• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1228-1235
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• 2011

We compared the gene expression among four clinical and five environmental V. vulnificus isolates, using a cDNA microarray containing 131 genes possibly associated with pathogenicity, transport, signal transduction, and gene regulations in the pathogen. cDNAs from total RNAs of these isolates were hybridized into the cDNA microarray using the cDNA of the wild-type strain MO6-24/O as a reference. We focused on selecting differentially expressed (DE) genes between clinical and environmental isolates using a modified t-statistic. We could detect two statistically significant DE genes between virulent isolates and less-virulent isolates with a marginal statistical significance (p-value of 0.008). These were genes putatively encoding pilin and adenlyate cylase. Real time-PCR confirmed that these two selected genes transcribed in significantly higher levels in virulent isolates than in less-virulent isolates. Mutants with lesions in the gene encoding pilin showed significantly higher $LD_{50}$ values than that of wild type.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2000

Eight strains of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from diseased trout in Korea were characterized and compared with an American type strain by various methods including biochemical and physiological tests, PCR, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), plasmid profiling, and gel electrophoresis of total, membrane, and extracellular proteins. Virulence factors such as surface array proteins, cytotoxin, hemolysin, haemagglutinin, and protease were also investigated. The Korean strains showed heterogeneity in Iysine decarboxylase production, utilization of various carbon sources, and production of acetoin. Five strains had the same profiles of total and membrane proteins. Six strains haemagglutinated with trout red blood cells (RBCs) which was inhibited by fucose, galactose, and mannose, except for No. 1 where haemagglutination was inhibited by only galactose and mannose, but not by fucose. Four isolates haemagglutinated with human RBCs which was inhibited by fucose and mannose yet not by galactose. The type strain haemagglutinated only with trout RBCs which was inhibited by fucose, galactose, and mannose. Every isolate secreted protease, hemolysin, cytotoxin, and siderophore, but no enterotoxin. Results showed that the Korean isolates, except for No.7, had very different biochemical and molecular characteristics from those of the American type strain.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.223-236
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• 2020

In this study, a safety evaluation was conducted to confirm if the Enterococcus faecium CKDB003 strain obtained by selection from a mixed fermentation of fruit and milk is suitable for use as a probiotic. The MIC value for the 10 antibiotics specified in the EFSA guidance was below the acceptable cut-off value. The antibiotic resistance genes aac(6')-li, eatAv, and msr(C) exist by whole genome sequencing, but are in the chromosome and not in the plasmid, thus confirming that there is no possibility of transmission to other microorganisms. It was confirmed that cytolysin (cylA, cylB, cylI, cylL-l, cylL-s, cylM, cylR1, cylR2), aggregation substance (asa1, asp1), collagen adhesion (ace), enterococcal surface protein (esp), endocarditis antigen (efaA), hyaluronidase (hyl) and gelatinase (gelE) were not present in the genome by examining the genes of factors related to virulence. Also, the biochemical analysis showed no toxic enzyme activities, and no virulence genes were detected by the PCR method. Thus, the E. faecium CKDB003 strain can be safely used as a health functional food probiotic, based on the results of the safety assessment.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.24-32
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• 2003

