• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.13-18
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• 2014

Bacillus subtilis JW-1 was isolated from rhizosphere soil as a potential biocontrol agent of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum. Seed treatment followed by a soil drench application with this strain resulted in >80% reduction in bacterial wilt disease compared with that in the untreated control under greenhouse conditions. The antibacterial compound produced by strain JW-1 was purified by bioactivity-guided fractionation. Based on mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectral data ($^1H$, $^{13}C$, $^1H-^1H$ correlation spectroscopies, rotating frame nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy, and heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation spectroscopy), the structure of this compound was elucidated as a cyclic lipopeptide composed of a heptapeptide (Gln-Leu-Leu-Val-Asp-Leu-Leu) bonded to a ${\beta}$-hydroxy-iso-hexadecanoic acid arranged in a lactone ring system.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.331.2-331.2
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• 2002

Actinomycetes CS0707 has been isolated in soil sample from location in the Jeju province. Korea, and produces thermostable extracellular proteases. Actinomycetes CS0703 showed the highest protease activity at late exponential phase when grown in OSYM medium (oatmeal 2.0%, soybean meal 1 %, dried yeast 1 %, mannitol 1 %) at $48^{\circ}C$. Three forms of protease(Ta-1, TA-2 and Ta-3) were fractionated by Ultrogel AcA 54 column chromatography, and further purified through ammonium sulfate fractionation, ultramembrane filtration, and DEAE-sepharose CL-6B column chromatography. (omitted)

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.234-241
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• 2000

Organic farming (OF) is regarded as alternative farming types against general farming system for sustainable agriculture, recently. However, there is little information on effects of OF on soil properties and watershed condition. In order to determine the effects of OF on soil properties, 36, 10 and 8 sites of organic farming (OF) fields of plastic film houses, paddy and orchard were selected in the national scale, respectively, to evaluate their chemical properties and phosphorus distributing characteristics. The average organic matter (OM) contents in organic farming fields were with $44g\;kg^{-1}$ in plastic film houses, $26g\;kg^{-1}$ in paddies and $39g\;kg^{-1}$ in orchard soils higher than the average OM contents in conventional farming (CF) soils. Available phosphates were accumulated to 986 in plastic film house soils and $754mg\;kg^{-1}$ in orchard soils, respectively, over the optimum range. Furthermore, total P (T-P) reached to $2.973mg\;kg^{-1}$ in plastic film houses and $2303mg\;kg^{-1}$ in orchards in OF soils. It could be attained by applying repeatedly low N/P ratio of manure-based compost. In two types of soils inorganic P was dominant with the ratio of 62~80% of T-P, and then residual and organic Ps followed. However. residual-P was dominant in paddy soils with the rate of 50% of T-P. Fractionation of soil extractable P showed that Ca-P was dominant with about $1,330mg\;kg^{-1}$ in upland soils in OF fields, which is affected by high soil pH of over 6.0. However. Fe-P of extractable P was dominant in paddy soils. Water-soluble P was very high with 65 and $26mg\;kg^{-1}$ in plastic film house and orchard soils in OF. From this results. OF regarded as an environment-friendly farming system may cause serious soil deterioration by accumulated phosphorus and may also cause water pollution.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.48-59
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• 2018

Beryllium (Be), cobalt (Co), thallium (Tl) and vanadium (V) are candidates of 21 priority soil pollutants in Korea. The distribution of their concentration in soils from three contamination sources including industrial, roadside and mining areas was investigated. Concentrations of the metals were evaluated quantitatively using pollution indices and the fractionation of metals was conducted using modified SM&T (Standards Measurements and Testing programme) sequential extraction. Concentrations of the metals for all samples from industrial and roadside soils were within the range of natural background levels, while some of Be in soils from abandoned mines exceeded that the range. Enrichment Factor (EF) and Nemerow Integrated Pollution Index (NIPI) for Be, Co, Tl and V showed that there are effects or possibilities of anthropogenic activities. Pollution Load Index (PLI) analyses indicated all investigated sites needed further monitoring. The results of sequential extractions indicated mobile fractions (F1+F2) of Be, Tl and V were below 30% except some of Co in soil, which implies their low mobility to neighboring environment media. Variable tools like sequential extraction, comparison with background/actual concentration and pollution indices, as well as aqua regia extraction should be considered when evaluating Be, Co, Tl, V in soil.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.163-172
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• 2004

