• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제19권spc호
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• pp.149-152
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• 2011

To improve the soil condition for no-tillage organic pepper cultivation, four different green manure crops were cultivated. Fertilizer supply was depended on the biomass of the cultivated green manure crops, nitrogen supplies were 314kg in Vicia villosa and 341kg $ha^{-1}$ in Vicia angustifolia. In the microbial community analyzed by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) method, soil microbe populations were different among the green manure crops and fungi group was increased at Vicia angustifloia and Vicia villosa. The biological ratio indexes of fatty acids in the soils, the ratio of Gram-negative to Gram-positive bacterial PLFA and Ratio of aerobes to anaerobes were high at Vicia hirsute and Vicia tetrasperma suggesting the enrich of the aerobic conditions. The ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids increased at Vicia angustifloia and Vicia villosa suggesting anaerobic conditions. Abundant biomass and uncomposted organic matter, the ratio of fungi to bacteria was increased at Vicia angustifloia and Vicia villosa.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1424-1432
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• 2007

Two male, rumen fistulated crossbred Brahman-Thai native beef cattle (body weight = $400{\pm}50$ kg), fed on rice straw as a source of roughage, were used as rumen fluid sources. The treatments were $2{\times}3$ factorial arrangements; two roughages (fresh cassava foliage and cassava hay) and three sulfur levels (elemental sulfur) at 0.2 (control), 0.5 and 1% of DM, respectively. The experiment revealed that the rates (c) of gas production, ammonia-nitrogen concentration, true digestibility, total concentration or molar proportions of VFA and microbial biomass were not significantly different between cassava hay and fresh cassava foliage. However, all parameters for cassava hay were higher than for fresh cassava foliage. The supplementation of 0.5% sulfur to fresh cassava foliage resulted in a significant increase in the rate of gas production, true digestibility, total concentration of VFA, microbial biomass, rate of HCN disappearance, thiocyanate appearance and cyanide percentage conversion into thiocyanate. However, there were no effects of sulfur supplementation at 0.2, 0.5 and 1% to cassava hay. The finding suggests the utilization of cassava foliage for rumen microorganisms in terms of fermentation and HCN detoxification could be improved by sulfur supplementation of 0.5% of DM.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1551-1558
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• 2014

The esterase gene Est8 from the thermophilic bacterium Bacillus sp. K91 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The monomeric enzyme exhibited a theoretical molecular mass of 24.5 kDa and an optimal activity around $50^{\circ}C$ at pH 9.0. A model of Est8 was constructed using a hypothetical YxiM precursor structure (2O14_A) from Bacillus subtilis as template. The structure showed an ${\alpha}/{\beta}$-hydrolase fold and indicated the presence of a typical catalytic triad consisting of Ser-11, Asp-182, and His-185, which were investigated by site-directed replacements coupled with kinetic characterization. Asp-182 and His-185 residues were more critical than the Ser-11 residue in the catalytic activity of Est8. A comparison of the amino acid sequence showed that Est8 could be grouped into the GDSL family and further classified as an SGNH hydrolase. Est8 is a new member of the SGNH hydrolase subfamily and may employ a different catalytic mechanism.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2005

