• 축산식품과학과 산업
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.74-77
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• 2019

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2022

「곤충산업의 육성 및 지원에 관한 법률」 제6조에 따라 국립농업과학원에서는 2020년도에 곤충산업 종사자를 대상으로 실태조사를 실시하였다. 곤충산업 종사자의 유형은 생산업이 가장 많았고(98.5%), 남성 비율이 높았으며(80.4%), 연령은 50대가 36.4%로 가장 많았다. 산업곤충의 생산 유형은 식약용 곤충 66.5%, 사료용 12.8%, 애완용 20.7%였으며, 식약용 곤충 중 흰점박이꽃무지는 69.6%로 가장 많이 생산되고 있었으며, 사료용으로는 귀뚜라미류가 31.2%, 애완(정서)용으로는 장수풍뎅이가 45.6%로 가장 많이 생산되고 있었다. 제품의 형태는 분말이 68.5%로 가장 높았고, 생물로 판매되는 경우는 40.9%로 조사되었다. 연간 소득이 있는 곤충농가는 77.3%이고, 그 중에서 연간 판매금액이 2천만원 미만인 경우가 65.4%를 차지하였다. 곤충산업 종사자들의 가장 큰 애로사항은 판로 확보로 조사되었다(84.0%). 이와 같이 곤충산업 종사자는 매년 늘어나고 있지만 20대~40대 청년 곤충농가 대표는 줄어들고 있고, 생산은 특정 대표 곤충 종에 한정되어 있으며, 매우 영세하게 농가가 유지되고 있음을 알 수 있다. 또한 곤충 농가에서는 판로확보에 가장 큰 어려움을 느끼고 있어 산업곤충 소비 촉진을 위한 이용 기술 개발이 시급하다고 판단된다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2014

Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe) is widely used in Korea, as a protein-rich, alternate, functional food with pharmacological benefits. In addition to anti-oxidant properties, the larvae of P. b. seulensis also show positive effects against hepatic disorder and diabetes; therefore, P. b. seulensis larvae are being reared on a large scale in Korea. We evaluated reared larvae of P. b. seulensis from Gyeong-gi in Korea. Using 16SrRNA PCR, electro-microscopy, and bioassay techniques, we found that the larvae harbored Spo-1, a bacterium identified as the insect pathogen Serratia marcescens. Therefore, we highlight the use of this insect as an alternate food and the need for its sanitary rearing conditions, as contamination may affect public health.

• Safe Food
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2011

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 1999

An experiment was conducted among free-ranging red-winned blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) that acquired illness-induced conditioned taste aversion (CTA) by consuming insect prey tainted with a dose of parathion up to 2.0 mg/kg consumer body weight. Birds quickly acquired CTA and avoided all four insect prey during a lengthy posttest without parathion. This experiment proved that organophosphate insecticide application in the field might decrease the food consumption of wild birds and may also affect the reproductive success of breeding birds. Thus, CTA acquired accidentally after eating insecticide contaminated insect prey appears to be one of the reasons for the decreasing number of breeding songbirds in North America.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2020

The definition of meat analog refers to the replacement of the main ingredient with other than meat. It also called a meat substitute, meat alternatives, fake or mock meat, and imitation meat. The increased importance of meat analog in the current trend is due to the health awareness among consumers in their diet and for a better future environment. The factors that lead to this shift is due to low fat and calorie foods intake, flexitarians, animal disease, natural resources depletion, and to reduce greenhouse gas emission. Currently, available marketed meat analog products are plant-based meat in which the quality (i.e., texture and taste) are similar to the conventional meat. The ingredients used are mainly soy proteins with novel ingredients added, such as mycoprotein and soy leghemoglobin. However, plant-based meat is sold primarily in Western countries. Asian countries also will become a potential market in the near future due to growing interest in this product. With the current advance technology, lab-grown meat with no livestock raising or known as cultured meat will be expected to boost the food market in the future. Also, insect-based products will be promising to be the next protein resource for human food. Nevertheless, other than acceptability, cost-effective, reliable production, and consistent quality towards those products, product safety is the top priority. Therefore, the regulatory frameworks need to be developed alongside.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2017

