• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.415-425
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• 2013

In order to understand phytoplankton and bacterial distribution in tropical coral reef ecosystems in relation to the mangrove community, their biomass and activities were measured in the sea waters of the Chuuk and the Kosrae lagoons located in Micronesia. Chlorophyll a and bacterial abundance showed maximal values in the seawater near the mangrove forests, and then steeply decreased as the distance increased from the mangrove forests, indicating that environmental conditions for these microorganisms changed greatly in lagoon waters. Together with chlorophyll a, abundance of Synechococcus and phototrophic picoeukaryotes and a variety of indicator pigments for dinoflagellates, diatoms, green algae and cryptophytes also showed similar spatial distribution patterns, suggesting that phytoplankton assemblages respond to the environmental gradient by changing community compositions. In addition, primary production and bacterial production were also highest in the bay surrounded by mangrove forest and lowest outside of the lagoon. These results suggest that mangrove waters play an important role in energy production and nutrient cycling in tropical coasts, undoubtedly receiving large inputs of organic matter from shore vegetation such as mangroves. However, the steep decrease of biomass and production of phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria within a short distance from the bay to the level of oligotrophic waters indicates that the effect of mangrove waters does not extend far away.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.446-452
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• 2011

항균활성을 나타내는 야생형 유산균을 분리 동정하기 위하여 김치에서 480종의 유산균을 분리하였으며, S. enterica serovar Typhimurium, P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis에 대한 항균활성을 agar diffusion 법을 사용하여 검사하였다. 이들 중 항균활성을 나타내는 균주 340종에 대하여 multiplex PCR과 API 50CHL Kit을 이용한 생화학적 특성검사 및 16S rDNA sequencing을 통해 Lb. plantarum 169균주, Lb. fermentum 20균주, Lb. paracasei spp. paracasei 2균주, Lactobacillus 속 2균주와 Pediococcus 속 15균주를 동정하였다. 이들 균주 중 Lb. fermentum의 경우는 프로바이오틱스로서의 활성이 보고되고 있는 균으로 추가적인 연구가 필요하다고 사료된다.

• 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.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.217-227
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• 2023

최근 1인 가구, 맞벌이 가정의 급격한 증가로 인한 인구·사회학적 변화의 영향으로 즉석 반찬류의 소비가 빠르게 증가하고 있다. 이들 식품은 별도의 가열 등의 처리없이 조리되거나 조리 후 상온에서 보관되는 경우가 많아 미생물 오염에 매우 취약하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 즉석 반찬류의 미생물 오염 위험도를 분석하여 반찬류의 위생상의 문제점을 파악하고, 보관온도에 따른 미생물 품질변화를 조사하였다. 2022년 경상남도 7개 지역의 대형할인점에서 구입한 반찬류 100건에 대해 조리방법별로 식중독 윈인균과 위생지표균 검사를 진행하였다. 식중독 원인균 검사에서 Bacillus cereus는 51건(51.0%, 51/100), Clostridium perfringens는 3건(3.0%, 3/100)이 분리되었지만, 식품공전의 공통기준 및 규격 범위를 초과하는 제품은 없었다. 총 51개의 B. cereus 분리균주에서 5종류의 장내독소와 1종류의 구토독소를 분석한 결과, 장내독소 entFM, nheA, hblC, cytK, bceT 유전자의 보유율은 100.0%, 94.1%, 58.8%, 56.9%, 41.2% 순으로 각각 확인되었고, 구토 독소인 CER 유전자는 2.0%만이 보유하고 있었다. 총 3개의 C. perfringens 분리균주에서 식중독을 일으키는 독소 유전자(cpe)는 검출되지 않았다. 위생지표균 검사에서 김치류, 생채류, 젓갈류, 절임류, 나물류, 조림류 순으로 일반세균과 대장균군이 높게 검출되었다. 반찬류의 보관온도(4℃와 20℃)에 따른 일반세균수의 변화는 20℃에 보관할 시 젓갈류를 제외한 대부분의 반찬류에서 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 반찬류는 구입 즉시 냉장보관할 것을 권장하며, 시중에 유통되는 반찬류 제품의 위험성과 안전성을 평가하고 관리방안 제시를 위해 지속적인 모니터링과 추가 연구가 필요한 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.270-277
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• 1996

