• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.333-339
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• 2017

본 연구는 겨울철 파프리카의 안정된 영양생장, 생식생장을 파악하는 방법으로 간이영양진단기기를 이용해 $NO_3{^-}$ 농도를 신속하게 측정하고 영양상태 파악을 위해 실시되었다. 'Raon red', 'Raon yellow' 두 품종을 각각 비대기 단계로 나누어 측정한 결과 엽신의 test strip 분석은 분광광도계를 통한 관행의 방법과 상관성이 인정되었고($R^2=0.8628$), 엽병의 test strip분석은 엽신 즙액 보다는 낮은 상관성을 보이지만 간접적으로 $NO_3{^-}$ 농도 분석에 유용하였다($R^2=0.6734$). 착과 그룹이 높아짐에 따라 해당 부위 엽 내 질산태질소 농도가 낮아지는 경향을 보이고 있으며, 동일 시점의 마디별 엽병 즙액 내 질산태질소 농도 역시 정단부로 갈수록 낮아지는 경향이 확인되었다. 엽병 즙액 내 $NO_3{^-}$ 농도 역시 간이진단기기를 활용하여 신속한 모니터링이 가능하였다. 따라서 간이영양진단기기를 사용해 기존 분석방법보다 효과적으로 농가 현장에서 파프리카의 질소 영양상태를 파악할 수 있었으며, 이를 통해 추후 합리적인 양액공급 및 표준영양범위의 설정이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.333-337
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• 2012

This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection and to compare the results of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) in dairy farms in northern Gyeonggi province from August through December 2011. A total of 625 dairy cattle from 14 dairy farms were tested for antibodies against BLV using commercially available ELISA test kit. The overall seroprevalence of BLV infection was 76.3%. The seroprevalence of diary cattle according to age was the highest at 61~72 months (88.0%, P<0.001). Two hundred fifty one dairy cattle from 7 diary farms were tested ELISA and nPCR. The kappa value of BLV between ELISA and nPCR was 0.765. The results indicate that BLV infection spread widely in dairy farms and the nPCR is rapid method for the early detection of BLV infection.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.295-300
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• 2009

Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) still remains to be the most dreadful infectious disease affecting almost every country. In the present study, we developed a simple and rapid but accurate and sensitive assay method for detecting MTB using microplate hybridization assay. For this, a selective region of the rpoB gene was used to design PCR primers, and MTB and Mycobacterium genus-specific probe molecules. The specificity of the assay was confirmed using fifteen different mycobacterial reference strains and twelve different non-mycobacterial reference strains, and the sensitivity was determined to be 100 fg using genomic DNA of MTB reference strain, H37Rv. Subsequently, a total of 62 sputum samples with diverse smear scores and culture positive results were used to evaluate the kit performance. In brief, the specificity and the sensitivity of the assay were 100% and 98.4%, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1350-1358
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• 2012

Viral pathogens, alongside other pathogens, have major effects on crustacean aquaculture. Hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) is an emerging virus in the shrimp industry and has been detected in shrimp farms worldwide. The HPV genome has greater diversity than other shrimp viruses owing to its wide host range and geographical distribution. Therefore, developing diagnostic tools is essential to detect even small copy numbers from the target region of native HPV isolates. We have developed two easy to use quantitative real-time PCR kits, called Green Star and Dual Star, which contain all of the necessary components for real-time PCR, including HPV primers, using the primers obtained from the sequences of HPV isolates from Korea, and analyzed their specificity, efficiency, and reproducibility. These two kits could detect from 1 to $1{\times}10^9$ copies of cloned HPV DNA. The minimum detection limits obtained from HPV-infected shrimp were $7.74{\times}10^1$ and $9.06{\times}10^1$ copies in the Green Star and Dual Star assay kits, respectively. These kits can be used for rapid, sensitive, and efficient screening for HPV isolates from Korea before the introduction of postlarval stages into culture ponds, thereby decreasing the incidence of early development of the disease.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2009

