• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.492-498
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• 1995

Net type polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) media and cillium type polyethlene polypropylene (PEPP) media were installed in the aereted submerged biofilm reactors. Synthetic phenol wastewater for feed were made to contain 1,480 mg of phenol per liter of water. The organic loading range of reactors were 0.439-0.456 kg COD/m$_{3}$, 0.882 - 0.919 kg COD/m$_{3}$ and 1.199-1.339 kg COD/m$_{3}$. Comparing PVDC to PEPP media, the bacterial number found in biofilm on PEPP were slightly higher. With the low temperature (10$\circ$C), the number of bacteria was some what deceered. Number of bacterial strains identified from PVDC were 23 and those from PEPP were 42. Genera identified in the PVDC media were Flavobacterium (47.8%), Unidentified (17.6%), Pseudomonas (13.0%), Micrococcus (8.7%) and Beggratoa (8.7%). Genera identified in the PEPP media reactor were Pseudomonas (35.7%), Alcaligenes (19.0%), Aeromonas (14.33%) and Micrococcus (11.9%), In the steady, state, a filamentous bacteria, type 1701 was identified in all of the reactors. Paramecium sp. and fungi were present in the PVDC media reactor. While, Difflugia sp, Paramecium sp. and fungi were found in the PEPP media reactor. The low diversity of protozoa was ascribed to high concentration of phenol.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.255-262
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• 2010

Strain BCNU 2001 was isolated from soil samples collected from Tea-baek Mountain area. The biochemical characteristics and 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences of the isolate revealed that the strain belonged to the Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The supernatants had an antimicrobial effect on various kind of bacteria and fungi. Especially BCNU 2001 was able to greatly inhibit the growth of Micrococcus luteus, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, and Aspergillus niger, and its inhibition zone was measured as 18.5 mm against Micrococcus luteus, 19.0mm against Proteus mirabilis, 17.0mm against Proteus vulgaris, and 13.5 mm against Aspergillus niger, respectively. Hexane and dichloromethane extracts of BCNU 2001 exhibited significant activity against bacteria, and dichloromethane and ethylacetate extracts showed significant activity against fungi. Pseudomonas strain BCNU 2001 was also determined to have antimicrobial peptide against various microorganisms including Gram positive bacteria, Gram negative bacteria and fungi. The obtained results may provide preliminary support for the usefulness of Pseudomonas strain BCNU 2001.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.327-332
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• 2003

We Isolated strains of Micrococcus sp., Pseudomonas sp., Leuconostoc sp. which have protease activity in the Changran-Jeotgal. These microbes were added in the Changran-Jeotgal for the starters during fermentation to short fermentation period to check PH, VBN, $NH_2-N,$ free amino acids, and sensory evaluation. Microbiological changes were also examined for microorganism-added Changran-Jeotgal and the control. Viable cell counts in the microorganism-added Changran-Jeotgal increased from $7.1\times10^5\;CFU/g\;to\;7.5\times10^8\;CFU/g$ on 15th day, The cell counts in the control increased from $4.1\times10^5\;CFU/g\;to\;8.1\times10^8\;CFU/g$ on 30th day. VBN also increased in both. Increasing rates of $NH_2-N$ and free amino acids in the microorganism-added Changran-Jeotgal were faster than those in the control. Sensory evaluation showed that the microorganism-added Changran-Jeotgal was most favorable on 20th day. These results showed that fermentation period was shortened about 10 days in comparison with the control.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.1619-1627
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• 1999

Microbiological characteristics of gamma irradiated low salt squid Jeot-gal were examined. Following the fermentation periods, total bacterial cell, Lactobacillus spp., Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp. and yeast cell number were counted on their selective media and some acid forming bacteria and Pseudomonas spp. were identified. As the gamma irradiation dose increased, the microbial density of early fermentation phase was reduced and the growth rate was delayed. The repression effects on microbiological growth by gamma irradiation were to be higher as salt concentration increased. Adequate conditions of salt concentration and gamma irradiation for low-salt squid Jeot-gal preparation were 10% and 10 kGy, respectively. Lactobacillus sp. 2, Micrococcus varians and Streptococcus sp. I were isolated from 5% salt containing squid Jeot-gal, and Micrococcus morrhuae was from 20% only while Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus brevis were widespread. Lactobacillus brevis, Pediococcus halophilus and Pseudomonas diminuta were sensitive and Lactobacillus plantarum, Micrococcus morrhuae and Pseudomonas sp. 3 were resistant to gamma irradiation. The diversity of microflora decreased as salt concentration decreased and gamma irradiation dose increased.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.68-77
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• 1971