A bacteriocin-producing strain, DU-0608, was isolated from Kimchi and identified as Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides. The bacteriocin from isolate was inhibitory against Listeria monocytogenes, Micrococcus luteus and several strains of lactic acid bacteria. The bacteriocin was inactivated by pepsin, trypsin, $\alpha$-chymotrypsin, protease, $\alpha$-amylase and lipase, but not by catalase or by heating at $100^{\circ}C$ for 60 min. The molecular weight of the bacteriocin was estimated approximately 6 kDa. The inhibitory effect was bactericidal and rapid. Following treatment with isolate bacteriocin, cells of indicator strain (Lactobacillus sake JCM 1157) were damaged at the end regions of the cell wall, whereas the cells treated with nisin were damaged at many places around the cell wall.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2003년도 생물공학의 동향(XIII)
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• pp.740-744
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• 2003

The antimicrobial substance produced by Lactobacillus bulgaricus was inactivated by pretense, which confirmed it as a bacteriocin and referred to 'bulgaricin HJ'. The bulgaricin HJ showed the inhibitory activity against mastitis pathogens, gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The optimal conditions for the production of bulgaricin HJ were at the temperature of $30^{\circ}C$ and 10 h after cultivation of L. bulgaricus. Staph. and Strep. agalactiae, common bovine mastitis pathogens, were treated with bulgaricin HJ by the agar well diffusion method and showed antimirobial activities to the bovine mastitis pathogens. The activity of the bulgaricin HJ was maintained at pH 6-7 and $100^{\circ}C$ for 60 min against the mastitis pathogens. The bulgaricin HJ was determined as class IV bacteriocin by various enzyme treatments. Colony forming units analysis with indicator strains by the treatments of bulgaricin HJ indicates that the mode of bacteriocin action was bactericidal rather than bacteriostatic.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.282-291
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• 2006

This study investigated the inactivation of the total coliform, an indicator organism in chlorine and chlorine in order to control microbial regrowth for water distribution systems and select an appropriate disinfection strategy for drinking water systems. The disinfection effects of chlorine and chlorine dioxide with regard to the dosage of disinfectant, contact time and DOC was investigated experimentally. In spite of the consistency of chlorine residuals at approximately 0.2 mg/l, bacteria regrowth was detected in the distribution system and it was confirmed by the scanning electron microscope results. The influence of organic carbon change on the killing effect of chlorine dioxide was strong.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2011

본 연구는 실시간으로 변동하는 유통조건하에서 온도데이터를 이용하여 우유의 품질을 예측하고 모니터링할 수 있는 적정 품질지표를 규명하고자 실시하였다. LTLT 살균우유와 UHT 살균우유를 0, 10, 20, 30 및 $40^{\circ}C$에서 저장하면서 pH, 산도, 색도, 미생물 및 관능특성 변화를 조사한 후 각 품질특성과 관능적 기호도와의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 우유의 저장온도에 따른 pH, 산도와 기호도와의 상관관계를 분석한 결과, 10, 20, 30 및 $40^{\circ}C$에서 유의적인 상관관계를 나타내었으며, 온도가 높을수록 높은 상관계수를 나타내었다(p<0.01). 미생물변화에서 일반세균수와 기호도와의 상관관계는 저온살균우유의 경우 0, 10, 20, 30 및 $40^{\circ}C$에서 각각 R=-0.81, R=-0.91, R=-0.96, R=-0.90 및 R=-0.99로 모든 온도조건에서 높은 상관계수를 보였으며, 초고온 살균우유에서도 $0^{\circ}C$를 제외한 모든 온도에서 유의적인 상관관계를 나타내었다(p<0.01). 색도는 고온저장에서만 유의성이 인정되었고, 그 외 온도에서는 기호도와 낮은 상관계수를 보이며 상관관계의 유의성이 인정되지 않았다. 따라서 모든 저장온도에서 관능적 기호도와 높은 상관관계를 나타낸 일반세균수의 변화를 우유의 유통 중 품질예측에 적용되는 품질지표로 선정하여 적용 하는 것이 적절한 것으로 판단되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.788-794
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• 2013