Novel influenza A virus, subtype H1N1 of swine-lineage, has been transmitted rapidly to many regions of the world. Rapid detection of the virus is essential to instigate appropriate patient care and public health management and for disease surveillance. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus in Korea using reverse-transcription real time polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). Novel H1N1 virus was detected in a total of 8,948 nasopharyngeal samples from patients with influenza-like illness throughout Korea from August to September 2009. RNA was extracted from $300{\mu}l$of sample using an RNA extraction kit (Zymo Research, CA, USA). In the present study, Genekam kit (Genekam, Duisburg, Germany) was used to detect novel H1N1 virus. Novel H1N1 virus was found in 1,130 samples from a total of 8,948 samples (12.6%). The highest frequency was found in 10- to 19-year-olds (M: 29.3% vs. F: 16.4%), followed by 20- to 29-year-olds (M: 17.9% vs. F: 15.4%), 40- to 49-year-olds (M: 6.5% vs. F: 8.1%), 50- to 59-year-olds (M: 6.0% vs. F: 5.5%), and 30- to 39-year-olds (M: 4.6% vs. F: 3.8%). The mean positive rate was higher in men than in women (M: 14.7% vs. F: 7.4%). Novel H1N1 virus showed the lowest prevalence in patients over 60 years old. The positive rate increased daily and showed a significant high peak in mid-September 2009. In 19 provinces of Korea, Cheonan (41.1%), Busan (37.3%), Gangneung (33.3%), Jinju (32.1%), Ulsan (24.6%), Deajeon (23.7%) areas showed high frequencies and other provinces were found less than 10% of novel H1N1 virus. Since reverse-transcription real time PCR assay is rapid, accurate, and convenient, it may assist public health laboratories in detecting novel H1N1 virus. Moreover, these data could be useful for the management of patients with influenza-like illness.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.143-149
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• 2014

To evaluate the seroprevalence against circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of Plasmodium vivax in sera of Korean patients, the central repeating domain (CRD) of CSP was cloned and analyzed. From the genomic DNA of patient's blood, 2 kinds of CSPs were identified to belong to a VK210 type, which is the dominant repeating of GDRA(D/A)GQPA, and named as PvCSPA and PvCSPB. Recombinantly expressed his-tagged PvCSPA or PvCSPB in Escherichia coli reacted well against sera of patients in western blot, with the detecting rate of 47.9% (58/121), which included 15 cases positive for PvCSPA, 6 cases positive for PvCSPB, and 37 cases for both. The mixture of PvCSPA and PvCSPB was loaded to a rapid diagnostic test kit (RDT) and applied with the same set of patient sera, which resulted in detection rates of 57.0% (69/121). When the protein sequences of PvCSPA were compared with those of P. vivax in endemic regions of India and Uganda, they were compatibly homologous to PvCSPA with minor mutations. These results suggested that the recombinant PvCSPA and PvCSPB loaded RDT may be a milestone in latent diagnosis which has been a hot issue of domestic malaria and important for radical therapy in overlapped infections with P. falciparum in tropical and subtropical areas. During the biological process of malarial infection, exposure of CSP to antigen-antibody reaction up to 57.0% is the first report in Korea.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1746-1750
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• 2004

The PBM ${BioSign}^{TM}$ Salmonella (PBMS) test kit based on an mmunochromatographic method was evaluated for the screening of Salmonella spp. in pure cultures, and 80, 15, and 10 artificially and naturally contaminated, and negative controlled food samples, respectively. The PBMS test involves presumptive qualitative procedures, detecting the presence of Salmonella spp. in foods within 26 h total testing period and allowing the user to release negative products 70 h earlier than the conventional methods. The PBMS test using Buffered Peptone Water and Rappaport-Vassiliadis broth was evaluated for 10 different food types for various Salmonella spp. It showed detection limits of 1 to 25 colony forming units (CFU)/25 g. No cross-reaction was observed, particularly to other gramnegative bacteria. These results indicate the PBMS test is a rapid and inexpensive procedure for the screening of Salmonella spp. present at low concentrations (1 to 25 CFU/25 g) in foods.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.305-310
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• 2014

