• 대한수의학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2008

This study was conducted to investigate biochemical properties and O group serotypes of pathogenic 203 Escherichia (E.) coli isolates from poultry with collibacillosis in Korea during the period from April 2003 to December 2005. Biochemical and fermentative properties of 203 isolates of E. coli tested were in accordance with Cowan and Steel's classification standard. One hundred and forty one isolates (69.5%) could be classified into a total of 20 O serotypes. Among them, the predominant O groups were O78 (32.5%), O88 (7.8%), O15 (6.8%), O141 (6.4%), and O158 (3.0%) in decreased order. Other infrequently encountered serogroups included : O8 (2%), O161 (2%), O20 (1.5%), O125 (1.5%), O2 (1%). And O6, O18, O24, O46, O76, O109, O119, O138, O139 and O148 had a frequency of 0.5%, respectively. Sixty two isolates (30.5%) were non-typeable with standard 173 O antisera used in this study.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.793-802
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• 1998

Salmonellosis caused by a number of serotypes of Salmonella is an infectious, acute or chronic, zoonotic disease and characterized by enteritis and diarrhea, septicemia in animal. In these studies we investigated the prevalent serotypes of Salmonella causing animal salmonellosis in Korea and the 71 strains of Salmonella spp. were isolated from materials such as mesenteric lymph nodes, fecal samples from slaughtered animal. With the identification test results, the most prevalent serotypes were, in order, S stanley 31 strains (43.7%), S typhimurium 19 strains (26.8%) and S montevideo 11 strains (15.5%), respectively. And we could establish the method for detection of antibodies to broad variety of Salmonella serotypes. Lipopolysaccharide(LPS) antigen extracted from Salmonella was more sensitive and specific than outer membrane protein antigen from that for detection of Salmonella antibody by using an indirect ELISA. The optimal concentration of antigen was 100ng/ml of LPS, the dilutions of conjugate and serum were 1 : 1,000~2,000 and 1 : 200~400, respectively. The mix LPS-ELISA which was used by mixing LPS from S typhimurium (group B), S choleraesuis (group C) and S enteritidis (group D) were more rapid and effective than that used LPS from individual strain for detection of Salmonella serogroup O4, O7 and O9 antibody at the same time. We could obtain the high values of optical density ($0.73{\pm}0.32$) by mix LPS-ELISA on the farm which had occurred salmonellosis, but very low values of $0.17{\pm}0.06$ on the negative farm of salmonellosis. So, the mix LPS-ELISA may be used to monitor the serological surveillance for the presence of infection with a number of serotypes of Salmonella and would be useful for prevention and control of salmonellosis in animal.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.345-353
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• 1986

Authors studies on the isolation of non-sucrose fermentation Vibrio species such as V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus and V. damsela from sea water, shellfishes and various algae at Ulleung island in the east of Korea on summer in 1985. Authors carried out test for isolated strains to biochemical characteristics, halophilism, hemolysis and serological reaction. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Strains isolated from total specimens were 25 strains of V. parahaemolyticus, 2 strains of V. vulnificus and 1 strain of V. damsela, respectively. 2. Isolated frequency of Vibrio species from sea water and marine products was lower than on specimens in the southern sea of Korea from 1980 to 1985. 3. On hemolysis reaction on blood agar media using human and rabbit erythrocytes, 14 strains among 25 strains of V. parahaemolyticus isolated were positive, and V. vulnificus and V. damsela were positive, respectively. 4. The distributions of serotypes of V. parahaemolyticus isolated were from O1 group to O10 group, and from K 10 to K 69. The results of K serotypes were as follows ; serotype K 10 and K 33 were 2 strains, serotype K 59 and K 69 were 1 strain, respectively. And 2 strains of V. vulnificus isolated were not agglutinated by antiserum of V. vulnificus. Therefore, the probability is that 2 strains of V. vulnificus isolated were other serotypes distributed on sea weater and marine products of Ulleung island of Korea.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.149-154
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• 1998