대표적 모래하천인 내성천의 사주에서 식생 정착에 대한 지면 서식 육상곤충의 생물상과 생물군집의 반응을 파악하기 위하여, 나지 사주와 식생 사주에서 함정법으로 곤충을 채집하여 종조성, 종다양성, 기능특성군 및 생물군집 구조를 비교하였다. 내성천에서 육상곤충은 나지사주에 식생이 정착함에 따라서 서식 곤충의 종다양성은 증가하였으나 서식 밀도는 감소하였다. 특히 나지 사주에서는 강변길앞잡이, 동양알락방울벌레 등의 사주 지표성 곤충이 서식하였다. 사주의 곤충군집은 사주 식생의 피도에 따라서 나지사주와 식생사주로 뚜렷하게 구분되었다. 모래하천의 나지 사주의 먹이망은 쇄설물 - 쇄설물 섭식자와 청소자 - 주로 딱정벌레목에 속하는 포식자로 구성되었다. 반면에 식생 사주 먹이망은 식물 - 흡즙 초식자와 저작 초식자 - 포식기생자와 포식자로 구성되었다. 결론적으로 모래하천에서 나지 사주에 식생에 정착함에 따라서 종다양성은 증가하고 초식 먹이사슬로 변화하고, 나지 사주에 특이적인 곤충상과 쇄설물 기반 먹이사슬이 사라지는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.492-496
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• 2009

The composition of the bacterial populations in Gorosoe(Acer mono Max.) sap was characterized during storage with different heat treatments($63^{\circ}C$ for 30 min and $73^{\circ}C$ for 15 sec). The saps were aseptically collected at 0, 15 and 30 days of storage and analyzed by dilution plating and 16S rDNA PCR-DGGE analysis. There were significant differences in the total number of colony forming units(CFUs) of bacteria between heated and nonheated saps. Bacteria of nonheated sap were present at a level of $3.4{\times}10^7CFU/m{\ell}^{-1}$, whereas living bacteria were not detected in the heated sap. According to the 16S rDNA sequence and DGGE analysis, Pseudomonas sp. was the most abundant bacterial strain in the samlpes, and the bacterial community structures become more simplified with time and were composed of the Chryseobacterium sp. with time. These results allowed us to characterize the dominant bacteria involved in Gorosoe sap and to better understand their dynamics throughout storage.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.219-227
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• 2008

Bacillus thuringiensis was isolated as a pathogen of the sotto disease of silkmoth larvae about a hundred years ago. Since then, this bacterium has attracted attentions of not only insect pathologists but also many other scientists who are interested in its strong and specific insecticidal activity. This has led to the recent worldwide development of B. thuringiensis-based microbial insecticides and insect-resistant transgenic plants, as well as a landmark discovery of par asp orin, a cancer cell-specific cytotoxin produced by B. thuringiensis. In this review, we describe examination of interaction between inclusion proteins of B. thuringiensis and brush border membrane of insects using a surface plasmon resonance-based biosensor, identification and characterization of parasporin-4, the latest parasporin produced by the B. thuringiensis A1470 strain, and an effective method for preparing the parasporin-4 from inclusion bodies expressed in the recombinant Escherichia coli cells.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2016

Distillers dried grain (DDG) and makgeolli spent grain (MSG) are agricultural byproducts to produce alcoholic beverage. However, they are known to contain enough nutrients. Mealworm is a promising insect resource for an animal feed ingredient as well as alternative human food. With low cost, DDG and MSG were investigated as a feed ingredient for rearing high quality mealworms. DDG and MSG were mixed with wheat bran and compared to control feed (only wheat bran) for its effects on larval survivorship, larval weight, duration for developmental period, pupation rate, and pupal weight. When DDG added, larval survivorship was reduced to 50~70% compared to the control group. Larvae fed on DDG were heavier from third to sixth week. Especially, larvae with 50% DDG were 28% heavier than the control group at the third week. For the larval period, the 50% DDG group was 11% less than that for the control. The pupal weight for the 30% DDG group was 7% heavier than that for the control group. Pupation rates for all the DDG groups were higher than 90%. When compared to the control, larval survivorship for the 70% MSG group was low, but the 50% and 70% MSG groups were high during the seventh and eighth weeks because of delayed development. After the eighth week, larvae with 70% MSG showed the highest larval weight increase as 9~18% compared to the control group. Except 70% MSG group, all of MSG groups showed more than 90% pupation rates. We confirmed that adding 30~50% of DDG or MSG to conventional wheat bran have a strong potential to replace the conventional wheat bran insect feed for quality insect production.