• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 1998

R. sphaereides K7 및 E15-1은 혐기적 광합성조건에서 glucose를 탄소원으로 하여 배양초기 24시간 동안은 수소가스를 계속 생산하였으나, 그 이후에는 배양액에 축적된 acetic acid및 formic acid가 배양액의 pH를 4.2-4.8로 저하시켜 수소를 거의 생산하지 못하였다. 또한 배양 6일 후에도 R. sphaeroides K7 및 E15-1의 glucose의 이용율은 각각 43% 및 74%에 불과하였다. 그러나 배양액의 pH를 6.8-7.0으로 유지하면서 배양한 결과 R. sphaeroides K7및 E15-1 두 균주 모두의 수소생산율과 glucose의 이용율이 증가되어, 수소생산은 배양 10일까지도 계속 증가되었으며, glucose도 두 균주 각각 배양후 2.5일 및 4.5일 후에 완전 소비하였다. 뿐만 아니라 균체 배양액의 pH를 중성으로 유지하면서 R. sphaeroides K7 및 E15-1을 배양할 경우 균체의 표백현상이 제거되어 배양 7일 후에는 각각 균체의 bacteriochlorophyll 함량이 약 44배 및 9배 증가되었으며, 이때 균체의 농도는 각각 약 10배 및 2.4배 증가되었다. R. sphaeroides K7 및 E15-1은 혐기적 광합성조건에서 acetic, lactic, butyric 및 malic acid로 부터도, 비록 그 양이 glucose로 부터보다는 적으나, 수소를 생산하였다. 본 실험 결과로 미루어 혐기적 광합성 조건에서 R. sphaeroides K7 및 E15-1은 glucose로부터 수소를 생성할 때 NADH 산화 및 hydrogenase가 관여한 대사가 우선적으로 일어나고, 2차적으로는 이때 생성된 유기산을 전자 공여체로 광합성 작용에 의해 질소원이 존재하지 않을 때 nirogenase에 의해서 양성자(H$^{+}$)가 환원되어 수소(H$_2$)가 생성되는 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.360-362
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• 1997

A transposon Tn5 mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 was isolated for its impaired ability of growth on minimal medium containing ${\beta}$-hydroxybutyric acid as a sole carbon source. The mutant, R. sphaeroides S7 showed approximately 6-fold decrease in ${\beta}$-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase activity compared with that of wild type. In R. sphaeroides S7 the Tn5 was located in DNA region corresponding to a 4.2-kb EcoRI DNA fragment of R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 chromosome.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.113-118
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• 1986

Optimum temperature and pH of glutamine synthetase activity (E.C. 3.6.1.2.) of R. sphaeroides D-230 was $35^{\circ}C$ and 6.8, respectively. The adenylated state of GS in R. sphaeroides D-230 was stabilized by addition of 0.2mg/ml of cethyltrimethylammoniumbromide. Valine, histidine, proline, isoleucine, and lysine were good nitrogen source for the growth of R. sphaeroides D-230. The growth of R. sphaeroides D-230 in $N_2,\;NaNO_3\;or\;NH_4Cl$ as sole nitrogen source was lower than in any otherculture conditions. GS activity was inhibited, more or less, by various amino acid. THe relative inhibition rate of the enzyme by added 7mM arginine, $NH_4Cl,\;N_2,\;and\;NaNO_3$ was 63.8%, 26.79%, 6.24%, and 10.64%, drespectively. THe hydrogen evolution of R. sphaeroides D-230 grown in N-limited media was inhibited by 0.1mM MSX, irreversible GS inhibitor. GS activity was completely inhibited by 1.0mM MSX but ammonia released maximally at the same concentration of MSX. Ammonia release by added MSX was increased up to 1.0mM MS, but decreased above 1.0mM MSX. It is probably due to inhibition of nitrogenase actixity by MSX. Nitrogenase activity was not inhibited at low concentration of MSX. These results suggests that the inhibition of nitrogenase activity by ammonia is mediated by products of ammonia assimilation rather than by ammonia itself.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.408-415
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• 1991

