• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.288-299
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• 2021

Biofilm formation of Geobacillus thermodenitrificans, Geobacillus thermoglucosidans and Anoxybacillus flavithermus in milk on stainless steel were monitored at 55℃, 60℃, and 65℃ for various incubation times. Although species of Geobacillus showed a rapid response and produced biofilm within 4 h on stainless steel, a delay (lag time) was observed for Anoxybacillus. A hyperbolic equation and a hyperbolic equation with lag could be used to describe the biofilm formation of Geobacillus and Anoxybacillus, respectively. The highest biofilm formation amount was obtained at 60℃ for both Geobacillus and Anoxybacillus. However, the biofilm formation rates indicated that the lowest rates of formation were obtained at 60℃ for Geobacillus. Moreover, biofilm formation rates of G. thermodenitrificans (1.2-1.6 Log10CFU/mL∙h) were higher than G. thermoglucosidans (0.4-0.7 Log10CFU/mL∙h). Although A. flavithermus had the highest formation rate values (2.7-3.6 Log10CFU/mL∙h), this was attained after the lag period (4 or 5 h). This study revealed that modeling could be used to describe the biofilm formation of thermophilic bacilli in milk.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.278-283
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• 2013

A gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-forming, motile thermophilic bacterium was isolated from a sterilization oven. The microorganism GWE1, formally named Geobacillus wiegelii identified as a member of the genus Geobacillus. GWE1 grew under aerobic conditions of between $60-80^{\circ}C$ (optimum $670^{\circ}C$), in a pH range of 3.0-8.0 (optimum $pH^{70^{\circ}C}$ 5.8), and between 0 and 2 M NaCl (optimum 0.3 M). The membrane polar lipids were dominated by branched saturated fatty acids, which included as the major constituents; iso-15:0 (13.3%), 16:1(${\omega}7$) (12.8%), 16:0 (28.5%), iso-17:0 (13.5%) and anteiso-17:0 (12.3%). The DNA G+C content was 47.2 mol% (determined by HPLC). The 16S rRNA gene sequence of GWE1 showed a high similarity with Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus (97%). However, the level of DNA-DNA relatedness was only 58%. These data suggest that GWE1 is probably a novel specie of the genus Geobacillus.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.1262-1270
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• 2007

Some hot springs located in the west of Turkey were investigated with respect to the presence of thermophilic microorganisms. Based on phenotyping characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, 16 of the isolates belonged to the genus Geobacillus and grew optimally at about $60^{\circ}C$ on nutrient agar. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that these isolates resembled Geobacillus species by ${\ge}97%$, but SDS-PAGE profiles of these 16 isolates differ from some of the other species of the genus Geobacillus. However, it is also known that analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences may be insufficient to distinguish between some species. It is proposed that recN sequence comparisons could accurately measure genome similarities for the Geobacillus genus. Based on recN sequence analysis, isolates 11, IT3, and 12 are strains of G stearothermophilus; isolate 14.3 is a strain of G thermodenitrificans; isolates 9.1, IT4.1, and 4.5 are uncertain and it is required to make further analysis. The presence of xylanase and arabinofuranosidase activities, and their optimum temperature and pH were also investigated. These results showed that 7 of the strains have both xylanase and arabinofuranosidase activities, 4 of them has only xylanase, and the remaning 5 strains have neither of these activities. The isolates 9.1, 7.1, and 3.3 have the highest temperature optima ($80^{\circ}C$), and 7.2, 9.1, AO4, 9.2, and AO17 have the highest pH optima (pH 8) of xylanase. Isolates 7.2, AO4, AC15, and 12 have optimum arabinofuranosidase activities at $75^{\circ}C$, and only isolate AC15 has the lowest pH of 5.5.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.902-906
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• 2010

