• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.330-336
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• 2000

A large number of streptococci that do not fit readily into any of the established classification schemes have been relegated to a large heterogeneous group called the Streptococcus viridans, which are members of the normal flora of the mucous membranes of the body, including the oral cavity, the nasopharynx, and genitourinary tract. This group includes S. mitis, S. oralis, S. sanguis, S. salivarius, S. milleri, etc. Surveying on the literature, it has been reported that infective endocarditis, meningitis, rhabdomyolysis, cholangitis, appendicitis caused by Streptococcus viridans, which were the most important pathogen in children with malignant hematologic disease. Various antibiotics has been chosen for treatment or prophylaxis for these infections, but were generally lower antimicrobial susceptibilities because of an abuse of antibiotics and advent of resistant group. Therefore, surveillant culture must be performed to evaluate personal antimicrobial susceptibilities of intraoral microbes for proper antimicrobial choice for dental procedures. This study examined sampling from subgingival plaque of 60 chidren's microbes. The cultured bacterial isolates, Streptococcus viridans were examined 10 antimicrobial drugs with the Kirby-Bauer agar disk diffusion method. The used drugs were Penicillin, Ampicillin, Oxacillin, Cephalothin, Imipenem, Gentamicin, Erythromycin, Vancomycin, Ciprofloxacin, Clindamycin. The results were as follows : 1. Sampling Streptococcus viridans were S. mitis(65%), S. oralis(22%), S. sanguis(5%), S. intermedius(3%), S. salivarius(2%), S acidominimus(2%), Unidentified streptococcus(2%). 2. The antimicrobial susceptibility of total Streptococcus viridans : Oxacillin< Erythromycin< Pencillin=Ciprofloxacin< Cephalothin< Ampicillin< Clindamycin< Gentamicin< Imipenem=Vancomycin. 3. The antimicrobial susceptibility of S. mitis : Oxacillin=Erythromycin< Ciprofloxacin< Cephalothin< Penicillin=Ampicillin< Gentamicin< Clidamycin< Imipenem=Vancomycin. 4. The antimicrobial susceptibility of S. oralis : Oxacillin< Erythromycin< Penicillin=Ciprofloxacin=Clindamycin< Cephalothin=Gentamicin< Ampicillin< Imipenem=Vancomycin. 5. There was no significant difference in the antimicrobial susceptibility among each Streptococcus viridans group.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.174-181
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• 2009

Pterocarpus marsupium, Clitoria ternatea, and Sanseveiria cylindrica are some of the important and endangered medicinal plant species of India. Despite of medicinal properties, antibacterial potential of the plants have not yet been explored. The present study was designed to optimize the in vitro technique for micropropagation and to screen the extracts from leaves and in vitro raised calli for antibacterial properties. Excised leaf-explants from the parent plants were surface sterilized and cultivated on Murashige & Skoog's (MS) medium containing $N^6$-benzyladenine (BA) in concentrations of 1, 2, 5, and $10{\mu}M$. Optimal growth of calli was noticed at a concentration of $5{\mu}M$, therefore the extracts from calli grown at this concentration were further studied for antibacterial activity. Both alcoholic and aqueous extracts from leaves of respective plants, and their in vitro raised calli were tested for antibacterial activity by agar well diffusion method against a range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Aqueous extracts showed antibacterial activity against limited number of bacterial species; notably the extracts of C. ternatea which showed antibacterial activity against Streptococcus pyogenes, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus. Alcoholic extracts of all three plants showed antibacterial activity against a wider range of bacteria. Among the Gram-positive bacteria, extracts from C. ternatea showed strong antibacterial activity against Bacillus spp., whereas the extracts of S. cylindrica showed good antibacterial potential for Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis and S. pyogenes. The extracts from all three plants showed antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria, including, Salmonella spp. and Shigella dysenteriae; organisms causing enteric fever and dysentery. In most of the cases, the extracts from respective calli showed comparable, and in some cases better, result in comparison to the extracts from parent leaves. To the best of our knowledge this is the first preliminary report on antibacterial potential, especially through calli extracts, of these plants; and in vitro cultivation of the explants may be used to obtain phytotherapeutic compounds.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.86-93
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• 1971

위생환경이 좋지 못하고 보건사업의 혜택이 원활치 못한 지역의 소아 및 국민학동에게서 분리한 장내 세균 중 이열성 장내 독소생성 대장균주의 분포를 배양된 부신암 세포를 이용하여 살펴보았다. 이 열성 장내독소의 존재아래 부신암 세포는 세포의 원형화 및 seroid 생성력의 항진을 보이기에 이 두 성질에 기처를 두어 독소생선균주를 감별하였다. 실험의 결과 조사대상자의 약 10%에 해당하는 균주들이 독소 생성 균주로 밝혀졌다. 분리한 균주의 화학요법제에 대한 감수성 내지 내성도를 측정하였는데 특히 주목할 것은 이열성 장내독소 균주들의 대부분이 gentamycin(10mg)과 nalidixic acid(5mg)에 감수성이 있는데 비해, colistin(10mg), novobiocin(30mg), sulfa drug(50mg)에는 내성을 나타냈으며, 장내 질환에 널리 쓰이는 chloramp-henicol(10mg)에 대해서는 균에 따라 감수성 또는 내성을 보인데 있다. 이상의 조사로 우리나라 정상아동이 상당의 이열성 장내독소 생성균주를 보유하고 있음을 알수 있다. 이를 균주중 몇개는 장내질환 치료제로 널리 사용하는 항생제에 대해 내성을 지니고 있음을 볼 수 있었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.164-169
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• 2006