Ascidian soft tunic syndrome (AsSTS) caused by Azumiobodo hoyamushi (A. hoyamushi) is a serious aquaculture problem that results in mass mortality of ascidians. Accordingly, the early and accurate detection of A. hoyamushi would contribute substantially to disease management and prevention of transmission. Recently, the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method was adopted for clinical diagnosis of a range of infectious diseases. Here, the authors describe a rapid and efficient LAMP-based method targeting the 18S rDNA gene for detection of A. hoyamushi using ascidian DNA for the diagnosis of AsSTS. A. hoyamushi LAMP assay amplified the DNA of 0.01 parasites per reaction and detected A. hoyamushi in 10 ng of ascidian DNA. To validate A. hoyamushi 18S rDNA LAMP assays, AsSTS-suspected and non-diseased ascidians were examined by microscopy, PCR, and by using the LAMP assay. When PCR was used as a gold standard, the LAMP assay showed good agreement in terms of sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV). In the present study, a LAMP assay based on directly heat-treated samples was found to be as efficient as DNA extraction using a commercial kit for detecting A. hoyamushi. Taken together, this study shows the devised A. hoyamushi LAMP assay could be used to diagnose AsSTS in a straightforward, sensitive, and specific manner, that it could be used for forecasting, surveillance, and quarantine of AsSTS.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1152-1161
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• 2007

An immunochromatography (ICG) strip test based on a monoclonal antibody for the rapid detection of L. monocytogenes in meat and processed-meat samples was developed in this study. A monoclonal antibody (MAb) specific to L. monocytogenes was produced from cloned hybridoma cells (FKLM-3B12-37) and used to develop an ICG strip test. The antibody showed a stronger binding to L. monocytogenes than other Listeria species, and a weak cross-reaction to S. aureus based on an ELISA. The detection limit of the ICG strip test was $10^5\;cell/ml$. In total, 116 meat and processed-meat samples were collected and analyzed using both the ICG strip test and a PCR. The ICG strip test and PCR indicated L. monocytogenes contamination in 34 and 27 meat samples, respectively. The 7 meat samples not identified as L. monocytogenes positive by the PCR were also tested using an API kit and found to be contaminated by Listeria species. In conclusion, the ICG strip test results agreed well with those obtained using the PCR and API kit. Thus, the developed ICG has potential use as a primary screening tool for L. monocytogenes in various foods and agricultural products, generating results within 20 min without complicated steps.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.176-182
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• 2006

본 연구는 축산농가에서 가축의 세균성 질병의 예방과 치료 및 성장촉진을 목적으로 주로 사용되고 있으며, 축산물과 유가공품에 잔류 가능성이 높은 sulfamethazine(SMZ)을 검출할 수 있는 직접경쟁 효소면역분석법(direct competitive ELISA)의 개발과 이를원유 및 시판우유 분석에 이용하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 면역항원의 합성은 hemiglutarate와 hemisuccinate를 이용하여 SMZ-hemiglutarate(SMZ-HG)와 SMZ-hemisuccinate(SMZ-HS) hapten을 유도한 후 단백질 KLH와 STI를 결합시켜 마우스 면역에 사용하였고, SMZ-HG-KLH를 이용하여 면역한 마우스에서 가장 높은항체 생성정도를 나타내었다. 세포융합과 cloning을 실시하여 총15종의 hybridoma cell line을 확보하였고 그 중 가장 경쟁성이 뛰어나고 민감도가 높은 1H11-5 hybridoma를 선택하고 대량 생산하였다. 생산된 항체는 sulfamethazine에만 54%의 교차 반응성을 나타내었고, 다른 설파계 항생제와는 반응을 하지 않는 특이성이 높은 항체로 확인되었고 이를 이용하여 확립된 direct competitive ELISA법은 검출범위가 0.1-100 ppb 수준으로 기존에 보고된 ELISA보다 민감도가 높았다. 민감도와 특이성이 높은 direct competitive ELISA를 이용하여 원유와 시판우유를 분석하기 위한 전처리법을 확립하여 회수율을 확인한 결과 원유의 경우 82-121%까지 회수가 되는 것으로 나타났으며, 시판유의 경우는 82-97%까지 회수가 되는 것으로 나타나 우유 샘플 중에 미량 잔류하는 SMZ를 신속하고 정확하게 분석할 수 있을 것으로 사료되었다. 이러한 연구결과를 종합해 볼 때 확립된 direct competitive ELISA법은 우유 시료뿐만 아니라 모든 축산물에 잔류 가능성이 높은 SMZ의 분석을 신속하고 정확하게 분석이 가능할 것으로 사료되었고 확립된 direct competitive ELISA법의 안정화 조건을 확립하고 응용한다면 외국으로부터 생산 및 수입되는 ELISA kit을 대체할 수 있는 저가형 국산화 ELISA kit의 상용화가 가능할것으로 사료되었다.