• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.964-972
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• 2023

Bacteriophage endolysins are peptidoglycan hydrolases composed of cell binding domain (CBD) and an enzymatically active domain. A phage endolysin CBD can be used for detecting bacteria owing to its high specificity and sensitivity toward the bacterial cell wall. We aimed to develop a method for detection of Enterococcus faecalis using an endolysin CBD. The gene encoding the CBD of ECP3 phage endolysin was cloned into the Escherichia coli expression vector pET21a. A recombinant protein with a C-terminal 6-His-tag (CBD) was expressed and purified using a His-trap column. CBD was adsorbed onto epoxy magnetic beads (eMBs). The bacterial species specificity and sensitivity of bacterial binding to CBD-eMB complexes were determined using the bacterial colony counting from the magnetic separations after the binding reaction between bacteria and CBD-eMB complexes. E. faecalis could bind to CBD-eMB complexes, but other bacteria (such as Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Acinetobacter baumannii, Streptococcus mutans, and Porphyromonas gingivalis) could not. E. faecalis cells were fixed onto CBD-eMB complexes within 1 h, and >78% of viable E. faecalis cells were recovered. The E. faecalis recovery ratio was not affected by the other bacterial species. The detection limit of the CBD-eMB complex for E. faecalis was >17 CFU/ml. We developed a simple method for the specific detection of E. faecalis using bacteriophage endolysin CBD and MBs. This is the first study to determine that the C-terminal region of ECP3 phage endolysin is a highly specific binding site for E. faecalis among other bacterial species.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.265-270
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• 2009

An oligonucleotide array was developed to detect and genotype mollicutes based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence. The results of the assay were compared with those of a PCR-RFLP assay. The proposed oligonucleotide array containing 5 genus- and 23 species-specific probes was able to detect Mycoplasma species, including M. penetrans and M. spermatophilum, that were not detected by the PCR-RFLP assay. Therefore, the results demonstrated that the proposed oligonucleotide array was effective for the detection and discrimination of 23 species, including an acholeplasma, 21 mycoplasmas, and a ureaplasma, and showed promise as a countermeasure to ensure that biological products are safe and of good quality.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2018

The analysis of plankton species distribution in sea or fresh water is very important in preserving marine ecosystem health. Since manual analysis is infeasible, many automatic approaches were proposed. They usually use images from in situ towed underwater imaging sensor or specially designed, lab mounted microscopic imaging system. Normally they assume that only single plankton is present in an image so that, if there is a clumping among multiple plankton of same species (homogeneous clumping) or if there are multiple plankton of different species scattered in an image (heterogeneous interspersion), they have a difficulty in recognition. In this work, we propose a deep learning based method that can detect and recognize individual plankton in images with homogeneous clumping, heterogeneous interspersion, or combination of both.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.126-132
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• 2001

For rapid and secure differentiation of P. infestans from other Phytophthora species, two fragments obtained from randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profiles were selected as markers. Also, primers for in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect P. infestans specifically were developed by analyzing the sequences of ITSII regions in rDNA of Phytophthora species. The primers, PISP-1 and ITS3 amplified a single. Fragment 450 bp of about in P. infestans, but not in other fungal or bacterial isolates. Annealing temperatures and template DNA quantities were varied for the optimization of PCR conditions. From the result of the PCR detection study, species-specific primers were selected under annealing temperatures ranging from 55$^{\circ}C$ to 61$^{\circ}C$, and template DNA levels ranging from 10 pg to 100 ng.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.155-163
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• 1988

For the laboratory diagnosis of Sarcocystis infections especially in domesticated food animals, several antificial digestion techniques were applied for the musculature specimens and several staining techniques was applied for the bradyzoites of Sarcocystis species isolated. The digestion technique using trypsin(0.5%) and sodium chloride(0.85%) mixed solution was regarded as the most valuable for the detection of asexual stages of Sarcocystis in bovine musculature specimens. Optimal time for digestion was approximately one to four hours. The trypsion digestion technique with Giemsa's stain could be helpful for the detection of Sarcocystis prolferative forms and for the observation of the nucleus of the parasite. A systematic detection was also performed in an autopsy for a bovine carcass naturally infected with Sarcocystis species, and the asexual stages such as metrocytes and bradyzoites were observed in the specific organs, respectively.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.79-82
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to develop Prevotella intermedia ATCC 49046-specific PCR primers designed based on the nucleotide sequence of a DNA probe Pig28. The strainspecificity of the PCR primers, Pig28-F1/Pig28-R1, was confirmed with 9 strains of P. intermedia and 25 strains (15 species) of Prevotella species. The detection limit of the PCR primers was 2 pg of the purified genomic DNA of P. intermedia ATCC 49046. These PCR primers were found to be useful for identifying P. intermedia ATCC 49046, particularly for determining the authenticity of the strain.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.575-580
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• 2019

In biological warfare, it is important to identify biological agents for proper treatment. We focused on developing a real-time RT-PCR kit that can detect multiple species of biological agents. AccuPower(R) Biothreat Real-Time RT-PCR Kit(v3.0) could detect Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, Vibrio cholerae, Francisella tularensis, Salmonella typhi, Rickettsia prowazekii, Variola virus, Hantaan virus, Yellow fever virus, Brucella spp., Shigella dysenteriae in a single reaction. The results showed that the kit was verified to be able to detect at least 0.005 ng of nucleotide and 10,000 CFU/ml of bacteria. Therefore, the kit is expected to be used as a rapid and sensitive detection kit for 11 species of biological agents within 2 hours.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.417-428
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• 2011

