의 pH가 5.0 이하일 때 생육억제 되었고, pH 4.5 이하였을 때 사멸되었다. 4. 생성된 유기산은 배양액의 pH를 저하시킴과 동시에 항균성 물질로 직접 작용하여 E. coli $A_2$와 E. coli G$_7$의 생육저해 또는 사멸을 유도하였다. 5. E. coli $A_2$가 E. coli G$_7$보다 유기산 생산균의 대사산물에 대하여 더 높은 내성을 갖고 있었다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.417-422
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• 1986

The specimens were collected from 89 diarrheal patients who had visited Pusan National University Hospital from June to September 1985. They were cultured and tested for the bacteriological identification of causative agents. In this study we identified 5 strains of Salmonella species, 5 strains of Shigella species, 2 strains of Y. enterocolitica, and 17 strains of enteric pathogenic E. coli. Enteric pathogenic E. coli were classified into enterotoxigenic E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, and enteroinvasive E. coli by serological type. We tried to isolate V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus too but we cannot find them out.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 1988

This study was conducted to isolate etiological agents from the 103 scouring piglets in Gyeongnam area and also carried out antimicrobial drug susceptibility test and epidemiogical served. The incidence of scouring piglet was most prevalent as 81.6% in the age of 2 to 4 weeks after birth, while the rate was less than 10% in the age of 5 to 6 weeks and under 1 week after birch. When compared the isolation frequency of the each etiological agent, enteropathogenic E. coli was most prevalent as 46.6%, thermophilic Campylobacter 26.2% and Salmonellae was 8.7% in order. In the OK serotyping for 117 isolates of enteropathogenic E. coli, type 0141 : K85 (20.5%), 0157:K88ac(14.5%), 0138:K81 and 0149:K91 (13.3%) were encountered most frequently. In the biotyping for 27 isolates of thermophilic Campylobacter, most strains of C. jejuni were belong to type I (50.0%) and II (25.0%), and most strains of C. coli were belong to biotype I (78.9%). In the serotyping for 9 strains of Salmonellae, 3 strains were grouped as D, 2 strains as C. and each 1 strain was group B and E. The other 2 strains were untypable. The 117 isolates of enteropathogenic E. coli were resistant more than 90% to erythromycin, penicillin, tetracycline and streptomycin, wherease about 90% of the isolates were sensitive to kanamycin and gentamicin. In the case of Salmonellae, all of the isolates were resistant to penicillin, but about 89% of the isolates were sensitive to gentamicin and colistin. All of C. jejuni and C. coli isolates were resistant to cephalothin, but more than 89% of C.jejuni and C. coli were sensitive to kanamycin and gentamicin.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.28.1-28.18
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• 2022

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a major cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries. However, sporadic outbreaks caused by this microorganism in developed countries are frequently reported recently. As an important zoonotic pathogen, EPEC is being monitored annually in several countries. Hallmark of EPEC infection is formation of attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions on the small intestine. To establish A/E lesions during a gastrointestinal tract (GIT) infeciton, EPEC must thrive in diverse GIT environments. A variety of stress responses by EPEC have been reported. These responses play significant roles in helping E. coli pass through GIT environments and establishing E. coli infection. Stringent response is one of those responses. It is mediated by guanosine tetraphosphate. Interestingly, previous studies have demonstrated that stringent response is a universal virulence regulatory mechanism present in many bacterial pathogens including EPEC. However, biological signficance of a bacterial stringent response in both EPEC and its interaction with the host during a GIT infection is unclear. It needs to be elucidated to broaden our insight to EPEC pathogenesis. In this review, diverse responses, including stringent response, of EPEC during a GIT infection are discussed to provide a new insight into EPEC pathophysiology in the GIT.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.283-289
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• 2013

The antibiotic chemotherapy produces sometimes side effects and fails to eliminate bacterial infection. The occurrence of strains resistant to antibiotics would be expected to increase, and it is nowadays important to search for non-antibiotic substances. We are aimed to evaluate the effects of Torilis fructus extracts against enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) in Piglets. The piglets were divided with three groups; Negative control group, E. coli-infected positive control group, and the Torilis fructus extracts treated group with E. coli infection. During the study period, we compared clinical signs, weight increase rate, fecal scores, gross findings between the treated group and non treated group. After necropsy, necropsy findings and histopathological findings were conducted with the comparison between the groups. As the results of this study, the Torilis fructus extracts additive showed the effects on the suppression of E. coli-induced lesions. On the basis of this study results, our data suggest that the Torilis fructus extracts additive have the antimicrobial effects. The Torilis fructus extracts additive could be used as the alternative material for antimicrobial feed additives.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.393-398
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 선택배지와 건조필름을 이용하여 신선편이 엽채류 3종(양상추, 양배추, 어린잎채소)에서 병원성 E. coli를 분리하였고, 의심집락 동정을 위해 생화학적 분석법을 사용하여 동정한 후 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 양상추 20 g, 양배추 20 g, 어린잎채소 10 g에 병원성 E. coli 혼합 균액(Enterohemorrhagic E. coli NCCP11142, Enterotoxigenic E. coli NCCP14037, Enteropathogenic E. coli NCCP14038, Enteroaggregative E. coli NCCP14039, Enteropathogenic E. coli NCCP15661)을 최종농도가 1, 2, 3 log CFU/g이 되도록 접종하였고, BPW (80~90 ml)을 넣은 후 60초 동안 균질화하여 분석하였다. 연구결과, 모든 시료에서 건조필름 시험 양성, 양상추 시료 일부(최종농도 3 log CFU/g 접종시료)를 제외한 모든 시료에서 증균배양법을 이용한 정성시험결과가 음성으로 나타났다. 증균배양과 건조필름 시험을 통해 분리한 병원성 E. coli를 이용하여 생화학적 분석을 실시한 결과, 양상추에서 분리한 병원성 E. coli의 경우, API 20E 100% (44/44), Microgen GNA 100% (44/44), Food System 66.7% (10/15)의 동정률이 나타났다. 양배추의 경우, API 20E 64.7% (22/34), Microgen GNA 50% (16/32), Food System 60% (9/15), 어린잎채소의 경우, API 20E 65.1% (28/43), Microgen GNA 62.3% (27/43), Food System 53.3% (8/15)가 병원성 E. coli로 동정되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 신선편이 엽채류에 대한 병원성 E. coli 검출법 선택에 유용하게 이용될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2008년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.37-37
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• 2008

