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The Effect of Light on the Production of Reserpine in Cultured Rauwolfia serpentina Cells

  • Yamamoto, Osamu
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.90-95
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    • 1996
  • When reserpine-producing cell strains of Rauwolfia serpentina were transferred from the dark to the light irradiation, the production of reserpine was extremely enhanced whereas the cell growth was suppressed. In an incubation period of 20 days, the most effective culture condition for reserpine production was the combination of 8 days of dark culture and following 12 days of light culture. The time courses of both cell growth and reserpine production were measured in vitro in order to clarify the effect of wave length range of light on the biosynthesis of reserpine. Although the growth of cultured cells which had been incubated under continuous red, yellow, and green lights, respectively, was similar to that of the cultured cells subcultured in the dark. The cells cultured under red light irradiation produced less reserpine than dark-grown cultures. Both blue and near-ultraviolet light inhibited the growth of cultured cells. The production of reserpine was strikingly enhanced by blue light, but was strongly inhibited by near-ultraviolet light.

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Observations on Some of the Mycelial Growth and Pigmentation Characteristics of Cordyceps militaris Isolates

  • Shrestha, Bhushan;Lee, Won-Ho;Han, Sang-Kuk;Sung, Jae-Mo
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2006
  • Characteristic growth patterns of Cordyceps militaris isolates on various media, under varying light conditions and at varying incubation periods were examined. Light was found to be the most critical single factor in determining the density, texture, and pigmentation of the mycelial culture of the fungus. However, under the light condition, the degree of pigmentation and mycelial density were found to be affected by the incubation period and type of medium. Irrespective of the variations in medium type or incubation period, there was no pigmentation of the mycelium under dark condition. Radial growth of the mycelium was faster under dark incubation rather than under light incubation. Abundant mycelial density and darkest pigmentation of C. militaris isolates were produced in nutritionally rich media like SDAY, SMAY and CZYA, suggesting that these media may fulfill all the requirements for vegetative growth of the fungus. Growth characteristics of C. militaris isolates could be easily observed by the simple agar culture method, which would be useful to characterize the phenotypic characteristics of large number of pure cultures of the fungus under given conditions of growth factors such as medium, light and temperature.

Harmony Perception according to Contrast Coloration of Shirt and Necktie by Male and Female (셔츠와 넥타이의 컨트라스트 배색에 대한 남녀의 조화감 지각)

  • Lim, Ji-Young;Kang, Kyung-Ja
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.838-851
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this research was to investigate the harmony evaluation and the effects used clues on harmony perception in terms of 128 contrast coloration of male shirt and necktie by male and female students. The results are as follows. Among 128 contrast coloration stimuli, female students evaluated 42 set, male students 50 set, so proved that male's range of harmony more extensive than that of female. It is significant difference between female and male on shirt-necktie coloration; vivid red shirt-vivid green tie, dull red shirt-dark blue tie, light red shirt-dull blue tie, dark red shirt-light blue tie, light green shirt-vivid violet tie, light green shirt-light red tie, light green shirt-dull red tie. Especially, in contrast coloration, it was evaluated as harmonized coloration by both male and female as tie was dark tone on the whole.

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Growth Characteristics of Ultrahigh-density Microalgal Cultures

  • Richmond, Amos
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.349-353
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    • 2003
  • The physiological characteristics of cultures of very high cell mass (e.g. 10g cell mass/L), termed“ultrahigh cell density cultures”is reviewed. A close relationship was found between the length of the optical path (OP) in flat-plate reactors and the optimal cell density of the culture as well as its areal (g m$\^$-2/ day$\^$-1/) productivity. Cell-growth inhibition (GI) unfolds as culture density surpasses a certain threshold. If it is constantly relieved, a 1.0cm OP reactor could produce ca. 50% more than reactors with longer OP, e.g. 5 or 10cm. This unique effect, discovered by Hu et al. [3], is explained in terms of the relationships between the frequency of the light-dark cycle (L-D cycle), cells undergo in their travel between the light and dark volumes in the reactor, and the turnover time of the photosynthetic center (PC). In long OP reactors (5cm and above) the L-D cycle time may be orders of magnitude longer than the PC turnover time, resulting in a light regime in which the cells are exposed along the L-D cycle, to long, wasteful dark periods. In contrast, in reactors with an OP of ca. 1.0 cm, the L-D cycle frequency approaches the PC turnover time resulting in a significant reduction of the wasteful dark exposure time, thereby inducing a surge in photosynthetic efficiency. Presently, the major difficulty in mass cultivation of ultrahigh-density culture (UHDC) concerns cell growth inhibition in the culture, the exact nature of which is awaiting detailed investigation.

