• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1635-1645
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• 2020

In this study would like to find extending or increasing the efficacy of the antibiotic substance for the strains with resistance to antibiotics or persister cells by inhibition of the resistance. This study was used different species of 'legal high' plants leaves from Leonotis leonurus, Mitragyna speciosa, and seeds from Ipomoea murucoides with antibiotics which are Amoxicillin, Chloramphenicol, Ciprofloxacin, Kanamycin, Oxacillin, and Vancomycin. Legal highs were extracted with methanol. Minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC) testing for a range of antibiotics with extracts of plant was fulfilled by broth dilution methods. In this essay, it was determined in a microdilution assay utilizing suspended in ISB up to a final concentration of 512㎍/ml in 96 wells microtitre plates, threefold and serial dilutions. After that, the microplates were kept in incubator between 35℃ and 37℃ for overnight. Leonotis leonurus, Mitragyna speciosa, and Ipomoea murucoides of Legal highs (512㎍/ml) investigated small activity to inhibit against pathogens which are susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, resistant Staphylococcus aureus, susceptible Enterococcus faecalis, resistant Escherichia coli.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.84-88
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• 2002

The effect of chitosan on the growth of plant pathogenic fungi was investigated. Chitosan solubilized in acetic acid showed much higher and more consistent antifungal activity than that solubilized in HCl. The antifungal activity was not significantly affected within a DA (degree of deacetylation) range of $57.3-99.2\%$ tested. Water-soluble and low molecular weight chitosan ($57.3\%$ DA) against 6 plant pathogens showed that Monosporascus canonballus and Pythium irregulare were the most susceptible to the chitosan, while Fusarium oxysporum and F. graminearum were the most resistant. At a concentration of 2.5 mg/ml, the growth of pathogens was completely inhibited except for F. oxysporum. The $MIC_50$ values varied depending on both the DA of the chitosan and the plant pathogens. A chitosan with $57.3\%$ DA exhibited the lowest $MIC_50$ (ranging <0.1-1.8 mg/ml) and that with $84.7\%$ DA the highest $MIC_50$ (ranging <0.4-4.0 mg/ml) depending on the pathogen.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.127-140
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• 2017

Metal nanoparticles have been intensively studied within the past decade. Nano-sized materials have been an important subject in basic and applied sciences. Zinc oxide nanoparticles have received considerable attention due to their unique antibacterial, antifungal, and UV filtering properties, high catalytic and photochemical activity. In this study, microbiological aspects of scale formation in PVC pipelines bacteria and fungi were isolated. In the emerging issue of increased multi-resistant properties in water borne pathogens, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticle are being used increasingly as antimicrobial agents. Thus, the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) and minimum fungal concentration of ZnO nanoparticles towards pathogens microbe were examined in this study. The results obtained suggested that ZnO nanoparticles exhibit a good anti fungal activity than bactericidal effect towards all pathogens tested in in-vitro disc diffusion method (170 ppm, 100 ppm and 30 ppm). ZnO nanoparticles can be a potential antimicrobial agent due to its low cost of production and high effectiveness in antimicrobial properties, which may find wide applications in various industries to address safety issues. Stable ZnO nanoparticles were prepared and their shape and size distribution characterized by Dynamic light scattering (35.7 nm) and transmission electron microscopic TEM study for morphology identification (20 nm), UV-visible spectroscopy (230 nm), X-ray diffraction (FWHM of more intense peak corresponding to 101 planes located at $36.33^{\circ}$ using Scherrer's formula), FT-IR (Amines, Alcohols, Carbonyl and Nitrate ions), Zeta potential (-28.8). The antimicrobial activity of ZnO nanoparticles was investigated against Bacteria and Fungi present in drinking water PVC pipelines biofilm. In these tests, Muller Hinton agar plates were used and ZnO nanoparticles of various concentrations were supplemented in solid medium.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.275-285
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• 2008

Antimicrobial drugs are widely used in poultry industry as growth promoters or to control infectious diseases. However, this practice is reported to have caused high resistance to antimicrobial drugs in normal chicken flora and pathogens. Antimicrobial resistance to Escherichia coli (E. coli) from chicken has been mainly reported in normal flora, but rare in pathogenic organism in Korea, recently. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate prevalence of antimicrobials resistance, transfer of R plasmid, and association between antimicrobial drug resistance and O serotype of 203 pathogenic E. coli from poultry in Korea during the period from April 2003 to December 2005. These isolates showed a high resistance to tetracycline (Tc, 93.6%), nalidixic acid (Na, 92.6%), streptomycin (Sm, 81.8%), ampicillin (Ap, 77.3%), ciprofloxacin (Ci, 70.9%), sulfisoxazole (Su, 66.5%), and trimethoprim (Tp, 58.1%). Two hundred-one (99.0%) of the isolates were resistant to one or more drugs. They showed 57 different resistant patterns, and the most prevalent resistant pattern among them was Tc, Sin, Su, Ap, Tp, Ci, Na. Sixty-eight (33.8%) of the isolates transferred all or a part of their antimicrobial resistant pattern to the recipient strain by R plasmid. The most common antimicrobial resistant pattern was Tc, Sm, Su, Ap, Tp, Ci, Na in serotype O78, O88 and O15, respectively. These results exhibit high individual and multiple resistance to antimicrobials of pathogenic E. coli from poultry in Korea. They also suggest the needs for surveillance to monitor antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic bacteria that can be potentially transmitted to humans from food animals and to regulate the abuse of antimicrobials on food-producing animals in Korea.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.278-288
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• 2013