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.1191-1199
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• 2021

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), which belongs to the attaching and effacing diarrheagenic E. coli strains, is a major causative agent of life-threatening diarrhea in infants in developing countries. Most EPEC isolates correspond to certain O serotypes; however, many strains are non-typeable. Two EPEC strains, EPEC001 and EPEC080, which could not be serotyped during routine detection, were isolated. In this study, we conducted an in-depth characterization of their putative O-antigen gene clusters (O-AGCs) and also performed constructed mutagenesis of the O-AGCs for functional analysis of O-antigen (OAg) synthesis. Sequence analysis revealed that the occurrence of O-AGCs in EPEC001 and E. coli O132 may be mediated by recombination between them, and EPEC080 and E. coli O2/O50 might acquire each O-AGC from uncommon ancestors. We also indicated that OAg-knockout bacteria were highly adhesive in vitro, except for the EPEC001 wzy derivative, whose adherent capability was less than that of its wild-type strain, providing direct evidence that OAg plays a key role in EPEC pathogenesis. Together, we identified two EPEC O serotypes in silico and experimentally, and we also studied the adherent capabilities of their OAgs, which highlighted the fundamental and pathogenic role of OAg in EPEC.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2004

In order to understand the molecular basis of selective expression of stationary-phase genes by RNA polymerase containing$\sigma$$\^$38/ (E$\sigma$$\^$38/) in Escherichia coli, we examined transcription from the stationary-phase promoters, katEP, bo1AP, hdeABP, csgBAP, and mcbP, in vivo and in vitro. Although these pro-moters are preferentially recognized in vivo by E$\sigma$$\^$38/, they are transcribed in vitro by both E$\sigma$$\^$38/ and E$\sigma$$\^$70/ containing the major exponential $\sigma$, $\sigma$$\^$70/. In the presence of high concentrations of glutamate salts, how-ever, oldy E$\sigma$$\^$38/ was able to efficiently transcribe from these promoters, which supports the concept that the promoter selectivity of $\sigma$$\^$38/-containing RNA polymerase is observed only under specific reaction con-ditions. The examination of 6S RNA, which is encoded by the ssr1 gene in vivo, showed that it reduced E$\sigma$$\^$70/ activity during the stationary phase, but this reduction of activity did not result in the elevation of E$\sigma$$\^$38/ activity. Thus, the preferential expression of stationary-phase genes by E$\sigma$$\^$38/ is unlikely the con-sequence of selective inhibition of E$\sigma$$\^$70/ by 6S RNA.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 1987

To determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in fecal E. coli and to investigate possible associations between antibiotic resistance and other plasmid-mediated virulence properties, antibiotic disk susceptibility tests for nine antibiotics were done on 141 strains of E. coli isolated from diarrheal children and well controls. Eighty two percent of the test strains were resistant to one or more antibiotics. Antibiotics to which the test strains were most resistant in descending order were ampicillin (85%), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazol (60%), and cephalothin (55%). Seventy nine percent of these resistant strains were resistant to two or more antibiotics. All 141 test strains were sorted into enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), enteroadherent E. coli (EAEC) and non-pathogenic E. coli and the percentages of strains resistant to multiple antibiotics were compared. Among ETEC regardless of its source, multiple drug resistance was more frequent in strains producing heatstable enterotoxin (ST) only than in strains producing only heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) or both. In EAEC, multiple resistance was more frequently associated with strains isolated from diarrheal patients than with those from well controls. The major antibiotic resistance patterns possessed by multiple resistant enteropathogenic strains were $SXT^R$ $AM^R$, $CR^R$, and $SXT^R$ $AM^R$ $CR^R$. Of 28 ST- producing $SXT^R$ ETEC, 26(96%) were also resistant to ampicillin and 17 (61%) were resistant to cephalothin. The similar pattern was observed in EAEC and EPEC as well. This study has important implications for the treatment of E. coli diarrhea with antibiotics because it is possible that dissemination of virulence could occur under the force of selective antibiotic pressure. In addition, this study suggests that the in vivo efficacy of SXT in treating diarrheal illness be reevaluated.