Mastitis set apart as clinical and sub clinical is a disease complex of dairy cattle, with sub clinical being the most important economically. Of late, laboratories showed interest in developing biochemical markers to diagnose sub clinical mastitis (SCM) in herds. Many workers reported noteworthy alternation of acute phase proteins (APPs) and nitric oxide, (measured as nitrate+nitrite = NOx) in milk due to intra-mammary inflammation. But, the literature on validation of these parameters as indicators of SCM, particularly in riverine milch buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) milk is inadequate. Hence, the present study focused on comparing several APPs viz. ${\alpha}_1$-anti trypsin, ${\alpha}_1$-acid glycoprotein, fibrinogen and NOx as indicators of SCM in buffalo milk. These components in milk were estimated using standardized analytical protocols. Somatic cell count (SCC) was done microscopically. Microbial culture was done on 5% ovine blood agar. Of the 776 buffaloes (3,096 quarters) sampled, only 347 buffaloes comprising 496 quarters were found positive for SCM i.e. milk culture showed growth in blood agar with $SCC{\geq}2{\times}10^5$ cells/ml of milk. The cultural examination revealed Gram positive bacteria as the most prevalent etiological agent. It was observed that ${\alpha}_1$-anti trypsin and NOx had a highly significant (p<0.01) increase in SCM milk, whereas, the increase of ${\alpha}_1$-acid glycoprotein in infected milk was significant (p<0.05). Fibrinogen was below detection level in both healthy and SCM milk. The percent sensitivity, specificity and accuracy, predictive values and likelihood ratios were calculated taking bacterial culture examination and $SCC{\geq}2{\times}10^5$ cells/ml of milk as the benchmark. Udder profile correlation coefficient was also used. Allowing for statistical and epidemiological analysis, it was concluded that ${\alpha}_1$-anti trypsin indicates SCM irrespective of etiology, whereas ${\alpha}_1$-acid glycoprotein better diagnosed SCM caused by gram positive bacteria. NOx did not prove to be a good indicator of SCM. It is recommended measuring both ${\alpha}_1$-anti trypsin and ${\alpha}_1$-acid glycoprotein in milk to diagnose SCM in buffalo irrespective of etiology.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.561-569
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• 2012

To evaluate the bacteriological water quality in Yongnam-Gwangdo, located in western Jinhae Bay, seawater samples were analyzed using sanitary indicator bacteria at 57 sampling stations. According to survey results from January 2007 to December 2009, the range of the geometric mean and the estimated 90th percentile for coliforms and fecal coliforms in the samples were <1.8-16.5 and 1.8-246.8 MPN/100 mL and <1.8-7.1 and 1.8-74.8 MPN/100 mL, respectively. The samples, including those taken from stations located in Wonmunman, Gwangdo, and Dangdong, showed high levels of microbial contamination caused by the climate and weather patterns in the marine environment. The bacteriological water quality in the area met Korean criteria for a designated shellfish growing area for export and National Shellfish Sanitation Program criteria for an approved shellfish growing area, except at station #49. A total of 24 direct pollution sources were discharged into the shellfish growing area. The radius of impact was calculated for each pollution source to assess the effect on the shellfish growing area. The calculated radius of impact for most of the pollution sources was below 300 m. However, the radius of impact for the combined pollution sources in Kyeonnaeryang was 93-1973 m. There were significant differences between the calculated closed sea area and actual monitoring results. The closed sea area values calculated from the fecal coliform load in drainage water tended to be higher than the actual monitoring results. Tidal currents and environmental factors such as salinity, water temperature, sunlight, and microbiological factors affect the survival of fecal indicator bacteria in seawater.