강화도 장화리의 펄 갯벌에 서식하는 저서 원생동물 군집의 계절 분포 및 섭식률을 파악하기 위하여 2002년 4월부터 2004년 4월까지 총 3개의 정점을 선정하여 2-3개월 간격으로 조사를 수행하였다. 저서 원생동물의 현존량과 생물량은 섬모충류와 종속영양 편모류에 의해 98% 이상 우점하여 나타났으며, 그 외 종속영양 와편모류와 아메바 그룹이 일부 시기에 관찰되었으나 중요하지 않은 그룹으로 나타났다. 종속영양 편모류의 현존량과 탄소량은 각각 $0.2-5.9{\times}10^5\;cells\;cm^{-3}$와 $0.02-9.2\;{\mu}C\;cm^{-3}$로 분포하였으며, 생물량은 춘계와 추계에 비교적 높은 분포를 보였다. 종속영양 편모류는 표충 2.5 mm 이내에서 다른 층에 비해 높은 분포를 보였으며, 종속영양 편모류의 수평적 분포는 정점별로 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 종속영양 편모류는 $10{\mu}m$이하의 크기에 의하여 주로 우점하여 나타났으나, 2월과 4월 사이에 $20{\mu}m$ 이상의 종속영양 유글레나가 높게 출현하였다 섬모충류의 현존량과 생물량은 각각 $0.1-17.8{\times}10^3\;cells\;cm^{-3}$와 $0.02-9.1\;{\mu}gC\;cm^{-3}$ 범위로 분포하였으며 춘계와 추계에 높은 분포를 보였다. 섬모충류 그룹은 주로 하모류에 의해 우점 하였으며, 계절별로 두드러진 우점 종들은 관찰되지 않았다. 섬모충류의 수직적 분포는 표층 2.5 mm이내에서 높은 분포를 보였으며, 정점별 분포는 조간대 상부 정점에 비해 조간대 하부 정점에서 높은 분포를 보였다. 섬모충류의 시.공간적 분포는 저서 미세조류의 생물량 분포와 유사한 양상을 보였다. 조사기간동안 저서 원생동물 그룹의 탄소량은 섬모충류에 의해 평균 66%의 높은 우점률을 보였으며, 저서 원생동물의 계절변동은 저서 미세조류의 변동과 유사한 양상을 보였다. 본 연구에서 저서 원생동물의 섭식률을 측정한 결과 박테리아 생산력과 저서 미세조류 생산력의 각각 13.4-40.7%와 20.1-36.4%를 제거하였으며, 박테리아에 대한 섭식률은 섬모충류에 비해 종속영양 편모류에 의해 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 박테리아와 돌말류에 대한 저서 원생동물의 섭식률은 춘계에 가장 높았으며 저서 미세생물 먹이 망에서 저서 원생동물은 미세생물 군집의 생물량이 높은 춘계에 박테리아와 돌말류의 포식자로서 중요한 역할을 하고 있음을 시사하였다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.480-488
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• 2016

Soil microbes are widely well known to play an important role for sustainable agriculture in terms of crop healthy cultivation and environmental conservation. In this context, the distributional characteristics of soil microbes according to cropping systems were investigated under rice (R)-rice (R), rice (R)-barley (B)-rice (R), and soybean (S)-barley (B)-soybean (S) cropping condition to get basic informations for sustainable agriculture, where barley was grown for winter, in mid-mountainous loam paddy located at the altitude of 285 m above sea level in Sangju area from 2014 to 2015. Estimating from microbial communities by fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) method, a total biomass of bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi in R-B-R plot was 37% and 40% higher than that in S-B-S and R-R plots, respectively (p < 0.05). In especial, bacteria and fungi were more in R-B-R plot than those in any other ones. B. japonicum, AMF, and mesophilic Bacillus sp. were also greater in S-B-S plot than those. In the community distribution, however, bacteria and actinomycetes showed comparatively high values in S-B-S plot relative to either R-R or R-B-R plot including rice, in which fungi outstanding. In the correlation between microbial biomass and soil properties changed by the cropping, bacteria was positively correlated with C:N ratio; actinomycetes with exchangeable Ca; fungi with available $P_2O_5$ (p < 0.05). While these microbes showed negative response to water stable aggregates of soil.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.621-626
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• 2016

