• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.278-284
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• 2004

Changes in the soil bacterial community of a coniferous forest were analyzed to assess microbial responses to wildfire. Soil samples were collected from three different depths in lightly and severely burned areas, as well as a nearby unburned control area. Direct bacterial counts ranged from $3.3­22.6\times10^8\;cells/(g{\cdot}soil).$ In surface soil, direct bacterial counts of unburned soil exhibited a great degree of fluctuation. Those in lightly burned soil changed less, but no significant variation was observed in the severely burned soil. The fluctuations of direct bacterial count were less in the middle and deep soil lay­ers. The structure of the bacterial community was analyzed via the fluorescent in situ hybridization method. The number of bacteria detected with the eubacteria-targeted probe out of the direct bacterial count varied from $30.3\;to\;84.7\%,$ and these ratios were generally higher in the burned soils than in the unburned control soils. In the surface unburned soil, the ratios of $\alpha,\;\beta\;and\;gamma-proteobacteria,$ Cytoph­aga-Flavobacterium group, and other eubacteria groups to total eubacteria were 9.9, 10.6, 15.5, 9.0, and $55.0\%,$ respectively, and these ratios were relatively stable. The ratios of $\alpha,\;\beta\;and\;gamma-proteobacteria,$ and Cytophaga-Flavobacterium group to total eubacteria increased immediately after the wildfire, and the other eubacterial proportions decreased in the surface and middle layer soils. By way of contrast, the composition of the 5 groups of eubacteria in the subsurface soil exhibited no significant fluctuations dur­ing the entire period. The total bacterial population and bacterial community structure disturbed by wildfire soon began to recover, and original levels seemed to be restored 3 months after the wildfire.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.150-155
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• 2013

Pyrosequencing을 이용하여 영산강 유역의 세균 군집 현황을 조사하였다. 영산강 본류 및 지천 14개 지점을 선정하여 5-7월동안 시료채취를 하였다. 총 42개의 시료를 가지고 총 989,380 reads을 얻었으며 taxonomic 분류와 OTU 분포도 분석을 실시하였다. Phylum 계층의 세균 구조 결과를 통해서 지천의 특성, 토지 이용, 시기적인 요인 등 환경적 요인에 따라 세균 군집 구조가 민감하게 변하는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한, OTU 분석을 근거한 오염원 추적기법(microbial source tracking; MST)을 통해 분변오염을 추적해보았다. Firmicutes가 가장 수질에 영향을 주는 taxa로 관찰되었다. 본 연구를 통해서, 현재 사용하는 수질 지표, BOD, pH 등에 더하여 pyrosequencing을 이용한 세균군집 조사 결과가 보다 효율적인 하천의 물관리 정책을 위해서 유용한 정보가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.226-231
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• 2009

본 연구는 위해 미생물에 대한 빙과류의 오염수준 모니터링 결과를 바탕으로 미생물 위해평가(Microbial risk assessment : MRA)를 적용하여 노출정도를 평가하였다. 그 결과 원재료에서 S. aureus 균의 오염수준이 높았으며 살균 전 혼합액에서는 오염수준이 더욱 증가한 것으로 나타났으나 살균 후 혼합액에서는 오염 수준이 현저하게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다 한편 최종 냉동 저장된 빙과류에서의 오염수준은 초기의 원재료 오염수준보다 약간 더 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 최종적으로 빙과류의 위해성 평가 결과, 빙과류를 1일 동안 1인이 섭취하였을 때 평균적으로 식중독에 걸릴 가능성은 최소 $5.89{\times}10^{-7}$, 최대 $5.01{\times}10^{-5}$의 발생가능성을 제시할 수 있다. 하지만 좀 더 현실적인 위해 수준을 추정하기 위해서는 빙과류의 섭취량, dose-response model(양-반응 모델) 등에 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제47권8호
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• pp.522-533
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• 2009