TOL plsmid size of Flavobacterium odoratum SUB53 was estimated as 83 Md and the optimum concentration of m-toluate degradation by TOL plasmid was 5 mM. $H_{2}$ production by Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides KCTC1425 was largely dependent on nitrogenase activity and showed the highest at 30 mM malate with 7 mM glutamate as nitrogen source. Nitrogenase activities were inhibited by 0.3 mM $NH_{4}^{+}$ions, to be appeared the decrease of $H_{2}$ production. Conjugation of TOL plasmids from F. odoratum SUB53 and Pseudomonas putida mt-2 to R. sphaeroides showed the optimum at the exponential stage of recipient cells in presence of helper plasmid pRK2013. According to the investigation of catechol-1,2-oxygenase (C-1, 2-O) and catechol-2,3-oxygenase (C-2,3-O) activities of R. sphaeroides C1 (TOL SUB53) and C2 (TOL mt-2), the gene for C-2,3-O is located on TOL plasmid and gene for C-1, 2-O on the chromosome of R. sphaeroides. m-Toluate was biodegraded by TOL plasmid in R. sphaeroides C1 and C2, presumably to be produced $H_{2}$ gas from the secondary metabolites of m-toluate.e.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2018

Objective: To examine the effects of Rhodobacter sphaeroides (R. sphaeroides) supplementation as a direct-fed microbial (DFM) on rumen fermentation in dairy cows and on coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) transition into milk, an in vitro rumen simulation batch culture and an in vivo dairy cow experiment were conducted. Methods: The characteristics of in vitro ruminal fermentation were investigated using rumen fluids from six cannulated Holstein dairy cows at 2 h post-afternoon feeding. A control treatment was included in the experiments based on a typified total mixed ration (TMR) for lactating dairy cows, which was identical to the one used in the in vivo study, plus R. sphaeroides at 0.1%, 0.3%, and 0.5% TMR dry matter. The in vivo study employed six ruminally cannulated lactating Holstein cows randomly allotted to either the control TMR (C-TMR) treatment or to a diet supplemented with a 0.5% R. sphaeroides culture (S-TMR, dry matter basis) ad libitum. The presence of R. sphaeroides was verified using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) applied to the bacterial samples obtained from the in vivo study. The concentration of CoQ10 in milk and in the supernatant from the in vitro study was determined using high performance liquid chromatography. Results: The results of the in vitro batch culture and DGGE showed that the concentration of CoQ10 significantly increased after 2 h of R. sphaeroides supplementation above 0.1%. When supplemented to the diet of lactating cows at the level of 0.5%, R. sphaeroides did not present any adverse effect on dry matter intake and milk yield. However, the concentration of CoQ10 in milk dramatically increased, with treated cows producing 70.9% more CoQ10 than control cows. Conclusion: The CoQ10 concentration in milk increased via the use of a novel DFM, and R. sphaeroides might be used for producing value-added milk and dairy products in the future.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.852-858
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• 2009

호흡전자전달계의 cytochrome bc$_1$ complex 또는 cytochrome c oxidase가 기능을 하지 않는 Rhodobacter sphaeroides mutant 내에서 pyridine nucleotide[NAD(P)H와 NAD(P)$^+$]의 농도와 redox 상태는 wild type과 비교할 때 큰 변화가 없었다. 높은 산소분압 조건에서 키운 Rhodobacter sphaeroides cbb$_3$ oxidase mutant 내에서 PrrBA two-component system에 의해서 조절되는 puf 오페론의 발현은 pyridine nucleotide나 전자전달계의 ubiquinone/ubiquinol pool의 redox 상태의 변화에 의해 유도된 것이 아니다. R. sphaeroides cytochrome bc$_1$ complex mutant를 이용하여 광합성기구 합성에 대한 cbb$_3$ cytochrome c oxidase의 억제 효과는 ubiquinone/ubiquinol pool의 redox 변화에 의해 간접적으로 일어나는 것이 아님을 증명하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2004

산소의 존재 유ㆍ무 등과 같은 배양 환경의 변화에 따라 통성 혐기성 광합성 세균인 Rhodobacter sphaerodes B-230이 만들어내는 산소 유도체에 작용하는 효소의 특성을 조사한 결과 세포내 SOD는 호기적 배양에서는 초기 배양액의 pH가 7일 때, 혐기적 배양에서는pH 8일 때 활성이 높은 반면 세포외 방출 SOD는 두 배양조건에서 모두 약산성인 pH 6에서 활성이 높았다. Catalase는 두 조건 모두 중성 부근에서 최고의 활성을 보였으며, 산성 pH 부위에서는 급격히 활성이 낮아졌다. Mn-SOD의 활성 유도제인 methyl viologen을 첨가했을 때 두 조건 모두에서 성장의 저해를 보였으며, 배지에 철 이온을 첨가하여 배양 하였을 때 호기적 조건에서만 두 배 이상 활성이 증가되었다. 혐기적 조건에서는 전체적인 활성이 낮아 금속이온의 추가적인 첨가에도 더 이상 활성이 유도되지 않았다. Mn-SOD 활성 저해제인 $NaN_3$와 CuZn-SOD활성 저해제인 NaCN를 배양액에 첨가했을 때 NaCN은 두 가지 배양 조건에서 생성되는 SOD 모두를 저해하지 않았으며, $NaN_3$는 혐기적 배양조건에서만 0.3 mM 이상에서 급격한 SOD활성의 저해를 가져왔다. 따라서 Rhodobacter sphaeroides D-230도 혐기적 배양 조건에서 Mn-SOD가 생성되는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며,호기적 조건에서는 Fe-SOD가 생성되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. Catalase의 활성도 두 가지 배양조건 모두에서 methy1 viologen에 의해 활성이 유도되었으며, NaCN와 $NaN_3$에 의해서 급격히 저해되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.477-481
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• 2003