Ninty four strains of lysine producing micro-organisms in culture broth during fermentation have been isolated from soil and other sources. From the comparison of the amounts of lysine produced, 6 strains have been selected as the potentially useful strains, and identified tentatively as Micrococcus sp. (S-16-4), Corynebactcrium sp. (S-27-12, S-281-3, CBY-4) and Brevibacterium sp. (M-6-71, F-629-2), respectively. From the further studies with Corynebacterium sp., S-27-12, its maximum yield was found to be 4mg lysine/ml of synthetic medium, consist of glucose(7.5%), urea(0.6%), $KH_2PO_4(0.2%)$, $Na_2HPO_4(0.05%)$, $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O(0.03%)$, $MnSO_4{\cdot}4H_2O(0.001%)$ and $FeSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O(0.0005%)$ at pH 7.2 and $30^{\circ}C$ after 4 days.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.211-218
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• 2012

This study was performed to understand the bacteriologic contamination level of radiological equipments which have frequent contacts with patients in the Department of Radiology of an university hospital in Busan area. Before sterilizing in-patient of the radiology rooms, MRSA, VRE, acinetobacter baumannii, candida albicans, and enterococcus sp. were detected. After sterilization, all the bacteria were not found. As examine times become longer, more bacteria were detected and after 7 hours, bacillus sp.(GPR), CNS, acinetobacter baumannii, and Enterococcus sp. were detected. After examining infected patients, bacillus sp.(GPR), VRE, enterococcus sp. CNS, and micrococcus sp. were detected and on the hands of radiological technologists, CNS, enterococcus sp. escherichia coli, and enterobacter sp. were detected. Similar species of bacteria were detected from each radiology room, but pseudomonas aeruginosa was detected on the handles of portable radiological equipments and the chair in the waiting room. Therefore, it is the most important to regularly sterilize radiological equipments and devices which have frequent contacts with patients and to sterilize them right after the use of infected patients in order to prevent the spread of infection. Also, thorough hand washing, education on infection and management for the characteristics of Department of Radiology should be performed for the systematic prevention of infection.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Life Science Conference
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.34.2-34.2
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• 2007

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• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.345-349
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• 1992

Thymidylate synthase activity from extracts of various methotrexate-resistant strains was measured by spectrophotometric assay. Methotrexate-resistant strains of Lactobacillus, Pseudomonas sp., Micrococcus sp. HS-1, Klebsillela pneumonae, Cellulomonas fimi and Serratia marcescens elevated thymidylate synthase levels, especially, Pseudomonas sp. KL-9 resistant to $10^{-9}M$ methotrexate have a 156-fold increase in thymidylate synthase, which suggests that Pseudomonas sp. is a convenient source of thymidylate synthase. Several methotrexate strains of yeast were tested, however, their enzyme activity was generally lower than that of bacteria tested.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.357-362
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• 1988

Twenty-one aerobic bacteria were isolated from Kimchi and the influences of aqueous extract of garlic on the isolates were studied. The bacteria were 11 Bacillus spp., 2 Staphylococcus spp., a Micrococcus sp., a Flavobacterium sp., an Enterobacteriaceae, and 4 Vibrionaceae. In nutrient broth growth of the bacteria was inhibited by the extract. The antibacterial effects of the garlic were different from each other depending upon the bacteria. The results revealed that the inhibitory effects were due to the bacteriocidal action of the garlic extracts.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 2006

A streptomycete strain was isolated from the soil samples from Korea. The chemotaxonomy and 16S rDNA sequencing confirmed that the strain belonged to the genus Streptomyces and we named it Streptomyces sp. AO-0511. Two antibiotics, herbimycin A and dihydroherbimycin A produced by this strain were tested for their physico-chemical and biological characteristics. Both compounds were stable under acidic pH. Dihydroherbimycin A was more heat-stable and polar compared with herbimycin A. Only weak antibacterial activities were detected against Bacillus subtilus ATCC 6633 and Micrococcus luteus ATCC 9341. However, herbimycin A and dihydroherbimycin A showed strong inhibitory activities on lung cancer cells (A549 cells) and leukemia cells (HL-60). The cytotoxicity was determined using L5178Y and P388 cell lines. The results showed that herbimycin A and dihydroherbimycin A had lower toxic effects on the cells compared with the standard compounds, comptothecin and cyclosporin A. Therefore, both compounds could be good candidates for the development of new anticancer drugs.