고온성 균주로 알려진 Geobacillus 속의 다양한 균주로부터 내열성 extracellular lipase를 생산하는 G. kaustophilus DSM 7263를 선별하였다. 우리는 본 균주로부터 lipase를 대량생산하기 위한 최적 조건을 조사하였다. 배양 배지에 다양한 천연오일을 첨가한 결과, lipase의 최적 생장을 위한 탄소원으로는 0.5% 올리브 오일이 최적 조건으로 확인되었다. 본 균주의 생장을 위한 최적온도와 pH는 각각 $55^{\circ}C$와 8.0인 반면, lipase 생산을 위한 최적 온도와 pH는 각각 $50^{\circ}C$와 6.0을 나타내어 최적생육조건과는 다른 양상을 나타내었다. 금속이온에 대한 영향에 대해서는 배지에 $Mg^{2+}$과 $Mn^{2+}$을 첨가한 경우 각각 247%와 157%의 효소 생산이 증가한 반면, $Co^{2+}$, $Fe^{2+}$, $Ni^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$는 효소 생산을 저해 하였다. 또한 0.1% (v/v) triton X-100을 첨가하면 대조구에 비해 효소생산과 균의 생장이 모두 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2013

Extracellular 지질분해효소를 생산하는 균주 AR1은 일본 벳부 온천수에서 분리하였다. 분리된 균주의 16s rRNA 염기서열을 분석하고 계통학적으로 분류한 결과, AR1 균주는 신규 Geobacillus sp.에 속하는 것으로 동정되었다. 본 연구는 Geobacillus sp. AR1 균주의 extracellular 지질분해효소 생산을 향상시키기 위한 새로운 방법에 초점을 맞추었다. AR1 균주는 $35{\sim}75^{\circ}C$의 넓은 온도 범위에서 생육하였고 최적온도는 $65^{\circ}C$이었다. 생육을 위한 최적 pH는 6.5인 반면, 효소 생산을 위한 pH는 8.5로 차이점을 보였다. 배양 중에 지질 화합물의 첨가는 지질분해효소 생산을 유도하였고, soybean oil을 대수증식기에 첨가 했을 때 가장 효율적인 유도 효과를 나타내었다. 한편, 계면활성제는 지질분해효소의 생산을 유도하고 세포 내외의 위치에 영향을 줄 수 있다. AR1 균주는 정지기에 Tween 20을 첨가할 경우, 효소의 세포 외 분비 효율이 크게 증가하였다. 이들 결과를 바탕으로 soybean oil과 Tween 20을 각각 대수증식기와 정지기에 첨가함에 따라 extracellular 효소 생산이 대조구에 비해 2.4배 증가하는 것으로 확인 되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.695-703
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• 2008

A locally isolated thermophile, Geobacillus sp. SAB-40, producing thermostable extracellular amylase constitutively and an induced intracellular ${\beta}$-galactosidase was characterized and identified based on 16S rRNA sequencing. A phylogenetic analysis then revealed its closeness to Geobacillus stearothermophilus. To evaluate the effect of the culture conditions on the coproduction of both enzymes by G stearothermophilus SAB-40, a Plackett-Burman fractional factorial design was applied to determine the impact of twenty variables. Among the tested variables, $CaCI_2$, the incubation time, $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$, and tryptone were found to be the most significant for encouraging amylase production. Lactose was found to promote ${\beta}$-galactosidase production, whereas starch had a significantly negative effect on lactase production. Based on a statistical analysis, a preoptimized medium attained the maximum production of amylase and ${\beta}$-galactosidase at 23.29 U/ml/ min and 12,958 U/mg biomass, respectively, which was 3-and 2-fold higher than the yield of amylase and lactase obtained with the basal medium, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1279-1287
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• 2012

We established an efficient transformation method for thermophile Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426 using conjugative transfer from Escherichia coli of host-mimicking plasmids that imitate DNA methylation of strain HTA426 to circumvent its DNA restriction barriers. Two conjugative plasmids, pSTE33T and pUCG18T, capable of shuttling between E. coli and Geobacillus spp., were constructed. The plasmids were first introduced into E. coli BR408, which expressed one inherent DNA methylase gene (dam) and two heterologous methylase genes from strain HTA426 (GK1380-GK1381 and GK0343-GK0344). The plasmids were then directly transferred from E. coli cells to strain HTA426 by conjugative transfer using pUB307 or pRK2013 as a helper plasmid. pUCG18T was introduced very efficiently (transfer efficiency, $10^{-5}-10^{-3}\;recipient^{-1}$). pSTE33T showed lower efficiency ($10^{-7}-10^{-6}\;recipient^{-1}$) but had a high copy number and high segregational stability. Methylase genes in the donor substantially affected the transfer efficiency, demonstrating that the host-mimicking strategy contributes to efficient transformation. The transformation method, along with the two distinguishing plasmids, increases the potential of G. kaustophilus HTA426 as a thermophilic host to be used in various applications and as a model for biological studies of this genus. Our results also demonstrate that conjugative transfer is a promising approach for introducing exogenous DNA into thermophiles.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.475-482
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• 2014

