• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.633-636
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to measure the heat resistance and core mineral content of Geobacillus stearothermophilus ATCC 7953 spores when the sporulating cells were exposed to heat shock at different times during sporulation. Heat shock during sporulation was found to increase the heat resistance of the spores produced subsequently. The spores heat shocked 2 h after the end of the exponential phase showed the highest heat resistance and a 3D-fold increase in the $d_{10}$ compared with the non-heat-shocked spores. The enhanced heat resistance was likely due to the increased mineral content observed in the spores heat shocked at $t_7\;or\;t_8$.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.490-496
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• 2008

Symbiobacterium toebii is a commensal symbiotic thermophile that cannot grow without support from a partner bacterium. We investigated the properties of Symbiobacterium growth-supporting factors (SGSFs) produced by the partner bacterium Geobacillus toebii. SGSFs occurred in both the cell-free extract (CFE) and culture supernatant of G. toebii and might comprise multifarious materials because of their different biological properties. The heavy SGSF contained in the cytosolic component exhibited heat- and proteinase-sensitive proteinaceous properties and had a molecular mass of >50 kDa. In contrast, the light SGSF contained in the extracellular component exhibited heat-stable, proteinase-resistant, nonprotein properties and had a molecular mass of <10 kDa. Under morphological examination using light microscopy, S. toebii cultured with the culture supernatant of G. toebii was filamentous, whereas S. toebii cultured with the CFE of G. toebii was rod-shaped. These results strongly suggest that the SGSFs produced by G. toebii comprise two or more types that differ in their growth-supporting mechanisms, although all support the growth of S. toebii. Upon the examination of the distribution of SGSFs in other bacteria, both cytosolic and extracellular components of Geobacillus kaustophilus, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus subtilis had detectable growth-supporting effects for S. toebii, indicating that common SGSF materials are widely present in various bacterial strains.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.312-316
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• 2004

Five strains, producing bacterial thermostable L-arabinose isomerase, were isolated from Korean soil samples obtained from compost under high temperature circumstances. Among these strains, the CBG-Al showed the highest L-arabinose isomerase activity at $60^\circ{C}$ and was selected as a D-tagatose producing strain from D-galactose. This strain was identified as Geobacillus thermodenitrificans based on the 16S rRNA analysis, and biological and biochemical characteristics. The isolated strain was aerobic, rod-shaped, Gram-positive, nonmotile, and an endospore-forming bacterium. No growth was detected in culture temperature below $40^\circ{C}$. The maximum growth temperature and maximum temperature of enzyme activity were $75^\circ{C}$ and $65^\circ{C}$, respectively. In metal ion effects, $Ca^{2+}$ was the most effective enzyme activator with the reaction rate by 150%. In a 5-1 jar fermentor with 3-1 MY medium, L-arabinose isomerase activity was growth-associated and pH decreased rapidly after the initial logarithmic phase.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.560-565
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• 2013

Biological decontamination means the removal of microorganisms from the inanimate object such as building or equipment. In this study, hydrogen peroxide vapor efficacy test using VHP 1000ED system(Steris LifeSciences) were conducted for G. stearothermophilus spore with agent materials(aluminum, stainless steel, poly-carbonate, viton, silicone, kapton and glass). Total recovered spores exposed to hydrogen peroxide vapor(1.0 g/min) during 7, 15, 30, 60 min were calculated. As a result, all agent materials were totally decontaminated within 60 min at 1.0 g/min concentration with 35% hydrogen peroxide vapor. Finally, we could confirmed that hydrogen peroxide vapor possess sporicidal capacity of G. stearothermophilus and found the optimum decontamination conditions with VHP1000ED system.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2009