Objectives : Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has a cephalosporin and beta-lactam antibiotic-resistant strains. MRSA is one of the major pathogens causing hospital infection and the isolation ratio of MRSA has gradually increased. Consequently, increased resistance to antibiotics is causing serious problems in the world. Therefore, there is a need to develop alternative antimicrobial drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases. Methods : The antibacterial activities of Ipyo-san were evaluated against 2 strains of MRSA and 1 standard Methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) strain by using the disc diffusion method, minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) assay, colorimetric assay using MTT test, checkerboard dilution test and time-kill assay performed under dark. Results : The MIC of Ipyo-san water extract against S. aureus strains ranged from 1000 to $2,000{\mu}g/ml$, so we confirmed that it had a strong antibacterial effect. Also, the combinations of Ipyo-san water extract and conventional antibiotics exhibited improved inhibition of MRSA with synergy effect. We suggest that Ipyo-san water extract against MRSA has antibacterial activity so it has potential as alternatives to antibiotic agents. For the combination test, we used Triton X-100 (TX) and DCCD for measurement of membrane permeability and inhibitor of ATPase. As a result, antimicrobial activity of Ipyo-san water extract was affected by the cell membrane. Conclusions : We suggest that the Ipyo-san water extract lead the treatment of bacterial infection to solve the resistance and remaining side-effect problems that are the major weak points of traditional antibiotics.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.431-437
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• 2018

Acinetobacter baumannii는 광범위한 항생제에 대한 저항성으로 인해 감염된 환자의 사망률이 높아지는 적색 경보 병원체로 분류됩니다. 이 연구에서 다제 내성 A. baumannii(MRAB)의 18가지 임상 분리 균주에 대해 일부 에센셜 오일(티트리, 로즈마리, 라벤더 오일)의 항균 활성을 평가하고자 하였다. Carbapenemase 선별을 위한 Hodge 시험법은 A. baumannii의 20 가지 균주가 모두 imipenem에 내성이 있음을 보여주었습니다. 다제 내성 미생물의 확인은 VITEK 시스템을 통해 수행하였다. 에센셜 오일의 항균 활성은 MRAB에 대한 디스크 확산 방법으로 평가하였다. 디스크 확산 방법에서 tee tree는 라벤더 오일에 비해 억제 크기가 가장 크게 증가했으며, 로즈마리는 항균 효과가 없었다. 티 트리 오일은 가장 일반적인 인간 병원균 및 MRAB 감염의 치료 및 예방을 위한 대체 천연 제품으로 유용할 것으로 보인다. 따라서 이 연구의 결과는 다제 내성 A. baumannii의 항균 효과를 입증했으며, 미래에 천연 에센셜 오일을 사용하는 손 소독제와 같은 항균제로 사용될 것으로 예상됩니다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.482-489
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• 2022

Fire blight caused by Erwinia amylovora (Ea) is a devastating disease in apple and pear trees. Oxolinic acid (OA), a quinolone family antibiotic that inhibits DNA gyrase, has been employed to control fire blight in South Korea since 2015. The continuous use of this bactericide has resulted in the emergence of OA-resistant strains in bacterial pathogens in other countries. To investigate the occurrence of OA-resistant Ea strains in South Korea, we collected a total of 516 Ea isolates from diseased apple and pear trees in 2020-2021 and assessed their sensitivities to OA. We found that all isolates were susceptible to OA. To explore the possibility of emerging OA-resistant Ea by continuous application of OA, we exposed Ea stains to a range of OA concentrations and constructed OA-resistant mutant strains. Resistance was associated with mutations in the GyrA at codons 81 and 83, which result in glycine to cysteine and serine to arginine amino acid substitutions, respectively. The in vitro growth of the mutants in nutrient media and their virulence in immature apple fruits were lower than those of wild-type. Our results suggest that OA-resistance decreases the fitness of Ea. Future work should clarify the mechanisms by which OA-resistance decreases virulence of this plant pathogen. Continuous monitoring of OA-resistance in Ea is required to maintain the efficacy of this potent bactericide.