Purpose: Infection with HIV-1 virus has become a critical worldwide public health problem. The oral complications of HIV infection with its progression of impairment of the host response to combat infection present unique challenges to the periodontists. Material and Methods : Medline research was carried out to find relationship of the progression of HIV infection to the occurrence of oral lesions including the HIV-related periodontal diseases. Results: The linear gingival erythema, necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis, necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis and oral candidiasis are common lesions in HIV-infected individuals. The linear gingival erythema and necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis lesions in HIV-infected subjects were found to have a similar microbiological profile. There are several general considerations in the periodontal management of the HIV-infected patient with or without periodontal disease. The altered immunity and host response in patients with HIV infection may also affect the incidence and severity of other common forms of periodontal disease not associated with HIV infection. Conclusion: Periodontal diseases in HIV-infected individuals present unique challenges in diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and maintenance. Therefore exact HIV staging, geographic location, antiviral and antimicrobial therapies and oral habits should be taken into consideration when treating HIV-infected patients.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.611-625
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• 2000

For the improvement of quality control of laboratory mouse, we investigated the environmental condition, histopathological findings and serological test using ELISA to mouse hepatitis virus(MHV), Mycoplasma pulmonis(MP), Clostridium piliforme(TZ) and Sendai virus (HVJ) of ICR, C57BL/6, CBA and C3H/He mice that were supplied from conventional laboratory animal facility. 1. The ammonia concentration of facility was below the recommended concentration, 15ppm, by the KNIH, and the room temperature($21{\sim}23^{\circ}C$) and relative humidity(40~60%) was optimum range recommend by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, respectively. 2. The incidence rate of inapparent disease was 86.6% and the major findings in the liver were vacuolar degeneration with nucleic pleomorphism. The lung was shown the thickening of alveolar wall and interstitial pneumonia with congestion. The kidney and spleen were observed the mild congestion and extramedullary hematopoiesis, respectively. 3. The positive reaction rates against MHV and MP in serological test was 97.9% and 37.5%, respectively but HVJ and TZ were negative. These results suggest that laboratory mice could be infected with MHV and MP under conventional environments. Therefore we recommend to select thoroughly inapparent infected mice and to convert conventional system into SPF facility as soon as possible.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.3517-3522
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• 2011

수인성 병원성 미생물에 의한 공중목욕탕의 오염은 질병발생의 원인이 된다. 본 연구에서는 공중목욕탕내에 존재하는 수인성 병원성미생물들을 확인하고자 하였다. 서울지역내의 30 곳 공중목욕탕에서 욕조수 시료를 채수하여 진행하였다. 수인성 병원성미생물의 검출은 0.45 ${\mu}m$의 여과막을 이용하여 전통적인 배양방법으로 분리 및 동정하였다. 분자생물학적 기법을 사용하기 위해 미생물학적인 배양을 하지 않고 핵산을 추출하여 16S rRNA유전자를 표적으로 polymerase chain reaction-reverse blot hybridization (PCR-REBA)을 실시하였다. 미생물학적 배양방법에서는 지표세균인 Escherichia coli와 Shigella spp.가 검출되었으며, 분자생물학적 기법인 PCR-REBA을 수행한 결과 E. coli, Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Pseudomonas spp., Mycobacterium spp. 등의 수인성 병원성미생물이 7곳에서 검출되었다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 공중목욕탕의 욕조수내에 수인성병원성미생물에 의한 감염을 줄이기 위해 적절한 위생관리과 E. coli를 포함한 유해미생물을 선정하여 지속적인 모니터링이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2004

빵류 제품의 HACCP적용을 용이하게 하기 위해서는 HACCP 일반 모델 개발이 필요하다. 제빵 공정이 소성과정 중 제품의 내부온도가 $85^{\circ}C$ 이상 유지되어 호화되는 것을 감안하면 병원성 미생물의 사멸이 베이킹 중에 일어나므로 일반 위생관리가 안전성 확보를 위한 주된 타겟이 되며, 일반위생관리규정은 적정제조기준(GMP : Good manufacturing practice) 함께 HACCP 시스템을 적용하기 위한 보조 프로그램으로서 반드시 확립되고 관리되어야 할 프로그램이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 빵류 제품을 생산, 가공, 포장하여 시판하는 제빵업체에 HACCP시스템을 적용시키고자 빵류 제품을 대상으로 하여 생산 제품의 안전성 및 위생 상태를 미생물학적 방법을 평가하고, 원료의 공정에 따른 위생분석을 행하여 CCP및 CL을 결정하여 빵류제품의 HACCP일반 모델을 제시하였다. 이러한 일반위생관리기준과 HACCP일반모델은 빵류 제품의 안전성 확보 및 HACCP적용에 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.257-259
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• 2005