The Effects of Light on the Production of hGM-CSF in Transgenic Plant Cell Culture (빛 조사시간에 따른 형질전환된 담배세포 성장과 hGM-CSF의 생산에 미치는 영향)

  • 이재화;이재화;김영숙;홍신영;신윤지;서조은;권태호;양문식
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.568-572
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    • 2001
  • Light is one of the most important environmental factors controlling plant physiology. The human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (hGM-CSF) was produced from cell suspension cultures of transgenic tobacco under different light conditions (24 hr light, 18 hr light/dark cycle, dark). Under 24 hr light condition, cell growth was best and dry cell weight reached 14.4 g/L. Light did not influenced the secretion of total proteins. However, in the dark condition, the ratio of secreted total protein/dry cell weight was 1.5 fold higher than those of ethel conditions. Production of hGM-CSF was highest with 18 hr light condition and reached 496.5 ug/L. In addition, the content of hGM-CSf in secreted total proteins was 1.8 fold higher than that of 24 hr light condition, which is beneficial for the purificationof the protein.

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Physiological studies on cell division by the technique of synchronous culture of chlorella (I) (클로렐라의 동조배양법에 의한 세포분열의 생리학적 연구 1)

  • 이영녹;이종삼
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 1969
  • Changes in the phosphorylation of Chlorella cells during the life cycle the aulotrophic and micotrophic synchronous culture were followed under the light and dark. 1. In the autotrophic culture of Chlorella the amounts of esterified phosphate compounds of the algal cell under the light increased during the growing period and decreased strikingly in the ripening period showing a peak at the $L_1$ i/-cell stage. 2. TRhe amount of total esterified phosphate compounds of the cell under the dark, however, decreased during the growing period and then kept fairly constnat during the ripening nad division periods showing the greates activity of the oxidative phosphorylation in the early growing stage. 3. It is presumed that the energy requirement of the dividing algal cell in the autotrophic culture is fulfilled prior to the nuclear division mostly by the photosynthetic phosphorylation. 4. In the mixotrophic culture, the amount of esterified phosphate compounds of the algal cells under the light increased during the growing period and decreased during the late ripening and early division periods showing a peak in the $L_2$-cell stage as in the case of the phosphorylation under the dark. 5. The phosphorylation of the fell grown in the glucose medium is more active under the dark than under the light in the stages of the growing and early ripening periods. 6. It is considered that the excess glucose in the algal cell not only promotes the oxidative phosphorylation but also inhibits the photosynthetic phosphorylation of the cell. 7. It is presumed that the energy requirement of the dividing algal cell in the glucose medium is fulfilled prior to the nuclear division by the combined action of oxidative and photosynthetic phosphorylation, mostly by the oxidative phosphorylation.

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Stspension Culture of Betalain Producing Cell-Line and Characteristics of Hairy Root of Phytolacca esculenta V. Houtte (장록에서 유도한 Betalain 합성 세포주의 액체 배양과 모상근의 특성)

  • 양덕조;이성종윤길영강영희
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 1993
  • Thc effect of light and phylohormonc on the belalaln synthesis was tested using the suspension culture of a rod(bclalaln produulng) cell line from Phytolacca esculenta V. Houtte. Betalain synthesis of rod-cell 1ine was strongly dependent on the irradiation of blue light, but induced by hormone, IAA and/or kinetin, in dark conditions. In a light condition, however, 2 mg/l of IAA increased the betalain content about 30% (per gram fresh weight), whereas more than 0.5mg/l of kinetin remarkably decreased. The hairy root derived from the same plant was also observed for the blue light-dependent pigmentation in the root-tips. When the hairy root grown in dark was transferred to the light condition, the accumulation of betalain was initiated after 12hours. Such pigmentation was completely inhabited by addition of a protein synthesis inhibitor.