수변 낙엽퇴적층에서 호열성 세균의 분포와 물질분해 양상을 파악하기 위하여, 호열성 세균을 분리하고 그 특성을 조사하였다. 고분자 유기물의 분해력이 높고 $60^{\circ}C$에서 생장하는 균주들을 탐색한 결과, 10개의 균주가 선별되었다. 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열을 결정하고 계통분석한 결과, 모두 Geobacillus 속으로 동정되었다. 균주들의 최적 성장온도는 $55^{\circ}C$와 $60^{\circ}C$, 최적 pH는 초기 pH가 6.0${\sim}$8.0일 때로 나타났으며, 염분 3%일 때를 기준으로 성장속도의 저해가 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 균주의 효소 활성도와 API 50 CHB kit에 의한 탄수화물 이용도를 바탕으로 균주의 생태학적 기능을 알아본 결과, G. stearothermophilus 균주들과 G. kaustophilus 균주들의 특성은 다른 종의 균주들과 명확히 구분되었으며, 나머지 균주들은 최적 성장환경의 생태학적 특징이 다양하게 나타나, 종별 구분과 정확히 일치하지는 않았다. 약산성 환경에서 최적 성장하는 G. stearothermophilus 균주들은 높은 단백질분해효소활성을 보이면서 다당류 분해와 단당류 이용도가 낮았고, 알칼리환경을 최적 서식지로 하는 G. kaustophilus 등은 이와 대조적으로 지질 분해 및 당류의 이용도가 높게 나타났다. 따라서, 수변 낙엽퇴적층에는 호열성 내성포자 형성 세균인 Geobacillus 속 균주들이 다양한 생태학적 지위를 가지며 퇴비화와 유사한 천이과정을 거치면서 수변 퇴적물질을 분해하는데 기여하는 것으로 보여진다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.356-360
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 강한 내열성을 가지는 비병원성 Bacillus atrophaeus, Bacillus subtilis, Geobacillus stearothermophilus 포자의 열 저항성을 분석하여 레토르트 식품 제조 시 직접적인 멸균 여부 판정에 사용 가능성을 평가하고자 하였다. B. subtilis 포자의 D₁₂₁-value는 2.9±0.1분이었으며, Zvalue는 43.0±1.4℃로 나타났다. G. stearothermophilus 포자의 D₁₂₁-value는 4.3±0.1분이었으며, Z-value는 25.0±1.6℃로 나타났다. B. atrophaeus 포자의 D₁₂₁-value는 3.7±0.1분이었으며, Z-value는 35.8±1.4℃로 나타났다. B. subtilis, G stearothermophilus와 B. atrophaeus 포자의 D₁₂₁-value는 모두 레토르트 식품 멸균 확인에 사용되는 C. botulinum 포자의 D₁₂₁-value 보다 높은 값을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 레토르트 식품 멸균 시 병원성 포자형성균인 C. botulinum 대신 B. subtilis, G. stearothermophilus, B. atrophaeus 포자를 사용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 또한 기존 세균발육 실험에 소요되는 13일보다 단시간인 2-3일에 멸균 여부를 확인할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1651-1658
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• 2013

Nitrate contamination in ground and surface water is an increasingly serious environmental problem and only a few bacterial strains have been identified that have the ability to remove nitrogen pollutants from wastewater under thermophilic conditions. We therefore isolated thermophilic facultative bacterial strains from wood chips that had been composted with swine manure under aerated high temperature conditions so as to identify strains with denitrifying ability. Nine different colonies were screened and 3 long rod-shaped bacterial strains designated as SG-01, SG-02, and SG-03 were selected. The strain SG-01 could be differentiated from SG-02 and SG-03 on the basis of the method that it used for sugar utilization. The 16S rRNA genes of this strain also had high sequence similarity with Geobacillus thermodenitrificans $465^T$ (99.6%). The optimal growth temperatures ($55^{\circ}C$), pH values (pH 7.0), and NaCl concentrations (1%) required for the growth of strain SG-01 were established. This strain reduced 1.18 mM nitrate and 1.45 mM nitrite in LB broth after 48 h of incubation. These results suggest that the G. thermodenitrificans SG-01 strain may be useful in the removal of nitrates and nitrites from wastewater generated as a result of livestock farming.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1070-1083
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• 2015

