• 미생물학회지
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.428-436
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• 2016

항균제에 대한 내성 증가는 국내뿐만 아니라 세계적으로도 인류 건강에 큰논란이 되고 있다. 박테리아에 의한 감염을 치료하기 위해 같은 혹은 다른 계열의 항생제에 순차적으로 노출된다. 따라서, 본 연구는 ciprofloxacin과 meropenem의 순차적 처리에 따른 폐렴간균(Klebsiella pneumoniae)의 생육, 항생제 민감성, 돌연변이 빈도, ${\beta}$-lactamase activity, 생물막 형성 및 내성 관련 유전자 발현을 평가하기 위해 설계되었다. 처리군은 대조군(control; CON), 1/2 MIC ciprofloxacin (1/2CIP), 2 MIC ciprofloxacin (2CIP), 1/2 MIC ciprofloxacin+1/2 MIC meropenem+2 MIC ciprofloxacin (1/2CIP-1/2MEM-2CIP), 1/2 MIC ciprofloxacin+1/2 MIC meropenem+2 MIC meropenem(1/2CIP-1/2MEM-2MEM), 1/2 MIC ciprofloxacin+2 MIC ciprofloxacin+2 MIC meropenem (1/2CIP-2CIP-2MEM)을 포함한다. 24시간의 배양 동안 2CIP처리군에서 K. pneumoniae의 생육이 관찰되지 않았다. 모든 처리군에서 planktonic cell의 수는 7에서 10 log CFU/ml의 유의적인 차이를 보였으나 biofilm cell의 수는 7 log CFU/ml로 비슷하였다. 돌연변이 빈도는 1/2CIP-1/2MEM-2CIP에서 가장 낮은 14%을 보였다. 대조군과 비교하여 1/2CIP-2CIP-2MEM 처리 K. pneumoniae는 piperacillin, cefotaxime, nalidixic에 대한 민감도가 감소되었다. 1/2CIP-1/2MEM-2CIPrk 가장 높은 ${\beta}$-lactamase activity(22 nmol/min/ml)을 보인 반면 1/2CIP-2CIP-2MEM은 가장 낮은 ${\beta}$-lactamase activity (6 nmol/min/ml)을 보였다. Multidrug efflux pump 관련 유전자(acrA, acrB, and ramA)의 발현은 1/2CIP-1/2MER-2MER and 1/2CIP2CIP-2MER 처리된 K. pneumoniae에서 2배 이상 증가하였다. 따라서 순차적 항생제의 처리는 K. pneumoniae의 항생제 내성 양상을 변화시킬 수 있다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.379-388
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• 2006

Two mesophilic trickling bed bioreactors filled with two different types of media, hydrophilic- and hydrophobic-cubes, were designed and conducted for hydrogen production under the anaerobic fermentation of sucrose. Each bioreactor consisted of the column packed with polymeric cubes and inoculated with heat-treated sludge obtained from anaerobic digestion tank. A defined medium containing sucrose was fed by the different hydraulic retention time(HRT), and recycle rate. Hydrogen concentrations in gas-phase were constant, averaging 40% of biogas throughout the operation. Hydrogen production rate was increased till $10.5\;L{\cdot}h^{-1}{\cdot}L^{-1}$ of bioreactor when influent sucrose concentrations and recycle rates were varied. At the same time, the hydrogen production rate with hydrophobic media application was higher than its hydrophilic media application. No methane was detected when the reactor was under a normal operation. The major fermentation by-products in the liquid effluent of the both trickling biofilters were acetate, butyrate and lactate. In order to run in the long term operation of both reactor filled with hydrophilic and hydrophobic media, biofilm accumulation on hydrophilic media and biogas produced should be controlled through some process such as periodical backwashing or gas-purging. Four sample were collected from each reactor on the opposite hydrogen production rate, and their bacterial communities were compared by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of PCR products generated using bacterial 16s rRNA gene primers (8f and 926r). It was expressed a marked difference in bacterial communities of both reactors. The trickling bed bioreactor with hydrophobic media demonstrates the feasibility of the process to produce hydrogen gas. A likely application of this reactor technology can be hydrogen gas recovery from pre-treatment of high carbohydrate-containing wastewaters.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2005