The present study evaluated the variations in soil microbial population of controlled horticultural land used for lettuce (Lactuca sativa) cultivation by their fatty acid methyl ester and chemical properties. We utilized four treatment groups, no treatment (NT), culture medium (CM), Bacillus subtilis S37-2 (KACC 91281P) ${\times}10^6CFU\;mL^{-1}$ (BS1), and Bacillus subtilis $S37-2{\times}10^7CFU\;mL^{-1}$ (BS2) and analyzed these variations throughout the before treatment and harvesting stage. The chemical properties such as pH, organic matter, available phosphate, and electrical conductivity in soils before treatment and harvesting stage showed no significant difference among the treatments. Total numbers of bacteria and microbial biomass C in soil treated with BS1 were larger than those of NT, CM, and BS2, whereas total number of fungi at the harvesting stage was significantly lower in the BS1 soil than in the NT and CM soils (P < 0.05). On basis of leaf length, leaf width, leaf number and leaf weight, the growth characteristics lettuce on the soil treated with BS1 and BS2 was faster than those of NT and CM soils. Yield of lettuce with treated BS1 and BS2 were 35% and 29% more than that of NT, respectively.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.294-302
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• 2016

Background: Crop rotation plays an important role in improving soil chemical properties, minimizing the presence of disease pathogens, and assists in neutralizing autotoxic effects associated with allelochemicals. Methods and Results: Five rotation crops of sudan grass, soybean, peanut, sweet potato, and perilla were cultivated for one year with an aim to reduce yield losses caused by repeated cropping of ginseng. In 2-year-old ginseng grown in the same soil as a previous ginseng crop, stem length and leaf area were reduced by 30%, and root weight per plant was reduced by 56%. Crop rotation resulted in a significant decrease in electrical conductivity, $NO_3$, and $P_2O_5$ content of the soil, whereas organic matter, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, and Zn content remained-unchanged. Soil K content was increased following crop rotation with sudan grass and peanut only. Rotation with all alternate crops increased subsequent ginseng aerial plant biomass, whereas root weight per plant significantly increased following crop rotation with perilla only. A significant positive correlation was observed between root rot ration and soil K content, and a significant negative correlation was observed between ginseng root yield and the abundance of actinomycetes. Crop rotation affected the soil microbial community by increasing gram negative microbes, the ratio of aerobic microbes, and total microbial biomass whereas decreases were observed in actinomycetes and the ration of saturated fatty acids. Conclusions: In soil exhibiting crop failure following replanting, crop rotation for one year promoted both soil microbial activity and subsequent ginseng aerial plant biomass, but did not ameliorate the occurrence of root rot disease.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.118-126
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• 2011

Ester-linked fatty acid methyl ester (EL-FAME) profiles were used to describe differences in soil microbial communities influenced by conventional farming system (CFS), and organic farming system (OFS) in controlled horticultural land. Soil physicochemical properties and soil microbial communities were determined in the experimental fields. Higher organic matter content in OFS reduced soil bulk density which in turn increased the soil porosity. Generally, soil chemical properties in OFS were higher than those of CFS, but EC value in OFS was significantly lower than that of CFS. With the exception of Fe content, other macronutrient contents and pH in both farming system decreased with the soil depth. Soil microbial biomass of OFS was approximately 1.3 times in topsoil and 1.8 times in subsoil higher than those of CFS. Lower ratios of cy17:0 to $16:1{\omega}7c$ and cy19:0 to $18:1{\omega}7c$ were found in the CFS soils than the OFS soils, indicating that microbial stress decreased. The ratio of MUFA to SFA was higher in OFS due to organic input to the soil. In principal components analysis (PCA), the first variable accounted for 54.3%, while the second for 27.3%, respectively. The PC1 of the PCA separated the samples from CFS and OFS, while the PC2 of the PCA separated the samples from topsoil and subsoil. EL-FAMEs with the positive eigenvector coefficients for PC1 were cy17: 0 to $16:1{\omega}7c$ ratio, cy19:0 to $18:1{\omega}7c$ ratio, soil pH, soil organic matter, and soil $NO_3$-N content. Our findings suggest that the shifting cy19:0 to $18:1{\omega}7c$ ratio should be considered as potential factors responsible for the clear microbial community differentiation observed between different cultivation systems and soil depth in controlled horticultural land.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.189-196
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• 1991