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A Study on the Characterization and Dyeability of Mushroom Colorant(III) -Analysis of Color Difference Value Depending on Dyeing Condition (양송이 색소의 특성과 염색성에 관한 연구(III) -염색 조건에 따른 색차 분석을 중심으로-)

  • 서영숙;정지윤
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.58-70
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    • 1998
  • The color difference value of fabrics dyed with browning extracts from mushroom were as follows. 1. Two hours of dyeing depending on pH at 95℃ exhibited colors of YR and Y. The color of wool and nylon was darkest brown at pH 4, but light brown or yellow as pH increased. The color of silk was darkest brown at pH 5 and pH changes resulted in the same tendency as in wool. 2. In wool the color was changed to darker brown as time prolonged, however, there was no further color change after 9hr and value and chroma of wool declined. 3. At pH 4, the increase in temperature turned colors of sil, wool and nylon into dark brown from light yellow. 4. As the result of repetitive dyeing, colors of silk, wool and nylon gradually turned into darker brown. The repetitive dyeing was more effective in dark color and high colorfastness compared to a prolonged dyeing. 5. The amount of mordant resulted in color changes between light yellow and dark brown without various color changed. 6. In color change according to methods of mordant, post-mordant with CuSO₄·5H₂O and with SnCl·2H₂O showed colors of green and light yellow, respectively.

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Effect of Light on Production of Athocyanin and Betacyanin Thruough Cell Suspension Culture Systems in Vitis vinyfera L. and Phytolacca americana L. (포도와 미국자리공 세포현탁배양계 안토시아닌과 베타시아닌에 미치는 광의 영향)

  • 최관삼;인준교;이영복
    • Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 1994
  • The effects of light on the production of anthocyanin and betacyanin in cell suspension cultures of Vitis vinifera and Phytolacca americana were investigated. The cell growth of V.vinifera was little affected by exposure to light, but that of P.americana was markedly increased by light than in the dark In suspension cultures of V vinifera maximum accumulation of anthocyanin was observed during the stationary phase in continuous light By contrast, in suspension cultures of R americana, accumulation of betacyanin occured in parallel with cell division which showed two peaks after 4 days and 8 days of culture in continuous light whereas in continuous dark accumulation of anthocyanin and betacyanin did not occured However treatment of light interrupting for l, 12, and 24 h after 4 days in cell suspension. cultures of remarkably showed a slight anthocyanin accumulation, but after 8 days of culture remarkably accumulated by light interrupting for more than 12 h. In cultures of P. americana, the light treatment was more effective at 4th day than at 7th day after culture, but betacyanin accumulation was decreased again in the dark after light treatment These result indicate that the difference of light responses exist between the V.vinifera and the betacyanin of P. americana though cell suspension culture systems.

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Effect of Light/dark Cycles on Wastewater Treatments by Microalgae

  • Lee, Kwangyong;Lee, Choul-Gyun
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.194-199
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    • 2001
  • Chlorella kessleri cultivated in artificial wastewater using diurnal illumination of 12h light/12h dark (L/D) cycles. The inoculum density was 10(sup)5 cells/mL and the irradiance in light cycle was 45$\mu$mol㎡s(sup)-1 at the culture surface. As a control culture, another set of flasks was cultivated under continuous illumination. Regardless of the illumination scheme, the total organic carbon (TOC) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) was reduced below 20% of the initial concentration within a day. However, cell concentration under the L/D lighting scheme was lower tan that under the continuous illuminating scheme. Thus the specific removal rate of organic carbon under L/D cycles was higher than that under continuous illumination. This result suggested that C. kessleri grew chemoorganotrophically in the dark periods. After 3 days, nitrate was reduced to 136.5 and 154.1mg NO$_3$-N/L from 168.1mg NO$_3$-N/L under continuous illumination and under diurnal cycles, respectively. These results indicate nitrate removal efficiency under continuous light was better than that under diurnal cycles. High-density algal cultures using optimized photobioreactors with diurnal cycles will save energy and improve organic carbon sources removal.

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