The community escape response of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is exerted through the action of CerR and CerI, which code for a LuxR-type regulatory protein and acylhomoserine lactone synthase, respectively. Deletion of chromosomal DNA including cerR and cerI (mutant RI) or insertional interruption of cert (mutant AP3) resulted in two-fold increase in the cellular poly-${\beta}$-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) content In comparison with the wild-type under aerobic growth conditions. The PHB synthase (PhbC) activities of the cer mutants were doubled, and the enzyme expression was regulated at the level of phbC transcription. Thus, CerR, possibly in response to autoinducer (AI), appears to modulate the PHB content of aerobically grown cells by downregulating phbC transcription.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.46-53
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to optimize the conditions of continuous mixed culture of C.butyricum and R. spaeroides K-7, which were able to produce hydrogen using biomass-dreived substrate. To investigate the possibility of continuous culture, semi-continuous culture was carried out for 20 days. In semi-continuous culture using the reactor system, the replacement rate of fresh medium was 30% of total medium volume for the highest hydrogen evolution. In continuous culture, the optimum dilution rate was determined to be 0.05$h^{-1}$. The continuous culture produced 3.1 times as compared with the hydrogen on batch culture. On the other hand, the continuous mixed culture produced 1.3~2.1 times as much as hydrogen of the continuous monoculture of C. butyricum. When 10g of glucose in the media (1l) was supplied as a carbon source on continuous culture, mixed culture of C. butyricum and R. sphaeroides K-7 increased hydrogen evolution rate. Because considerable amount of glutamate was contained in waste water of glutamate fermentation, utilization of glutamate was examined in mixed culture. As a result of examination, production of hydorgen was slightly inhibited by high concentration of glutamate, more than 20mM, on continuous monoculture of R. sphaeroides K-7. On the other hand, both on continuous monoculture of C. butyricum and on mixed culture of C. butyricum and R. sphaeroides K-7, production of hydrogen was not inhibited by high concentration of glutamate such as 100mM. Hence this suggests that high concentration of waste water can be used as good substrate for hydrogen production on monoculture of C. butyricum and mixed culture of C. butyricum and R. sphaeroides K-7.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.229-236
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• 1997

A gene, $phbC_{2.4.1}$ encoding poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) synthase of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 was cloned by employing heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. R. sphaeroides chromosomal DNA partially digested with MboI was cloned in pUC19 followed by mobilization into E. coli harbouring $phbA,B_{AC}$ in pRK415, which code for ${\beta}$-ketothiolase and acetoacetyl CoA reductase of Alcaligenes eutrophus, respectively. Two E. coli clones carrying R. sphaeroides chromosomal fragment of $phbC_{2.4.1}$ in pUC19 were selected from ca. 10,000 colonies. The PHB-producing colonies had an opaque white appearance due to the intracellular accumulation of PHB. The structure of PHB produced by the recombinant E. coli as well as from R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 was confirmed by [$H^{+}$]-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Restriction analysis of the two pUC19 clones revealed that one insert DNA fragment is contained as a part of the other cloned fragment. An open reading frame of 601 amino acids of $phbC_{2.4.1}$ with approximate M.W. of 66 kDa was found from nucleotide sequence determination of the 2.8-kb SaiI-PstI restriction endonuclease fragment which had been narrowed down to support PHB synthesis through heterologous expression in the E. coli harbouring $phbA,B_{AC}$. The promoter (s) of the $phbC_{2.4.1}$ were localized within a 340-bp DNA region upstream of the $phbC_{2.4.1}$ start codon according to heterologous expression analysis.