제주도 자생식물의 열수 추출물 10종의 항균 효과 및 항산화 효과를 검색하였다. 실험 대상 식물은 생체 채집하여 음건 한 후 열수 추출하여 시료화하여 어류 질병미생물에 대한 항균실험과 각 식물의 열수 추출물의 항산화 효과를 측정 하였다. 항균 실험은 어류 질병미생물로 분류된 그람 음성균 12종과 그람 양성균 1종에 대하여 디스크 확산법으로 측정하였는데 그 결과 두메꿀풀 꽃 추출물에서 가장 강한 항균효과를 나타내었고 다음으로 풀고사리 잎과 돌잔고사리 잎, 들깨 잎, 들깨 열매 순으로 나타났으며 큰천남성 뿌리나 왕모시풀 잎, 열매에서는 눈에 띄는 항균 효과를 나타내지는 않았다. 그리고 항산화 효과를 측정하기 위해 DPPH radical 소거능과 SOD 유사활성, Hydroxyl radical 소거 활성을 실험하였다. 각 식물의 열수 추출물을 농도별로 희석하여 측정한 결과 농도가 높아질수록 항산화 효과가 증가하는 것을 확인 할 수가 있었으며 2.0%(20 mg/ml)농도에서 두메꿀풀 잎과 열매 그리고 들깨 잎과 열매, 돌잔고사리 잎은 합성 항산화제인 BHT, BHA와 높거나 유사한 항산화 효과를 나타내었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1695-1700
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• 2007

본 연구의 목표는 발효식품인 된장의 섭취가 Helicobacter pylori에 의한 감염의 억제에 효과가 있음을 확인하는데 있다. 된장 추출물과 된장으로부터 분리된 균이 H. pylori의 생장을 억제시키는지 여부를 표준균주인 H. pylori ATCC 26695와 위궤양 환자의 조직으로부터 분리한 H. pylori 균주를 대상으로 실시하였다. 된장 추출물과 된장으로부터 분리된 대부분의 세균은 H. pyloir의 생장을 억제하였다. 된장의 섭취효과를 측정하기 위해 무자각 증상의 H. pylori 보균자를 대상으로 $^{13}C$-요소호기검사법을 실시하였으며, H. pylori 감염 농도는 ${\Delta}^{13}C(T_1-T_0)$ 값(P)으로 판정하였다. 1일 30 g ($10g{\times}3$회)씩 6주간 섭취한 지원자들의 섭취 전 후의 P값은 58에서 28로 감소하여 H. pylori의 밀도가 낮아졌음을 입증하였다. 즉, 된장이 위 점막에서 H. pylori의 생장을 억제하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.289-294
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• 2013

제주도에서 좌초된 뱀머리돌고래, Steno bredanensis에서 Enterococcus faecium이 분리 되었다. E. faecium은 간, 비장, 신장, 심장, 폐에서 $1.54{\times}10^6$ cfu/g까지 분리 되었다. E. faecium KCCM 12118과 분리균주 사이의 효소 활성은 차이가 없었고 생화학적 특성은 같거나 유사하였다. 모든 분리균주는 6 종류 항균제에 대해 다재내성을 갖고 있었으나 chloramphenicol과 vancomycin에 대한 내성은 없었다.

• 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.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.836-840
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• 2011

Cellulase와 xylanase 분비능이 우수한 고온성 부숙촉진 세균을 분리하기 위하여 진주 인근지역의 새송이버섯 재배농장으로부터 새송이버섯 수확 후 배지를 수집하였다. 새송이버섯 수확 후 배지로부터 23종의 균주를 분리하였으며 이 중 cellulase와 xylanase을 동시에 분비하는 균주를 최종 선발하여 SJ21으로 명명하였다. Bacillus ID kit와 VITEK 2 system를 이용하여 분리균 SJ21의 생리적 생화학적 특성을 조사한 결과 분리균 SJ21은 B. lincheniformis와 유사한 특징을 나타내었으며 16S rDNA 염기서열 분석결과에서는 B. subtilis와 99%의 상동성을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합하여 분리균 SJ21은 Bacillus sp. SJ21 로 동정되었다. 분리균이 분비하는 cellulase와 xylanase 활성은 분리균이 증식함에 따라 대수증식기 중반부터 급격히 증가하였고 정지기에 진입하면 효소활성이 더 이상증가하지 않는 것으로 나타났으며 xylanase 활성은 대수증식기 초기부터 지속적으로 증가하여 대수증식기 중반에 최대활성을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.668-679
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• 2023