본 연구는 질화작용에 관여하는 Nitrosomonas sp. 등의 암모니아산화세균과 Nitrobacter sp. 등 아질산산화세균이 $A^2/O$ Pilot 장치의 혐기조, 무산소조, 호기조에서 어떤 양상으로 변화하는지를 조사하는데 있다. 혼합액의 부유 질화세균군과 폐타이어로 성형 제조된 입상담체에 부착된 질화세균군은 FISH법으로 분석하였다. Pilot 장치의 질산화속도는 $1.97{\sim}2.98mg\;N/g\;MLVSS{\cdot}hr$의 값을 보였다. 각 반응조에서 총 부유 세균수중 암모니아 산화세균군 (NSO로 검출된 세균군)이 차지하는 비율은 호기조 < 무산소조 < 혐기조 순이었으나, 이와 반대로 아질산 산화세균(NIT로 검출된 세균)이 차지하는 비율은 혐기조 < 무산소조 < 호기조 순이었다. 생물막의 두께와 건조밀도 및 담체 무게당 부착된 미생물량은 각각 $180{\sim}188\;{\mu}m$, $38.5{\sim}43.9\;mg/cm^3$, $29.4{\sim}32.5\;mg/g$ 이었고, 담체에 부착된 총세균수 중 질화세균이 차지하는 비율은 NSO(3.2%)와 NIT(2.8%)가 거의 비슷하였으나, 각 반응조에 존재하는 부유성 질화세균, 즉 NSO($22.8{\sim}28.4%$)와 NIT($17{\sim}26%$)에 비해서는 부착성 질산화 세균의 비가 현저히 낮았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.253-261
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• 2007

Molecular and cultivation techniques were used to characterize the bacterial communities of biobead reactor biofilms in a sewage treatment plant to which an Aerated Up-Flow Biobead process was applied. With this biobead process, the monthly average values of various chemical parameters in the effluent were generally kept under the regulation limits of the effluent quality of the sewage treatment plant during the operation period. Most probable number (MPN) analysis revealed that the population of denitrifying bacteria was abundant in the biobead #1 reactor, denitrifying and nitrifying bacteria coexisted in the biobead #2 reactor, and nitrifying bacteria prevailed over denitrifying bacteria in the biobead #3 reactor. The results of the MPN test suggested that the biobead #2 reactor was a transition zone leading to acclimated nitrifying biofilms in the biobead #3 reactor. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA sequences cloned from biofilms showed that the biobead #1 reactor, which received a high organic loading rate, had much diverse microorganisms, whereas the biobead #2 and #3 reactors were dominated by the members of Proteobacteria. DGGE analysis with the ammonia monooxygenase (amoA) gene supported the observation from the MPN test that the biofilms of September were fully developed and specialized for nitrification in the biobead reactor #3. All of the DNA sequences of the amoA DGGE bands were very similar to the sequence of the amoA gene of Nitrosomonas species, the presence of which is typical in the biological aerated filters. The results of this study showed that organic and inorganic nutrients were efficiently removed by both denitrifying microbial populations in the anaerobic tank and heterotrophic and nitrifying bacterial biofilms well-formed in the three functional biobead reactors in the Aerated Up-Flow Biobead process.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2017