Vibrio cholerae non-O1 49균주와 V. Vibrio cholerae non-O1, V. mimicus, V. vulnificus와 V. parahaemolyticus의 균체 지방산(fatty acid methyl ester; FAME)을 gas liquid chromatogrphy로 분석하였다. 이들 분석자료를 통계학적으로 처리하여 Vibrio 종과 V. cholerae의 혈청형별 유연성을 비교 검토하였다. 검출된 지방산은 모두 41종이었고 분포량이 많은 것은 16:0, 16:1 cis 9, 18:1 trans 9/16/cis 11과 15:0 iso 2 OH/16:1 cis 9였다. 검출된 지방산 중에서 35종은 V. cholerae를 동정하는데 주요한 인자로 작용되었다 지방산분포를 UPGMA(비가중수리분석)으로 dendrogram을 작성한 결과 V. cholerae non-O!은 V. cholerae O1보다 V. choleare non-O1 중에서 O2, O5, O8, O10, O14, O27, O37, O39, O45와 O69의 총 10종류 혈청을 대상으로 지방산 조성에 의한 유사성을 검토한 결과 유사도가 92% 이상 수준에서 7개의 아종을 형성하여 혈청형과 지방산 조성간에는 유의할 만한 상관관계가 있었다. 따라서 V. cholerae non-O1의 동정 및 역학적인 조사시 지방산 분석은 유용하게 활용될수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1760-1768
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• 2020

Vibrio cholerae, cause of the life-threatening diarrheal disease cholera, can be divided into different serogroups based on the structure of its lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which consists of lipid-A, core-polysaccharide and O-antigen polysaccharide (O-PS). The O1 serogroup, the predominant cause of cholera, includes two major serotypes, Inaba and Ogawa. These serotypes are differentiated by the presence of a single 2-O-methyl group in the upstream terminal perosamine of the Ogawa O-PS, which is absent in the Inaba O-PS. To ensure the consistent quality and efficacy of the current cholera vaccines, accurate measurement and characterization of each of these two serotypes is highly important. In this study, we efficiently screened a phage-displayed human synthetic Fab library by bio-panning against Ogawa LPS and finally selected three unique mAbs (D9, E11, and F7) that specifically react with Ogawa LPS. The mAbs bound to Vibrio cholerae vaccine in a dose-dependent fashion. Sequence and structure analyses of antibody paratopes suggest that IgG D9 might have the same fine specificity as that of the murine mAbs, which were shown to bind to the upstream terminal perosamine of Ogawa O-PS, whereas IgGs F7 and E11 showed some different characteristics in the paratopes. To our knowledge, this study is the first to demonstrate the generation of Ogawa-specific mAbs using phage display technology. The mAbs will be useful for identification and quantification of Ogawa LPS in multivalent V. cholerae vaccines.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.2060-2065
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• 2016

Characteristics of E. coli O157:H7-specific infection bacteriophages (O157 coliphages) and broad-host-range bacteriophages for other E. coli serotypes (broad-host coliphages) were compared. The burst sizes of the two groups ranged from 40 to 176 PFU/infected cell. Distributions of the virulence factors stx1, stx2, ehxA, and saa between the two groups were not differentiated. Broad-host-range coliphages showed lower stability at $70^{\circ}C$, in relation to O157 coliphages. However, O157 coliphages showed high acid and ethanol tolerance by reduction of only 22% and 11% phages, respectively, under pH 3 and 70% ethanol for 1 h exposure. Therefore, these results revealed that the O157 coliphages might be more stable under harsh environments, which might explain their effective infection of the acid-tolerant E. coli O157:H7.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.127-136
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• 2022

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is main causative agent of urinary tract infections. They are classified based on various types of O antigen. UPEC strains commonly possess many genes encoding virulece-associated factors. E. coli strains are generally divided into four main phylogenetic groups. The virulence factor (VF) profiles of UPEC are related with their O-serogroups in each strains. A total of 681 strains of UPEC clinical isolates were collected from Korean healthcare facility (1989: 123 strains and 2010-2014: 558 strains). The UPEC clinical isolates were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods. A total of 14 O-serotypes (O1, O2, O4, O6, O7, O8, O15, O16, O18, O21, O22, O25, O75 and O83), 6 virulence factors (papC, fimG/H, sfaD/E, hly1, cnf1 and usp) and phylogenetic groups were identified. The most prevalent O-serogroups were O6 (11.1%) in 1989 UPEC strains and O25 (21.0%) in 2010-2014 UPEC strains. The identified VFs, phylogenetic groups in 1989 UPEC strains and 2010-2014 UPEC strains were fimG/H and B2 group. In this study, O6 serotype was revealed the close relationships with VFs. Also, the distribution of prevalence O-serogroups of UPEC has been changed from O6 to O25 and virulence of UPEC strains was increased during past twenty-one years.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.125-130
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• 1987