The molecular size distribution and fluorescence properties of soil fulvic acids (FA) were characterized by using gel filtration chromatography (GFC) and luminescence spectroscopy. The objectives of this work were to fractionate the FA extracted from a forest soil into different nominal molecular size using GFC system and to characterize the fluorescence properties (excitation, emission and synchronous) of these fractions using luminescence spectrometer. The GFC column was calibrated with polyethylene glycols, acetone and dextrane Blue. The total permeation volume of the GFC system was 404 mL and the void volume 130 mL. The GFC molecular weight of the soil FA was in the range of 190~8,900 Dalton and the molecular weight at the peak on the chromatogram was 930 Dalton. The fluorescence intensity ratio ($I_{498nm}/I_{390nm}$) was found to be increased with an increasing molecular weight. This results may suggest that the fulvic acid fractions with high molecular weight have large amount of the condensed aromatic compound.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.327-334
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• 2016

In order to compare phosphorus (P) behavior of livestock manure compost (LMC) and chemical fertilizer (CF) applied to the sea-reclaimed land soils, incubation experiments were conducted for five weeks. Four soils differing textural classes, sandy loam and clay loam, and electric conductivity (EC) value, high and low, were applied with CF and LMC. LMC was applied at the level of 0, 1, 2, and 3% on the soil weight basis and CF was applied at the same levels of P as LMC. The results showed that increase of P application rate of CF and LMC led to linearly increase available $P_2O_5$ and $0.01M\;CaCl_2$ extractable P contents regardless of soil texture and EC. However, 0.01M $CaCl_2$ extractable P from soil applied with CF was significantly higher than with LMC. Correlation analysis between $0.01M-CaCl_2$ extractable P and fractionated P by different extraction methods showed that $0.01M-CaCl_2$ extractable P positively correlated with KCl-P (soluble and exchangeable P) and HCl-P (Ca and Mg bound P). However, NaOH-P (Fe and Al bound P and organic P) and residual P was adverse. The amount of NaOH-P significantly influenced to the amount of 0.01M $CaCl_2$ extractable P of CF and LMC in the soils. The application of LMC at sandy loam soil could be carried out in the consideration of nutrient leaching and crop uptake.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.69-79
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• 2014

Soil organic carbon (SOC) in the Arctic is vulnerable to climate change. However, research on SOC stored in the high Arctic regions is currently very limited. Thus, this study was aimed at understanding the distribution and characteristics of SOC with respect to geomorphology and vegetation in Svalbard. In August 2011, soil samples were collected near the Vestre Lov$\acute{e}$nbreen moraine. Sampling sites were chosen according to altitude (High, Mid, and Low) and differences in levels of vegetation establishment. Vegetation coverage, aboveground biomass, and SOC contents were measured, and density-size fractionation of SOC was conducted. The SOC content was the highest in the Mid site ($126.9mg\;g^{-1}$) and the lowest in the High site ($32.1mg\;g^{-1}$), although aboveground biomass and vegetation coverage were not different between these two sites. The low SOC content measured at the High site could be related to a slower soil development following glacial retreat. On the other hand, the Low site contained a high amount of SOC despite having low vegetative cover and a high ratio of sand particles. These incompatible relationships between SOC and vegetation in the Low site might be associated with past site disturbances such as runoff from snow/glacier melting. This study showed that geomorphological features combined with glacier retreat or melting snow/glacier effects could have affected the SOC distribution and vegetation establishment in the high Arctic.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.307-310
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• 2004