Edwardsiella tarda is one of the most significant fish pathogens, causes edwardsiellosis in a variety of freshwater fish species, and its antibiotic resistance against multiple drugs has made it a health risk worldwide. In this study, we aimed to investigate the antibiotic resistance (ABR) genes of E. tarda and establish its antibiotic susceptibility. Thus, 540 fish (299 Oreochromis niloticus, 138 O. mossambicus, and 103 O. aureus) were collected randomly from twelve fish farms in three districts of Punjab in Pakistan. E. tarda was recovered from 147 fish showing symptoms of exophthalmia, hemorrhages, skin depigmentation, ascites, and bacteria-filled nodules in enlarged liver and kidney. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing proved chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, and streptomycin effective, but amoxicillin, erythromycin, and flumequine ineffective in controlling edwardsiellosis. Maximum occurrence of qnrA, blaTEM, and sul3 genes of E. tarda was detected in 45% in the liver, 58%, and 42% respectively in the intestine; 46.5%, 67.2%, and 55.9% respectively in O. niloticus; 24%, 36%, and 23% respectively in summer with respect to fish organs, species, and season, respectively. Motility, H₂S, indole, methyl red, and glucose tests gave positive results. Overall, E. tarda infected 27.2% of fish, which ultimately caused 7.69% mortality. The Chi-squared test of independence showed a significant difference in the occurrence of ABR genes of E. tarda with respect to sampling sites. In conclusion, the misuse of antibacterial agents has led to the emergence of ABR genes in E. tarda, which in association with high temperatures cause multiple abnormalities in infected fish and ultimately resulting in massive mortality.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2004

This study was carried out to investigate the antibiotic resistance pattern of Listeria spp. and Staphylococcus aureus. A total of 17 (14.8%) L. monocytogenes, 13 (11.3%) L. innocua, 7 (7%) L. welshimeri, and 83 (72.2%) S. aureus were isolated from commercial poultry carcasses in Seoul and Kyonggi province during the period between 2001 and 2003. Antibiotic susceptibility test of all Listeria strains isolated was performed by the disk agar diffusion method. Antibiotics used in the study were as follows; Amikacin (An), Ampicillin (Am), Cephalothin (Cf), Chloramphenicol (C), Ciprofloxacin (Cip), Erythromycin (E), Gentamicin (Gm), Imipenem (Ipm), Kanamycin (K), Minocycline (Mi), Neomycin (N), Norfloxacin (Nor), Ofloxacin (Ofx), Penicillin (P), Streptomycin (S), Tetracycline (Te), Tobramycin (Nn), Trimethoprim (Tmp), Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazloe (Sxt), and Vancomycin (Va). The antibiotic resistance pattern of S. aureus isolates was performed by the disk agar diffusion method. For the latter program, antibiotics used to the study were as follows; Cf, C, Cip, Clindamycin (Cc), E, Gm, Ipm, Nafcillin (Nf), Oxacillin (Ox), P, Te, Sxt, and Va. Of the 17 L. monocytogenes isolates, 94.1% were resistant to Te, 88.2% to Mi, 11.8% to Nor, 11.8% to S, 5.9% to Cip, and 5.9% to C. Of 13 L. innocua, 53.8% were resistant to Te, 23.1% to Mi, 23.1% to S, 7.7% to Cip, and 7.7% to Nor. Of 7 L. welshimeri, 57.1% were resistant to Te, and 14.3% to Am. Of 83 S. aureus, 100% were resistant to Te, 86.7% to Gm, 34.9% to P, 15.7% to Cip, 12% to Cc, 9.6% to E. The multiple antibiotic resistance patterns of L. monocytogenes isolates were observed in Te Mi Cip (5.9%), Te Mi Nor (5.9%), Te Mi (76.5%), and Te Nor (5.9%). Multiple antibiotic resistance was also found in L. innocua isolates. Resistant to Te Mi S Cip Nor was 7.7%, Te Mi S (7.7%), Te Mi (7.7%), and was 7.7% to Te S. Antibiotic resistance patterns for S. aureus isolats were demonstrated to Te Gm P Cip Cc E (6.0%), Te Gm Cip Cc E (3.6%), Te Gm P Cc (1.2%), Te Gm P (15.6%), Te Gm Cip (2.4%), Te P Cip (2.4%), Te Gm Cc (1.2%), Te Gm (56.6%), Te P (9.6%), and to Te Cip (1.2%). The results of this study suggest a high incidence of Lsteria spp. and S. aureus on poultry carcasses. The contaminated poultry carcasses may be a potential vehicle for foodborne infections due to multiple antimicrobial resistant organisms.