The role of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli(EPEC) was evaluated in a group of children with endemic diarrhea admitted to Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul, Korea. EPEC was detected in fecal samples of 23% of 100 cases and 4.5% of 44 concurrent control children. The most commonly isolated EPBC strains were serogroups $O_{18a}O_{18c}:K_{77},\;O_{86a}:K_{61},\;O_{119}:K_{69},\;and\;O_{128}:K_{70}$. On testing for enterotoxin production, 6(26%) strains were isolated from 17% of the 100 diarrheal children and in 4.5% of the 44 well controls(P<0.05). Our study supports the concept that EPEC may be an important cause of endemic diarrheas in Korea.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.327-332
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• 1999

1996년 3월부터 1998년 10월간에 경남지방 시판 냉장육 888건, 냉동포장육 222건 및 수입 냉동육 117건의 시료로부터 식중독관련 병원균의 분포와 혈청형을 조사하였다. 식중독균의 분리률은 Staphylocorcus aureus. Campylobarter jejuni/coli, Listeria monocytogenes 및 Salmonella spp 순으로 높았고, Escherichia coli O157:H7은 전시료를 통해서 분리되지 않았다. C. jejuni /coli는 냉장육에서 높은 오염률을 나타내고, 냉동포장육에서는 거의 분리되지 않는데 반해서 L. monocytogenes는 냉장육에 이해서 냉동포장 계육에서 높은 분리율을 나타낸 것은 매우 흥미로운 일이다. 분리균의 혈청형 분포는 Sta. aureus의 경우 대부분이 enterotoxin type C와 D였고, Salmonella spp는 돈육유래균에서 모두 A group이었으며, 계육유래균은 대부분 B와 D group이었다. L. monocytogenes는 계육유래균의 대부분이 type 1 이었고, type 4는 소수로 분리되었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권3호통권83호
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• pp.386-395
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• 2007

본 연구는 1999년에서 2001년도 걸쳐서 3년간 국내에서 분리된 환자유래 장염비브리오 18균주와 일본 후쿠오카 지역에서 2002년도에 환자에서 분리한 장염비브리오 9균주 등 총 27균주에 대하여 toxR 유전자의 검출, 혈청형별 검사, 약제내성의 양상, tdh, trh1 및 trh2 유전자의 보유상태 및 urease 생성성을 살펴보고, 혈청형 O3:K6 균주에 대하여 TDH의 생성성 검사, tdh 양성균주의 RFLP 형별, ORF 8의 분포, PFGE법과 RAPD법을 실시하였으며 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 한국 및 일본의 환자유래 균주 대부분에서 urease음성이었으며, toxR 유전자로 확인 동정하였고 혈청형의 분포는 국내 분리 주의 O3:K6, O4:K9, O6:K46, O3:K57, O5:Kl5와 일본 분리주의 O3:K6, O1:K38, O4:K68, O4:Kl2의 혈청형으로 나타났다. 2. 항생제 감수성 시험에서는 vancomycin과 oxacillin은 27균주 (100%), penicillin은 26균주 (96.3%)로 높은 내성을 나타내었고, 14균주 (51.9%)가 4가지 이상의 항생제에 다제내성을 나타내었다. 항생제의 내성양상은 6종류로 혈청형에 관계없이 vancomycin, oxacillin, penicillin에 내성을 나타내는 V형이 15균주 (55.6%)로 가장 많이 나타났다. 3. tdh 유전자는 26균주가 PCR법과 DNA probe hybridization법의 결과에서 양성으로 나타났으며, urease양성이었던 일본 환자유래 혈청형 O3:K6 1균주만이 tdh유전자 음성, trh2 유전자 양성을 나타냈다. 혈청형 O3:K6의 TDH 생성성역가는 전 균주가 256배에서 2,048배 정도로 나타났으며, RFLP 양상은 모든 균주가 11.5 kb와 4.3 kb에 tdh 유전자를 보유하고 있었다. 또한 혈청형 O3:K6 균주들은 RAPD법과 PFGE법으로 유전자형별을 비교 검토한 결과 8형으로 거의동일한 유전자형별의 결과를 나타내었다. 4. ORF 8의 분포는 혈청형 O3:K6 전 균주에서 양성이었고, 특히 혈청형 O6:K46 4균주 모두에서 ORF 8 양성을 나타내어 새롭게 나타난 유행균주일 가능성을 시사 하였다. 따라서 ORF 8 유전자의 검출은 범세계적으로 유행하는 균주들을 동정하는데 있어 genetic marker로서 매우 유용한 것으로 사료된다.