• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.387-394
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• 2008

The toxicity of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) and formaldehyde (FA) on the indigenous microbial community in forest soil was studied. MTBE, TBA and FA with different concentrations were added into microcosms containing forest soil samples. After 10 and 30 days, total viable cell number and dehydrogenase activity in the microcosms were evaluated. Bacterial communities in the microcosms were also analyzed using a denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Dehydrogenase activity and total viable cell number were decreased according to the increase of MTBE, TBA and FA concentrations (P<0.05). FA toxicity was the highest, but TBA toxicity was the lowest. The results of principal component analysis using DGGE fingerprints showed that the microbial communities contaminated MTBE, TBA and FA were grouped by exposure time not exposure concentration. Dominant species in the microcosms were as follows: Photobacterium damselae sub sp. and Bacillus sp. KAR28 for MTBE; Mycobacterium sp. and Uncultured Clostridium sp. for TBA; and Uncultured Paenibacillaceae bacterium and Anxynobacillus, Flavithermus for FA.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2021

다양한 환경에서 미세조류와 종속영양세균(heterotrophic bacteria) 사이의 상호작용은 일반적이다. 본 연구에서는 미세조류 Chlorella sp. MF1907와 서로 다른 속(genus)에 속하는 31종의 종속영양세균을 공배양(co-culture)하여 MF1907의 광합성 활성에 미치는 종속영양세균의 영향을 규명하였다. 6종의 종속영양세균(Agromyces, Rhodococcus, Sphingomonas, Hyphomicrobium, Rhizobium, Pseudomonas)은 MF1907의 광합성 활성을 증가시켰으며(p < 0.05), 12종의 종속영양세균(Burkholderia, Paraburkholderia, Micrococcus, Arthrobacter, Mycobacterium, Streptomyces, Pedobacter, Mucilaginibacter, Fictibacillus, Tumebacillus, Sphingopyxis, Erythrobacter)은 MF1907의 광합성 활성을 저해하였다(p < 0.05). 종속영양세균 중 MF1907의 광합성 활성에 유의미한 효과(positive, negative, neutral)를 나타낸 16종을 선택하여 MF1907의 종속영양에서 독립영양으로의 활성 전환에 미치는 이들의 영향을 평가하였다. 8종의 종속영양세균은 공배양 결과와 동일하게 MF1907의 종속영양에서 독립영양으로의 활성 전환에 영향을 미쳤다. 하지만 나머지 8종은 공배양 결과와 MF1907의 종속영양에서 독립영양으로의 활성 전환에 미치는 결과가 반대를 나타내었다. 공배양과 활성 전환 실험 모두에서 일관되게 Pseudomonas와 Agromyces는 MF1907의 광합성 활성을 강하게 증가시켰으며(p < 0.05), Burkholderia, Streptomyces, Erythrobacter는 MF1907의 광합성 활성을 강하게 저해하였다(p < 0.05). 본 연구 결과는 다양한 종속영양세균과 미세조류 사이의 상호작용 이해를 도모하고 종속영양세균을 활용하여 자연 환경과 공정 시스템에서 미세조류의 바이오매스를 조절할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.162-166
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• 2000

도라지에 H2O, ethanol, ethyl ether와 petroleum ether를 용매로 하여 추출한 시료를 기관지질환 유발세균(S. aureus, C. diphtheriae, Mycobacterium sp. F. nucleatum, A. funicatus, K. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes N. gonorrhoeae)에 투여한 결과 ethyl ether, petroleum ether, H2O와 ethanol의 순으로 항균력이 우수하다는 것이 판명되었다. 특히, ethyl ether에 의한 도라지 추출물의 항균력이 80%이상 뛰어난 효과를 나타내었다. 우수한 항균력을 가지는 도라지 추출물의 농도는 30mg부터 30%이상의 억제작용을 보였으며 70mg에서 70%이상의 세포 성장이 저해되는 현상을 관찰하였다. 기관지 질환 유발세균에 대한 도라지의 효과는 대조구에 비해 70%이상의 탁월한 항균효과가 있는 것으로 확인되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제45권10호
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• pp.583-588
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• 2012