본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 침지형(浸漬型) 생물막(生物膜) 반응조(反應槽)에서 온도(溫度)의 변화(變化)가 미생물(微生物) 성상(性狀)과 처리효율(處理効率)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 구명(究明)하였다. 침지형(沈漬型) 생물막(生物膜) 반응조(反應槽)에서 온도와 매체충전율(媒體充塡率)을 변화시켜 얻어진 연구결과를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 생물막(生物膜) 밀도(密度), 부착미생물량(附着微生物量), 생물막(生物膜)두께는 온도(溫度)와 매체충전량(媒體充塡量)의 변화에 상당한 영향을 받는다. 2. 반응조 내의 총(總) 미생물(微生物) 중 부유미생물(浮遊微生物)이 차지하는 비율은 약 10-50%로 부유미생물(浮遊微生物)이 기질제거(基質除去)에 관여하는 역할을 무시할 수 없음이 입증되었다. 3. 온도와 총 미생물농도에 따른 BOD 제거효율(除去効率)을 나타내는 관계식을 유도할 수 있었다. 4. 본 공법(工法)은 온도변화에 강(強)한 편으로, Van't Hoff-Arrhenius 변형식(變形式)을 이용하여 구(求)한 온도보정계수(溫度補正係數)는 1.042이었다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.482-493
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• 2005

Biomass is originally photosynthesized from inorgainic compounds such as $CO_2$, minerals, water and solar energy. Recent studies have shown that anaerobic bacteria have the ability to convert recalcitrant biomass such as cellullosic or chitinoic materials to useful compounds. The biomass containing agricultural waste, unutilized wood and other garbage is expected to utilize as feed, food and fuel by microbial degradation and other metabolic functions. In this study we isolated several anaerobic, cellulolytic and chitinolytic bacteria from rumen fluid, compost and soil to study their related enzymes and genes. The anaerobic and cellulolytic bacteria, Clostridium thermocellum, Clostridium stercorarium, and Clostridium josui, were isolated from compost and the chitinolytic Clostridium paraputrificum from beach soil and Ruminococcus albus was isolated from cow rumen. After isolation, novel cellulase and xylanase genes from these anaerobes were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The properties of the cloned enzymes showed that some of them were the components of the enzyme (cellulase) complex, i.e., cellulosome, which is known to form complexes by binding cohesin domains on the cellulase integrating protein (Cip: or core protein) and dockerin domains on the enzymes. Several dockerin and cohesin polypeptides were independently produced by E. coli and their binding properties were specified with BIAcore by measuring surface plasmon resonance. Three pairs of cohesin-dockerin with differing binding specificities were selected. Two of their genes encoding their respective cohesin polypeptides were combined to one gene and expressed in E. coli as a chimeric core protein, on which two dockerin-dehydrogenase chimeras, the dockerin-formaldehyde dehydrogenase and the dockerin-NADH dehydrogenase are planning to bind for catalyzing $CO_2$ reduction to formic acid by feeding NADH. This reaction may represent a novel strategy for the reduction of the green house gases. Enzymes from the anaerobes were also expressed in tobacco and rice plants. The activity of a xylanase from C. stercorarium was detected in leaves, stems, and rice grain under the control of CaMV35S promoter. The digestibility of transgenic rice leaves in goat rumen was slightly accelerated. C. paraputrificum was found to solubilize shrimp shells and chitin to generate hydrogen gas. Hydrogen productivity (1.7 mol $H_2/mol$ glucos) of the organism was improved up to 1.8 times by additional expression of the own hydrogenase gene in C. paraputrficum using a modified vector of Clostridiu, perfringens. The hydrygen producing microflora from soil, garbage and dried pelletted garbage, known as refuse derived fuel(RDF), were also found to be effective in converting biomass waste to hydrogen gas.