A gene (GT-SM3B) encoding a thermostable secreted oligoendopeptidase (GT-SM3B) was cloned from the thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans DSM 15325. GT-SM3B is 1,857 bp in length and encodes a single-domain protein of 618 amino acids with a 23-residue signal peptide having a calculated mass of 67.7 kDa after signal cleavage. The deduced amino acid sequence of GT-SM3B contains a conservative zinc metallopeptidase motif (His⁴⁰⁰-Glu⁴⁰¹-X-XHis⁴⁰⁴). The described oligopeptidase belongs to the M3B subfamily of metallopeptidases and displays the highest amino acid sequence identity (40.3%) to the oligopeptidase PepF_Ba from mesophilic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 23-7A among the characterized oligopeptidases. Secretory production of GT-SM3B was used, exploiting successful oligopeptidase signal peptide recognition by Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant enzyme was purified from the culture fluid. Homodimerization of GT-SM3B was determined by SDS-PAGE. Both the homodimer and monomer were catalytically active within a pH range of 5.0–8.0, at pH 7.3 and 40℃, showing the K_m, V_max, and k_cat values for carbobenzoxy-Gly-Pro-Gly-Gly-Pro-Ala-OH peptidolysis to be 2.17 ± 0.04 × 10^-6 M, 2.65 ± 0.03 × 10^-3 µM/min, and 5.99 ± 0.07 s^-1, respectively. Peptidase remained stable at a broad pH range of 5.0–8.0. GT-SM3B was thermoactive, demonstrating 84% and 64% of maximum activity at 50℃ and 60℃, respectively. The recombinant oligopeptidase is one of the most thermostable M3B peptidase, retaining 71% residual activity after incubation at 60℃ for 1 h. GT-SM3B was shown to hydrolyze a collagenous peptide mixture derived from various types of collagen, but less preferentially than synthetic hexapeptide. This study is the first report on an extracellular thermostable metallo-oligopeptidase.

• 환경생물
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.260-266
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• 2007

PLLA분해활성을 가진 고온성세균을 우리나라 경작토로부터 분리하였다. 분리된 균주는 그람양성 간균으로 16S rDNA 염기서열분석 결과 Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus로 동정되었으며, 현재까지 보고되지 않은 새로운 PLLA분해세균으로 밝혀졌다. 조절화된 퇴비화조건에서 멸균퇴비에 분리균주를 접종하고 $58^{\circ}C$에서 40일간 분해활성을 측정하였다. 이 균주는 중량평균 분자량이 5000, 11000, 34000 및 256000인 PLLA5000, PLLA11000, PLLA34000 및 PLLA256000를 각각 66%, 57%, 41%및 40%생분해하였다. PLLA256000을 기질로 하여 gelatin, yeast extract 및 ammonium sulfate를 0.1%씩 첨가하여 분해활성 변화를 조사한 결과 대조군에 비하여 분해활성이 각각 27%, 13% 및 10%증진되었으며, 접종량을 $10^9cfu\;g^{-1}$로부터 $10^{10}cfu\;g^{-1}$ 및 $10^{11}cfu\;g^{-1}$로 증가시킴에 따라 PLLA256000의 생분해도는 각각 14% 및 20% 증가하였다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.669-674
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the suitability of hydrogen peroxide($H_2O_2$) vapor system for platform interior decontamination. Geobacillus stearothermophilus biological indicator(BI) strips and a field tent were used as a biological simulant and as a simulated platform, respectively. Decontamination was performed based on injection rates and tent sizes with exposure time 60 minutes. We standardized the conditions for the field tent decontamination : 8.0 g/min for $30m^3$($H_2O_2$ vapor concentration of 150~500 ppm, relative humidity of 50 %) and 12.0 g/min for $60m^3$($H_2O_2$ vapor concentration of 250~400 ppm, relative humidity of 55 %). Thus we suggest the system is one of the possible candidates for decontamination of platform interiors.