• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.1454-1461
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• 2022

Palm kernel expeller (PKE), a by-product of palm oil extraction, contains higher amounts of fiber than corn and soybean meal, but offers low energy density, protein value, and amino acid (AA) composition, limiting its use for swine. Recently however, it was reported that dietary fiber has a positive effect on the gut microbiota of the host, and therefore it is necessary to study the effect of PKE feeding on the intestinal microbiota of swine. In this study, we investigated the effects of supplementation with PKE in lactation diets on the gut microbiota composition of lactating sows and their litters. A total of 12 sows were randomly assigned to two dietary treatment groups in a completely randomized design. The treatments were a diet based on corn-soybean meal (CON) and CON supplemented with 20% of PKE. Sow and piglet fecal samples were collected before farrowing, on days 7 and 28 (weaning) after farrowing, and on days 7 and 28 (weaning) after farrowing, respectively, to verify gut microbiota composition by pyrosequencing analysis. The beta-diversity result showed a significant difference only in weaning-stage piglets, but dietary PKE altered the gut microbiota in sows by increasing the abundance of Lactobacillus compared with CON. In piglets, dietary PKE decreased the abundance of opportunistic pathogen Proteus and increased the abundance of potentially beneficial bacteria, such as Prevotellaceae and Prevotella. Our results can be helpful in developing feeding strategies and support the beneficial effects of dietary PKE to improve the gut health of animals.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.761-768
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• 2016

Recently, swine production costs have increased due to increased feed cost, especially the price of corn and soybean meals. Soybean meal is traditionally an expensive ingredient, but the price of corn has dramatically increased because of increased biofuel production. This change has resulted in the swine industry looking for alternatives in order to reduce feed cost, resulting in decreased production costs. Thus, various alternatives have been used as feed ingredients to replace corn, soybean meal, or other expensive ingredients. One othercandidate may be palm kernel co-products that are a by-product of oil extraction from palm fruits. Palm kernel co-products have not been used in swine diets due to high fiber content and imbalanced amino acids compared with corn and soybean meal. However, recent studies showed that palm kernel co-products did not have any negative effects on growth performance of pigs when they replaced some proportions of corn and soybean meal. In addition, palm kernel co-products may provide some physiological properties to pigs by modifying gut microbiota and/or immunity of pigs, resulting in improvement of growth and health of pigs. Therefore, the value of palm kernel co-products were reviewed as one of the alternatives for corn, soybean meal, or other major ingredients in swine diets.

• 과학수사학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.276-282
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• 2017

사건현장에서 얻어질 수 있는 증거물로써 현대 분자수준의 수사기법에 힘입어 많은 미세증거물들의 가치가 확인되고 있다. 이러한 미세증거물에는 DNA처럼 개인 식별에 유용한 물질들도 포함되어 있지만, 실제 현장에서 개별적인 특성을 나타내는 증거물만을 수집하는 것은 쉽지 않기 때문에 아직 응용되지 못하거나 발굴되지 않은 증거물 후보군에 대해 연구가 지속되어야 할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 16명의 사람으로부터 손에서 서식하는 세균 군집을 채취하였으며 미생물군집분석방법 중 하나인 제한효소 절편길이 다형성(T-RFLP) 기법을 개인 식별에 활용할 수 있는지의 여부를 조사하였다. 그 결과, 16개의 서로 다른 electropherogram을 얻을 수 있었고, Staphylococcus속과 Bacillus 속을 포함하여 개인마다 종류와 조성의 차이를 보이는 다양한 세균 분류군들이 손바닥에 서식하고 있음을 확인하였으며, 이를 개인을 둘러싼 환경조건과 성별 등의 요인들을 연관하여 해석하고자 하였다.