The metabolic pathway of eugenol degradation by thermophilic Geobacillus sp. AY 946034 strain was analyzed based on the lack of data about eugenol degradation by thermophiles. TLC, GC-MS, and biotransformation with resting cells showed that eugenol was oxidized through coniferyl alcohol, and ferulic and vanillic acids to protocatechuic acid before the aromatic ring was cleaved. The cell-free extract of Geobacillus sp. AY 946034 strain grown on eugenol showed a high activity of eugenol hydroxylase, feruloyl-CoA synthetase, vanillate-O-demethylase, and protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase. The key enzyme, protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase, which plays a crucial role in the degradation of various aromatic compounds, was purified 135-fold to homogeneity with a 34% overall recovery from Geobacillus sp. AY 946034. The relative molecular mass of the native enzyme was about $450{\pm}10$ kDa and was composed of the non-identical subunits. The pH and temperature optima for enzyme activity were 8 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The half-life of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase at the optimum temperature was 50 min.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2004

토양으로부터 CGTase를 생산하는 새로운 호열성 세균을 분리하였으며, 형태 및 생리적 특성과 16S ribosomal DNA의 염기서열을 분석한 결과 Geobacillus thermosacchalytycus 로 동정하였다. 호열성 G. thermosacchalytycus가 분비하는 CGTase를 한외여과, 소수성 Phenyl Sephadex CL-4B 클로마토그래피 , 그리고 gel filtration의 순서로 분리 정제하여 정제도 28.2배, 정제수율 12.2%, 그리고 specific activity가 4952.5 units/mg인 CGTase를 얻을 수 있었다. 정제된 CGTase의 분자량은 69,000 dalton이었고, terminal amino sequence는 Asn-Leu-Asn-Lys-Val-Asn-Phe-Thr-Ser-Asp-Val-Val-Tyr-Gln-Ile이었다. 최적 pH 및 온도는 각각 pH 6와$ 50^{\circ}C$였고, pH 6-8과 $60^{\circ}C$에서 장기간 보존할 수 있는 중성 pH의 내열성 효소임을 알 수 있었다. 내열성 CCTase의 cyclization과 coupling 반응의 특정을 검토한 결과 G. thermosacchalytycus가 생산하는 내열성 효소는 $\alpha$-type CGTase이었고, cyclization 반응보다는 coupling반응에 적합한 당전이성이 높은 효소임을 알 수 있었다. 당전이 반응에서 기질 특이성을 검토한 결과 당공여체로는 가용성 전분 그리고 당수용체로는 배당체인 stevioside에 대해 높은 기질 특이성을 보였다. 당전이 반응은 당수용체와 당공여체가 효소와 무작위로 결합하여 진행되는 random ternary complex mechanism으로 반응이 수행되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.280-286
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• 2014

Four thermophilic bacterial species, including the iron-reducing bacterium Geobacillus sp. G2 and the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfotomaculum sp. SRB-M, were employed to integrate a bacterial consortium. A second consortium was integrated with the same bacteria, except for Geobacillus sp. G2. Carbon steel coupons were subjected to batch cultures of both consortia. The corrosion induced by the complete consortium was 10 times higher than that induced by the second consortium, and the ferrous ion concentration was consistently higher in iron-reducing consortia. Scanning electronic microscopy analysis of the carbon steel surface showed mineral films colonized by bacteria. The complete consortium caused profuse fracturing of the mineral film, whereas the non-iron-reducing consortium did not generate fractures. These data show that the iron-reducing activity of Geobacillus sp. G2 promotes fracturing of mineral films, thereby increasing steel corrosion.