• 식물병연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2008

오이 흰가루병 저항성 검정을 위한 시험조건을 설정하고, 경기지역 오이 주산단지에서 분리한 흰가루병 병원균의 약제 저항성 정도와 흰가루병 방제농약의 서로 다른 계통별 저항성을 검정하기 위해 시험 약제를 농도별로 오이 잎에 살포한 잎 디스크 위에 채집한 병원균을 접종 배양하여 $7{\sim}9$일 후에 현미경을 이용, 발병도를 조사하였다. difenoconazole에 대한 약제 감수성 정도를 조사한 결과 평택 분리주들은 대체로 중도저항성이었으나, 2005년 오산에서 분리한 2개 균주들은 $300{\mu}g/ml$ 농도에서도 발병도가 높게 나타나 저항성 균주로 판단되었다. fenarimol에 대한 약제 감수성 정도는 평택, 오산, 용인 3지역이 대체적으로 중도저항성 또는 감수성으로 나타났으나, 오산에서 분리한 1개 분리주에서 $300{\mu}g/ml$에서도 발병하여 저항성 균주로 판단되었다. strobilurin 계통 농약에 대해서는 대부분 저항성으로 나타났으며, $1,000{\mu}g/ml$과 $2,000{\mu}g/ml$에서도 발병도의 변화가 없었으며 kresoximmethyl에 대해서도 교차저항성을 나타내었다. carbendazim에 대한 흰가루병 채집 균주의 감수성은 $1,200{\mu}g/ml$에서도 발병하여 저항성을 나타내었다. 약제 계통별 오이 흰가루병 포장 시험 결과 잎 디스크시험에서 저항성을 보인 strobilurin 계통의 농약에 대한 방제가는 azoxystrobin이 41.2%, kresoxim-methyl이 29.6%의 낮은 방제효과를 나타내어 금후 사용량을 줄여야 할 것으로 판단되었다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2011

Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron.에 의해 발생하는 무 뿌리혹병에 대한 효율적인 저항성 검정법을 확립하기 위하여, GN-1 균주를 사용하여 접종원 농도, 무 생육 시기 및 접종 후 배양 기간 등 발병 조건에 따른 무 뿌리혹병발생을 조사하였다. 종자를 파종하고 10일 동안 재배한 무 유묘에 뿌리혹병균을 포트 당 $1.0{\times}10^9$개의 포자 농도가 되도록 관주하여 접종하였을 때 뿌리혹병이 가장 많이 발생하였다. 그리고 뿌리혹병 발생을 위해서, 접종한 무 유묘는 $20^{\circ}C$ 생육상에서 하루에 12시간 동안 광을 처리하며 3일 동안 배양하고, 그 후 온실($20{\pm}5^{\circ}C$)에서 6주 동안 재배한 후에 발병 정도를 조사하는 것이 효율적이었다. 확립한 무 뿌리혹병 저항성 검정법을 이용하여, 시판 중인 무 품종 46개의 P. brassicae GN-1 균주(저항성 배추 품종을 침입할 수 없는 균주)와 YC-1 균주(15개 저항성 배추 품종에 뿌리혹병을 일으키는 균주)에 대한 저항성 정도를 실험한 결과, 실험한 무 품종 중 35개 품종은 두 균주 모두에 대하여 저항성을, 그리고 1개 품종은 감수성을 나타내었다. 한편, 나머지 10개 품종은 균주에 따라 서로 다른 반응을 나타냈다. 이상의 결과로부터 본 연구에서 확립한 뿌리혹병 저항성 검정법은 뿌리혹병균에 대한 무의 저항성을 조사하기 위한 효율적인 방법임을 알 수 있었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권4호
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• pp.360-366
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• 2012

Background: Carbapenem-resistance is rapidly evolving among the pathogenic microbes in intensive care units (ICUs). This study aimed to determine annual trend of carbapenem-resistance in the ICU for 4 years, since the opening of a university-affiliated hospital in South Korea. Methods: From 2005 to 2008, microbial samples from consecutive 6,772 patients were screened in the ICU. Three hundred and ninety-seven patients (5.9%) and their first isolates of carbapenem-resistant pathogens were analyzed. Results: The percentage of patients infected with carbapenem-resistant organisms increased constantly during the initial three years (2.3% in 2005, 6.2% in 2006, 7.8% in 2007), then it declined to 6.5% in 2008. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) III score at admission was $58.0{\pm}23.5$, the median length of the ICU stay was 37 days, and the mortality rate was 37.5%. The sampling sites were endotracheal suction (67%), catheterized urine (17%), wound (6%) and others (10%). Bacteria with carbapenem-resistance were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (247 isolates, 62%), Acinetobacter baumannii (117 isolates, 30%), Enterobacteriaceae (12 isolates, 3%), and others (21, 5%). Of note, peak isolation of carbapenem-resistant microorganisms in medical ICU was followed by the same epidemic at surgical ICU. Conclusion: Taken together, carbapenem-resistant pathogens are of growing concern in the ICU.