목 적 : 황색포도구균(S. aureus)은 건강인의 비강이나 피부에 정상 세균총으로 존재하지만, 병원 내 감염과 항생제 내성이 문제가 되고 있다. 본 연구는 신생아의 비강에서 S. aureus을 분리하여 항생제 감수성의 양상과 내성 관련 유전자를 검출하여 내성의 정도와 내성 관련 유전자의 상관관계를 규명해 보고자 하였으며, 병원성 인자의 검출을 실시하고, arbitrarily-primed polymerase chain reaction(AP-PCR)법에 의한 유전자형별을 통하여 역학적 해석을 시도하였다. 방 법 : 2001년 2월에서 5월 사이에 부산대학교병원 신생아 중환자실 및 신생아실에 입원한 28명을 대상으로 이들의 비강에서 총 120회의 nasal swab을 실시하여 51주의 S. aureus를 분리하였다. 분리균에 대한 항생제 감수성 검사, coagulase 검사과형별, plasmid DNA의 양상, mec 관련 유전자의 분포, 장독소의 유전자 및 TSST-1 독소의 유전자 보유 상태, AP-PCR법으로 유전자 형별을 조사하였다. 결 과 : 1) Methicillin 내성이 23주, vancomycin 내성이 6주였고, 3가지 이상의 약제에 대한 내성이 절반 이상을 차지하였다. 2) 42주가 coagulase 양성이었고, 이중 mecA 및 femA 유전 자를 보유한 12주를 대상으로 한 형별 검사에서 8종(coagulase I-VIII형)으로 분류되었다. 3) mecA 유전자가 22주에서, mecR1 유전자가 18주, mecI 유전자가 1주, femA 유전자가 17주에서 발견되었으며, 이들을 4가지의 유전자형으로 분류하였을 때 mecA형이 14주, mecR1형 10주, mecA-mecR1형 7주, mecA-mecR1-mecI형이 1주였다. mecA 및 mecA 관련 유전자와 항생제 다제내성과는 상관관계가 없었다. 4) 16주가 mecA와 femA를 모두 보유하였으며, 이들의 plasmid 양상은 I형이 7주, II형이 6주 그리고 III형이 2주였다. Oxacillin 및 vancomycin에 내성을 보이는 II형과 III형에서는 35.5kb의 plasmid DNA를 보유하였다. 5) 장독소 A, B, D, 및 E의 유전자는 51주 전부에서 검출되지 않았으나 장독소 C의 유전자는 64.7%, TSST-1 유전자는 80.4%가 양성이었다. 6) Coagulase 양성이며 mecA 및 femA 유전자를 보유한 MRSA 12균주에 대한 유전자 형별 검사에서 I형에서 X형으로 분류할 수 있었으며, II형 2주, X형 2주가 동일 유전자형이었고, 나머지는 다른 유전자형이었다. 결 론 : 입원 중인 신생아의 비강 내 S. aureus의 상재률이 아주 높았으며, 이들의 항생제 내성률, 특히 vancomycin의 내성률이 높아 이들에 의한 원내 감염에 대한 특별한 관리가 필요하며, 이들의 병원성 인자 및 관련 유전자에 대한 분석은 원내 감염에 대한 적절한 대책과 효과적인 치료에 많은 도움을 줄 수 있으리라 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.271-280
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• 2010

Vibrio alginolyticus, a Gram-negative marine bacterium, is one of the causative agents of fish vibriosis. Its virulence factors and pathogenesis mechanism are barely known, except for some extracellular products (ECPs) that are known to be regulated by quorum sensing system. Therefore, the present study used a microarray to analyze the transcription profiles of the wild-type V. alginolyticus and a deletion mutant of luxO, the pivotal regulator in Vibrio quorum sensing systems, which resulted in the identification of a putative virulence factor, MviN. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR confirmed that the transcription of mviN was upregulated in the luxO mutant when compared with wild-type, and down regulated in a luxO-con complemented strain. Furthermore, Western blotting indicated that MviN was greatly induced during the late-exponential and stationary phases of growth, indicating that the expression of MviN was cell-density dependent and quorum sensing regulated in V. alginolyticus. Meanwhile, the mviN null mutant displayed a much slower growth rate than the wild type, signifying the essential role of MviN in V. alginolyticus. Western blotting also revealed that MviN was present as an extracellular protein in V. alginolyticus. When epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC) cells were treated with the ECPs of the mviN mutant, no cytotoxicity was observed, whereas EPC cells treated with the wild type exhibited pathological changes, which increased with the ECPs concentration and treatment time. Therefore, the results demonstrated that MviN is a LuxO-regulated ECPs component and involved in the pathogenicity of V. alginolyticus.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.116-123
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• 2016

This study investigated the prevalence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the oyster Crassostrea gigas, which is commonly consumed raw. The presence of virulence factors and the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates were also investigated. The overall prevalence rate of V. parahaemolyticus in oysters was 37.5% (36/96) and the range of concentrations was 30-11,000 MPN/100 g. PCR-based assays indicated that 9.6% (11/115) of the isolates were positive for the thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin gene (trh), while none of the isolates were positive for the thermostable direct hemolysin gene (tdh). The Multiple Antibiotics Resistance (MAR) index was measured for 16 common antimicrobial agents and 46.1% (53/115) of the isolates had a MAR index > 0.2. The MAR index ranged from 0.07 to 0.73. The highest MAR index was observed with strain s150608, isolated in June 2015, which exhibited resistance to 11 antimicrobial agents. Our results demonstrate that oysters are high-risk sources of V. parahaemolyticus, although no antimicrobial agent was being used to promote growth or to treat bacterial infections in the sampled oyster-growing areas.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.460-466
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• 2016