Leukotactin(Lkn)-1 is a CC chemokine and is upregulated in macrophages in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. We investigated whether mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are involved in MTB-induced expression of Lkn-1. The up-regulation of Lkn-1 by infection with MTB was inhibited in cells treated with inhibitors specific for JNK (SP600125) or p38 MAPK (SB202190). Since the up-regulation of Lkn-1 by MTB has been reported to be mediated by the PI3-K/PDK1/Akt signaling, we examined whether JNK and/or p38 MAPK are also involved in this signal pathway. MTB-induced Akt phosphorylation was blocked by treatment with JNK- or p38 MAPK-specific inhibitors implying that p38 and JNK are upstream of Akt. In addition, treatment with the PI3-K-specific inhibitor inhibited MTB-stimulated activation of JNK or p38 MAPK implying that PI3-K is upstream of JNK and p38 MAPK. These results collectively suggest that JNK and p38 MAPK are involved in the signal pathway responsible for MTB-induced up-regulation of Lkn-1.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.370-378
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• 2007

A superoxide dismutase was purified 62-fold in seven steps to homogeneity from Methylobacillus sp. strain SK1, an obligate methanol-oxidizing bacterium, with a yield of 9.6%. The final specific activity was 4,831 units per milligram protein as determined by an assay based on a 50% decrease in the rate of cytochrome c reduction. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was estimated to be 44,000. Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis revealed two identical subunits of molecular weight 23,100. The isoelectric point of the purified enzyme was found to be 4.4. Maximum activity of the enzyme was measured at pH 8. The enzyme was stable at pH range from 6 to 8 and at high temperature. The enzyme showed an absorption peak at 280 nm with a shoulder at 292 nm. Hydrogen peroxide and sodium azide, but not sodium cyanide, was found to inhibit the purified enzyme. The enzyme activity in cell-free extracts prepared from cells grown in manganese-rich medium, however, was not inhibited by hydrogen peroxide but inhibited by sodium azide. The activity in cell extracts from cells grown in iron-rich medium was found to be highly sensitive to hydrogen peroxide and sodium azide. One mol of native enzyme was found to contain 1.1 g-atom of iron and 0.7 g-atom of manganese. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme was Ala-Tyr-Thr-Leu-Pro-Pro-Leu-Asn-Tyr-Ala-Tyr. The superoxide dismutase of Methylobacillus sp. strain SK1 was found to have antigenic sites identical to those of Methylobacillus glycogenes enzyme. The enzyme, however, shared no antigenic sites with Mycobacterium sp. strain JC1, Methylovorus sp. strain SS1, Methylobacterium sp. strain SY1, and Methylosinus trichosproium enzymes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1976-1982
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• 2007

In the current studies, we characterized the degradation of a hot mixture of benzene and toluene (BT) gases by a thermophilic biofilter using polyurethane as a packing material and high-temperature compost as a microbial source. We also examined the effect of supplementing the biofilter with yeast extract (YE). We found that YE substantially enhanced microbial activity in the thermophilic biofilter. The degrading activity of the biofilter supplied with YE was stable during long-term operation (approximately 100 d) without accumulating excess biomass. The maximum elimination capacity ($1,650\;g{\cdot} m^{-3}{\cdot} h^{-1}$) in the biofilter supplemented with YE was 3.5 times higher than that in the biofilter without YE ($470\;g{\cdot} m^{-3}{\cdot} h^{-1}$). At similar retention times, the capacity to eliminate BT for the YE-supplemented biofilter was higher than for previously reported mesophilic biofilters. Thus, thermophilic biofiltration can be used to degrade hydrophobic compounds such as a BT mixture. Finally, 168 rDNA polymerase chain reaction-DGGE (PCR-DGGE) fingerprinting revealed that the thermophilic bacteria in the biofilter included Rubrobacter sp. and Mycobacterium sp.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.184-188
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• 2013