Micellar enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) is a surfactant-based separation process and it can remove heavy metal ions from aqueous stream effectively. However, it is necessary to recover and reuse surfactants for economic feasibility because surfactant is expensive. Foam fractionation was investigated for both anionic and cationic surfactant recovery. Chelating agent such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) was studied for the separation of heavy metals from surfactant solution. Anionic surfactants bound with heavy metals can be recovered by lowering pH (acidification). In this study, citric acid and imminodiacetic acid (IDA) were applied to release copper from sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micellar solution and compared with EDTA. Precipitation of copper by ferricynide and sodium sulfide were also investigated. As a result, ca. 100 % of copper was released from SDS micellar solution by 5 mM of EDTA and citric acid. And 3.3 mM of ferricyanide formed precipitate with 82.7 % of copper. 5 mM of IDA and sodium sulfide released or formed precipitate 82.5 % and 58.9 % of copper, respectively. Citric acid is harmless to environments and ferricyanide precipitates with Cu easily. Therefore, it is considered that citric acid and ferricyanide have competiveness over a famous chelating agent, EDTA, for the separation of Cu from SDS solution.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.195-200
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• 1998

토양내에 있어 중금속의 총량 분석만으로는 오염 토양에 대한 환경 평가를 위한 충분한 자료가 되지 못한다. 또한 중금속의 토양내 위해성은 중금속과 토양과의 화학적 상호작용에 의해 결정되기 때문에 중금속의 화학적 형태를 규명하는 것은 토양 환경에 있어서 그들의 이동성과 거동 특성을 평가하는데 중요한 자료가 된다. 연속 추출법은 구봉 광산의 광미로 부터 Cd, Cu, Pb을 화학적 형태에 따라 분리하고, 인위적으로 중금속을 포화시킨 광미와 두밭토양에 있어 중금속의 토양내 거동 특성을 예측하기 위하여 이용되었다. 광미중 Pb의 대부분은 Fe-Mn oxide, carbonate의 결합 형태로 존재하였으며, Cu와 Cd은 각각 71.8%와 42.9%가 유기물, carbonate의 결합형태로 존재하였다. 상당량의 Cd(94.9%), Cu(95.1%), 그리고 Pb(85.8%)은 토양내 잠재적으로 이동 가능한 형태로 존재하였다. 유성과 논산의 밭토양 에 가해진 Cd는 대부분 이동성이 가장 높은 치환태로 존재하였으며, 유성과 논산 토양에서 각각 67.9%와 93.2%가 치환태로 존재하였다. 토양에 가해진 Cd, Cu, Pb은 대부분 이동이 용이한 형태로 존재하였으며, 토양과의 결합세기는 Pb > Cu > Cd 순으로 감소하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.331-334
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• 2002

탄산수내 REEs의 함량과 거동특성을 알아보기 위해 암석시료, 탄산수 및 침전물에 대한 REEs 분석을 실시하였다. 탄산수가 산출되는 인접지에서 채취한 암석시료들은 물의 유형에 따라 큰 농도변화를 보여주지 않으며, 대체적으로 LREEs가 부화된 특성을 보여주고 있다. 유형에 따른 탄산수의 REEs 농도변화는 서로 상이한데, Na-HCO$_3$ 유형은 강한 HREE의 부화를 보여주지만, Ca-HCO$_3$ 유형은 HREE의 부화를 보여주지 않고 감소하는 경향을 보이며, 화학적으로 중간 유형에 속하는 Ca-Na-HCO$_3$ 유형 탄산수는 Eu을 제외하고는 전체적으로 flat한 분포를 보여준다. 탄산수에서 침전된 침전물과 침전물을 제거한 물의 REE의 유형은 침전물이 발생되기 전의 탄산수와 유사한 경향을 보이지만, 침전물의 발생으로 인한 특징적이고 강한 anomalies를 보여준다. 침전된 침전물의 REEs 특성은 침전물이 발생되기 전의 원 탄산수와 거의 유사한 분포특성을 보여준다. 반면에 침전물을 제거한 탄산수에서는 탄산염침전물의 침전과 연관되어 매우 강한 Eu anomalies를 보여주며, 대체적으로 HREE가 부화된 특성을 보여주었다. 탄산수내 가장 우세한 REE 종은 CO$_3$$^{2-}$ 종이며, CO$_3$$^{2-}$ 복합체 때문에 REEs의 분별작용 (HREE의 부화)이 일어나는 것으로 판단되 었다.