From 2013 through 2015, we investigated the contamination status and antimicrobial resistance patterns of pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in commercially valuable seawater and shellfish (Oyster Crassostrea gigas, short-neck clam Venerupis philippinarum, ark shell Scapharca broughtonii and mussel Mytilus galloprovinciallis) from the southern coast of Korea. The detection rate of V. parahaemolyticus was highest in short-neck clams (23.7%), followed by ark shells (19.2%), oysters (15.9%), mussels (13.6%), and seawater (8.6%). The following percentages of PCR assays of shellfish were positive for the thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin gene (trh) : oysters (12.8%), short-neck clams(11.8%), and ark shells (3.4%). Similar assays for the thermostable direct hemolysin gene (tdh) resulted in positive results for short-neck clams (5.9%) and ark shells (3.4%). Antimicrobial resistance was present in 100% of 8 tdh (+) and 2 trh (+) V. parahaemolyticus isolates challenged with ampicillin. However, all pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus were sensitive to 14 other antibiotics. To ensure the safety of shellfish consumption, the continuous monitoring of the prevalence and distribution of virulence factors of V. parahaemolyticus in shellfish farms is needed.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.582-588
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• 2016

Seventy-nine Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from surface seawater from Gomso Bay, west coast of Korea, were analyzed for the presence of virulence genes and their susceptibility to 30 different antimicrobials. All 79 isolates were examined for the presence of two virulence genes (tdh or trh) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR); however, no isolates possessed either the tdh or trh gene. According to a disk diffusion susceptibility test, all of the strains studied were resistant to oxacillin, penicillin, and vancomycin, followed by ticarcillin (97.5%), ampicillin (96.2%), clindamycin (86.1%), erythromycin (10.1%), streptomycin (7.6%), cefoxitin (6.3%), amikacin (2.5%), and cephalothin (2.5%). However, all of the strains were susceptible to 19 other antimicrobials including cefepime, cefotaxime, chloramphenicol, gentamycin, nalidixic acid, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, and trimethoprim. All 79 isolates (100%) were resistant to four or more classes of antimicrobials, and two strains exhibited resistance to eight antimicrobial agents. The average minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for V. parahaemolyticus for ampicillin, penicillin, ticarcillin, and vacomycin were 946.5, 1,305.9, 1,032.3, and 45.0 µg/mL, respectively.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2014

The prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter (C.) spp. in stray, breeding, and household dogs was 25.2, 12.0, and 8.8%, respectively. C. jejuni and C. upsaliensis were the predominant Campylobacter spp. from household dogs. cdtA, cdtB, and cdtC were detected by PCR in all isolates. Despite the high cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) gene prevalence, only 26 (31%) C. jejuni strains and one (15.3%) C. coli strain showed evidence of CDT production in HEp-2 cell cytotoxicity assays. Virulence-associated genes detected in the C. jejuni and C. coli isolates were cadF, dnaJ, flaA, racR, ciaB, iamA, pldA, virB11, ceuE, and docC. cadF, dnaJ, flaA, and ceuE were found in all C. jejuni and C. coli isolates. When detecting Guillain-Barr$\acute{e}$ syndrome-associated genes (galE, cgtB, and wlaN), galE was identified in all isolates. However, cgtB and wlaN were more prevalent in C. jejuni isolates from humans than those from dogs. Adherence and invasion abilities of the C. jejuni and C. coli strains were tested in INT-407 cells. A considerable correlation (adjusted $R^2$= 0.678) existed between adherence and invasion activities of the Campylobacter spp. isolates.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.148-153
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• 2010

시중에서 판매되는 계육과 돈육 가검물 1085개를 구입하고, 총 217개의 대장균 분리주를 확보하였다. 현재 알려진 대장균 병원성 인자 11개(astA, elt, estI, estII, cdt, cnf, eae, afa, stx, inve, aggR)의 보유여부를 PCR 기법으로 조사하였다. 돈육유래 대장균에서 존재하는 병원성 인자는 astA(6.9%), eae와 elt(4.6%), estII(4.0%), estI(2.3%), afa (1.1%), cnf(0.6%)의 순으로 검출되었으나, cdt, stx, aggR, inve는 검출되지 않았다. 계육에서 분리된 대장균 42개 중에서 astA와 inve를 보유하고 있는 병원성 대장균이 각각 1개씩 확인되었다. 특히 astA는 돈육과 계육에서 분리된 대장균 중에서 높은 빈도로 존재하고 있음을 확인하였으며, cnf와 afa같이 기존에 알려지지 않은 병원성 인자들의 존재도 확인되었다.