In the continued search for inhibitors of enoyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) reductase, we found that four acylbenzenediol sulfate metabolites from Streptomyces sp. AN1761 potently inhibited bacterial enoyl-ACP reductases of Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Their structures were identified as panosialins A, B, wA, and wB by MS and NMR data. They showed stronger inhibition against S. aureus FabI and S. pneumoniae FabK with $IC_{50}$ of 3-5 ${\mu}M$ than M. tuberculosis InhA with $IC_{50}$ of 9-12 ${\mu}M$. They also exhibited a stronger antibacterial spectrum on S. aureus and S. pneumoniae than M. tuberculosis. In addition, the higher inhibitory activity of panosialin wB than panosialin B on fatty acid biosynthesis was consistent with that on bacterial growth, suggesting that they could exert their antibacterial activity by inhibiting fatty acid synthesis.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.305-308
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• 2000

This study was observed to the effect of the feeding Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC (3 years) extract on the bronchus diseases bacteria ( C. diphtheriae, S. aureus, Mycobacterium sp., F. nucleatum, S. pygogenes, K. pneumoniae and N. gonorrhoeae) and fungi(A. fumicatus). Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC was extracted ethanon, water, ethyl ether and petroleum ether. The extraction rate of Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC to the extract solution was identified 71.8%, 100%, 15.4% and 14.1%. Each extract solution was injected culture media into several concentrations and then investigated the bacteria cell growth during 32 hours. As a result antimicrobial activity was excellent an extract by ethyl ether and petroleum ether. Among several concentrations, bacteria cell growth inhibition was observed from 0.06% to 0.14%. The rate of antimicrobial activity was over 70%. The cell growth inhibition rate of each bacteria was appeared in order of ethyl ether > petroleum ether > water > ethanol.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2001년도 Proceedings of 2001 International Symposium
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• pp.165-168
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• 2001

Regulation of pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis has been studied extensively in enteric bacteria and Bacillus species. Varieties of control modes have been proposed for regulation of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthetic (pyr) genes. In Bacillus caldolyticus and B. subtilis, it has been proved that pyrimidine de novo biosynthetic operon is controlled by a regulatory protein PyrR-mediated attenuation. Another Gram-positive bacteria including Enterococcus faecalis, Lactobacillus plantarum, and wctococcus lactis have been found to constitute a pyr gene cluster containing the pyrR gene. In addition, it has been proposed that the structure of the 5' leader region of the Gram-negative extreme thermophile Thermus strain Z05 pyr operon provides a novel mechanism of PyrR-dependent coupled transcription-translation attenuation. Bacterial genome sequencing projects have identified the PyrR homologues in Haemophilus influenzae, Synechocystis sp., Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, and Clostridium acetobutylicum, which are currently investigating for their physiological functions.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.335-342
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• 2010

2008년 3월 인도네시아로부터 수입된 paradise fish에서 대량폐사가 발생하여 병원체 검사를 실시한 결과, megalocytivirus 및 Mycobacterium sp.가 검출되었으며, CHSE-214세포에서 미동정 바이러스가 분리되었다. 본 연구에서는 미동정 바이러스의 특성을 조사하였으며, 또한 병원성 실험을 통해 paradise fish의 대량 폐사와의 연관성을 조사하였다. 분리 바이러스는 CHSE-214, BF-2, GF, SSN-1, FSP 및 FFN 세포에서 합포체의 세포변성효과를 나타내었고 IUdR 및 chloroform 처리에 감염성이 상실되지 않으며, 산 (pH 3), 알카리 (pH 11) 및 열 ($56^{\circ}C$, 30분)에 안정하였다. 핵산 분석 결과에서는 적어도 10개의 segment (0.7-3.6 kb)를 지닌 RNA 바이러스로 확인되었으며, 전자현미경 관찰 결과, 약 65 nm 크기로 인벨롭이 없으며 2중의 capsid를 지닌 바이러스가 세포질에서 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과는 Reoviridae family에 속하는 바이러스의 전형적인 특성과 일치하므로 paradise fish에서 분리된 바이러스는 reovirus로 확인되었다. Reovirus를 사용한 감염실험에서는 병원성이 나타나지 않아, reovirus는 paradise fish의 대량 폐사의 직접적인 원인이 아닐 것으로 사료되었다.