Species-specific PCR assay was developed for detection of cattle, sheep, goat, horse, dog, pig, chicken, duck, goose, and turkey using mitochondrial 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA as target genes. Also, an internal positive control was used to detect possible false negatives by using 18S rRNA gene. We designed species-specific primers with amplicon length of 190, 219, 350, 467, 241, 119, 171, 229, 111 and 268 bp for cattle, sheep, goat, horse, dog, pig, chicken, duck, goose, and turkey respectively. The specificity of the primers was tested against the other 10 non-target animal species and a cross-reaction was not observed. We developed two multiplex PCR assays for the simultaneous identification of Korea's major livestock species (cattle, pig, chicken and duck) and poultry species (chicken, duck, goose and turkey) from analogous samples, retaining the same specificity. The limit of detection of the multiplex PCR assay (cattle, pig, chicken and duck) ranged between 1 pg and 0.1 pg of template DNA extracts from raw meat. Applying multiplex PCR assays to DNA extracts from experimental pork/beef and pork/chicken tested raw and heat-treated ($120^{\circ}C$ for 30 min) mixtures respectively, detection limit was 0.1% level beef in pork, pork in beef and chicken in pork and 1.0% level pork in chicken. In conclusion, this assay using gel-based capillary electrophoresis would be very useful in highly sensitive and rapid identification of animal species or ingredients in minced meat and other meat products.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2003

국내 유통균주에 대한 Phellinus속의 분류체계를 확립하고 종간구별을 위한 신속동정법을 개발하기 위해 계통학적 정보를 지니고 있는 ITS1, 5.8S rRNA및 ITS2부위의 염기서열을 밝히고 ITS1과 ITS2 부위의 다양한 염기서열을 이용하여 종 특이적인 유전자 탐침을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서 조사된 바에 의하면, 상황버섯으로 시판되고 있는 국내유통균주는 총 9균주로서 P. pini가 4종, P. baumii가 3종, P. igniarius와 P. linteus가 각각 1종으로 확인되었으며 P. gilvus은 조사되지 알았다. 그 중 P. pini는 대부분 중국에서 수입된 제품이었고 P. igniarius를 포함한 P. baumii는 주로 북한산 제품으로 조사되었다. 한편 P. linteus와 P. baumii는 변이가 높은 ITS1 , ITS2 부위에서도 다른 종에 비하여 높은 상동성을 나타내어 종 특이적인 유전자 탐침이 유효하지 않은 반면에 P. igniarius, P. pini, P. gilvus종에 대한 detection primer로 각각 IF1-IR3, PF1-PF3, GF2-FR4 primer는 유전자 탐침이 유효함을 확인하였다. 유연관계가 아주 가까운 P. linteus와 P. baumii에 대한 정확한 분석을 위해서는 변이가 심한 ITS 부위와 보존성이 높은 18S rDNA 부위의 염기서열을 함께 분석, 비교하여야 가능하리라 사료된다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.728-736
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• 2015

Cronobacter spp.는 Salmonella spp.와 함께 조제분유에서 발견되는 미생물 중 위험도가 가장 높은 category A에 속하는 균으로 알려져 있다. 1958년 영국에서 처음으로 유아의 뇌수 막염의 원인균으로 보고되었으며, 감염 후 신생아에게서 괴사성 장염, 패혈증 등을 일으켜 후유증으로 시력과 청력 상실 및 신경마비를 일으키기도 한다. 이러한 위험성 때문에 Cronobacter spp.의 신속 검출 및 진단은 식중독 예방에 있어서 중요하다. 따라서 2002년 미국 식품의약품안전국에서는 분유에서의 Cronobacter spp.를 EE broth, VRBG 배지를 이용해 균을 분리 하고, TSA 배지에 순수분리 후 노란색을 발하는 colony를 생화학적 실험을 통해 검출하는 방법을 제시했다. 또한, 우리나라 식품공전에서도 배지를 이용하여 Cronobacter spp.를 검출 하는 방법에 대해 등재하였다. 하지만 배지배양법을 기반으로 하는 Cronobacter spp.의 검출방법은 검출에 소요되는 시간과 노동력 등이 비효율적이라는 단점이 있다. 따라서 많은 시간이 소요되는 배지배양법을 보완하고자 PCR, real-time PCR 방법 및 최근에는 PCR기법과 ELISA, CE-LIF 등을 결합하여 검출하는 방법이 개발되어 Cronobacter spp.의 검출에 사용되기도 하였다. Cronobacter spp.의 검출에 사용되고 있는 분자생물학적 기반의 PCR 및 real-time PCR 기법은 민감도와 특이도가 좋으며, 배지배양법에 의한 검출방법에 비해 검출 시간을 획기적으로 줄일 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 하지만 까다로운 실험과정과 조작에 있어서 필요한 전문적인 기술이 필요함은 한계점으로 사료된다. 면역학적 방법에 의한 Cronobacter spp. 검출에 관한 연구를 통해, 분석에 소요되는 상당시간을 단축할 수 있었으며, 민감하고 특이적인 검출이 가능함을 보여주었다. 특히 일부 연구보고에서 면역학적 검출방법은 고가의 장비가 필요 없으며, 간단한 지침에 따라 모니터링 업무의 수행이 가능하다고 하였다. 면역학적 검출방법에는 ELISA 방법 외에도 immunomagnetic bead, liposome, immunochromatographic strip 등이 개발되고 있다. 우리나라 식품의약품안전처에서는 영 유아 대상 식품의 안전관리를 강화하고자 Cronobacter spp.에 대해서는 '불검출'로 기준을 설정 운영하고 있으며, 지속적으로 이에 관한 규정을 강화하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서, 식품산업체 및 식품 의 제조, 가공, 유통 현장에서 쉽게 모니터링이 가능하며, 신속, 민감하고 특이적인 검출방법의 개발은 지속되어야 한다.