Although automated continuous-monitoring blood culture systems are both rapid and sensitive, false-positive and false-negative results still occur. The objective of this study, then, was to evaluate negative results occurring with BacT/Alert 3D blood culture systems. A total of 1032 samples were cultured with the BacT/Alert 3D automated blood culture system, using both aerobic (BPA) and anaerobic (BPN) media, and 128 of these samples yielded positive results. A total of 904 negative blood samples were then subcultured in $5\%$ sheep blood agar, eosin methylene blue, chocolate agar, and sabouraud-dextrose agar. Organisms growing on these subcultures were subsequently identified using both Vitek32 (bioMerieux, Durham, NC) and conventional methods. Twenty four $(2.6\%)$ of the 904 subcultures grew on the subculture media. The majority $(83.3\%)$ of these were determined to be gram-positive microorganisms. Fourteen $(58.3\%)$ were coagulase-negative staphylococci, two $(8.3\%)$ were Bacillus spp., one $(4.2\%)$ was Staphylococcus aureus, and one $(4.2\%)$ was identified as Enterococcus faecium. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria spp. were isolated together in two $(8.3\%)$ vials. Gram-negative microorganisms comprised $12.5\%$ of the subcultures, of which two $(8.3\%)$ were found to be Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and one $(4.2\%)$ was Pseudomonas fluorescens. The other isolate $(4.2\%)$ was identified as Candida albicans. We conclude that the subculture of negative results is valuable in the BacT/Alert 3D system, especially in situations in which only one set of blood cultures is taken.

• 지질공학
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 인천 해안 LPG공동의 수리화학적 안정성을 평가하기 위해 공동 유출수 및 주변 지하수에 대한 수리지구화학적 및 미생물학적 특성을 평가하였다. 수질특성을 파악하기 위하여 2007년 2월, 5월, 8월, 10월에 걸쳐 시료채취 및 수질분석을 실시하였다. 프로판공동 지하수의 경우 pH는 8.1~12.4의 높은 값을 보였으며 이는 공동건설 및 관측정설치에 사용된 시멘트 그라우팅 물질의 용해영향으로 사료된다. 전기전도도는 시료채취 시기별로 큰 차이를 보였으며, 음의 산화환원전위는 유출수 및 지하수가 환원환경에 있음을 지시하였다. 수질분석결과 유출수 및 지하수의 수질유형은 모두 Na-Cl type으로 나타났으며 이는 해수의 영향으로 판단된다. 호기성세균, 혐기성세균, 점액질세균, 황산환원세균 모두 500 CFU/mL 미만으로 낮은 값을 보였으며 급격한 미생물 성장은 관찰되지 않았다. 현재로선 공동 운영에 지장을 주는 특이적 수리화학적 현상이 발견되지는 않았으나 지속적인 모니터링이 필요하다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.286-292
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• 2001

During mitosis. the proper segregation of duplicated chromosomes is corrdinated by a spindle check-point. The bifurcated spindle checkpoint blocks cell cycle progression at metaphase by monitoring unattached kinetochores and inhibits mitotic exit in response to the misorientation of the mitotic spin- dle Ibd1p/Bfa1p is a spindle checkpoint regulator of budding yeast in the Bub2p checkpoint pathway for mitotic exit and its disruption abolishes mitotic arrest when proper organization of the mitotic spin-dls inhibited. Ibd1p/Bfa1p localizes to the spindle pole body, a microtublue-organizing center in yeast, and its overexpression arrests the cell cycle in 80% of cells with an enlarged budy at mitosis and in 20 % of cells with multiple buds. In this study, we found that the C-terminus of Ibd1p/Bfa1p phys-ically interacts with Skp1p, a key component of SCF (Skp1/cullin/F-box) complex for ubiquition-medi-ated proteolysis of cel cycle regulatores as well as an evolutionally conserved kinetochore protein for cell cycle progression. A putative F-box motif was found in the C-terminus of Ibd1p/Bfa1p and its function was investigated by making mutants of conserved residues in the motif. These Ibd1p/Bfa1p mutants of a putative F-box interacted with SKp1p in vitro by two-hybrid assays as wild type Ibd1p/Bfa1p. Also these Ibd1p/Bfa1p utants displayed the overexpression phenotypes of wild type Ibd1p, when over-expressed under inducible promoters . These results suggest that a putative F-box motif of Ibd1p/Bfa1p is not essential for the interaction with SKp1p and its function in mitotic exit and cytokinesis.