Objectives: Dental plaque is composed of 700 bacterial species. It is known that some oral microorganisms produce porphyrin, and thus, they emit red fluorescence when illuminated with blue light at a specific wavelength of <410 nm. Porphyromonas gingivalis belongs to the genus Porphyromonas, which is characterized by the production of porphyrin. The aim of this study was to evaluate red fluorescence emission of some oral microorganisms interacting with P. gingivalis. Methods: Five bacterial strains (P. gingivalis, Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus casei, Actinomyces naeslundii, and Fusobacterium nucleatum) were used for this study. Tryptic soy agar medium supplemented with hemin, vitamin K3, and sheep blood was used as a growth medium. The fluorescence emission of bacterial colonies was evaluated under 405 nm-wavelength blue light using a Quantitative Light-induced Fluorescence Digital (QLF-D) camera system. Each bacterium was cultured alone and co-cultured in close proximity with P. gingivalis. The red/green (R/G) ratio of fluorescence image was calculated and the differences of R/G ratio according to each growth condition were compared using the Mann-Whitney test (P<0.05). Results: Single cultured S. mutans, L. casei and A. naeslundii colonies emitted red fluorescence (R/G ratio=$2.15{\pm}0.06$, $4.31{\pm}0.17$, $5.52{\pm}1.29$, respectively). Fusobacterium nucleatum colonies emitted green fluorescence (R/G ratio=$1.36{\pm}0.06$). The R/G ratios of A. naeslundii and F. nucleatum were increased when P. gingivalis was co-cultured with each bacterium (P<0.05). In contrast, the R/G ratios of S. mutans and L. casei were decreased when P. gingivalis was co-cultured with each bacterium (P=0.002, 0.003). Conclusions: This study confirmed that P. gingivalis could affect the red fluorescence of other oral bacteria under 405 nm-wavelength blue light. Our findings concluded that P. gingivalis has an important role for red fluorescence emission of dental biofilm.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.180-187
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• 2011

서론: 근관 치료의 성공을 위해 근관계 내에 남아있는 조직 잔사와 박테리아를 제거하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 그러나 충분한 근관 형성과 근관 세척을 하더라도 근관의 복잡한 형태로 인하여 근관 내 박테리아의 biofilm이나 괴사된 치수 조직이 남아 있게 된다. 근래 보다 효과적으로 근관 세척을 하기 위한 여러 가지 방법과 근관 세척을 위한 기구들이 개발되었다. 본 종설에서는 근관 치료 영역에서 사용되는 근관 세척 방법과 기구에 대해 고찰하고자 한다. 본론: 아래와 같은 기구와 방법이 논의된다. - syringe-needle irrigation, manual dynamic irrigation, brushes - sonic and ultrasonic irrigation, passive ultrasonic irrigation, rotary brush, RinsEndo, EndoVac, Laser 결론: 최근 근관 세척을 위한 기구와 세정 방법이 개발되었으나, syringe와 needle을 이용한 근관 세척법과 ultrasonic을 이용한 근관 세척법을 제외하고는 새로 개발된 많은 기구들의 임상적 치료 결과의 향상에 대한 근거 중심 연구가 아직은 부족하며, 어떠한 기구나 장치도 근관 내 잔사를 완벽하게 제거할 수는 없다. 효과적인 근관 세척을 위해서는 적절한 근관 세척제의 선택과 함께, 근관 세척제를 근관장까지 충분한 양이 도달할 수 있도록 적절한 근관 세척 기구와 방법을 선택하여야 한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.571-582
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• 2020

Quorum sensing (QS)-mediated infections cause severe diseases in human beings. The control of infectious diseases by inhibiting QS using antipathogenic drugs is a promising approach as antibiotics are proving inefficient in treating these diseases. Marine fungal (Pestalotiopsis sydowiana PPR) extract was found to possess effective antipathogenic characteristics. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the fungal extract against test pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was 1,000 ㎍/ml. Sub-MIC concentrations (250 and 500 ㎍/ml) of fungal extract reduced QS-regulated virulence phenotypes such as the production of pyocyanin, chitinase, protease, elastase, and staphylolytic activity in P. aeruginosa PAO1 by 84.15%, 73.15%, 67.37%, 62.37%, and 33.65%, respectively. Moreover, it also reduced the production of exopolysaccharides (74.99%), rhamnolipids (68.01%), and alginate (54.98%), and inhibited the biofilm formation of the bacteria by 90.54%. In silico analysis revealed that the metabolite of P. sydowiana PPR binds to the bacterial QS receptor proteins (LasR and RhlR) similar to their respective natural signaling molecules. Cyclo(-Leu-Pro) (CLP) and 4-Hydroxyphenylacetamide (4-HPA) were identified as potent bioactive compounds among the metabolites of P. sydowiana PPR using in silico approaches. The MIC values of CLP and 4-HPA against P. aeruginosa PAO1 were determined as 250 and 125 ㎍/ml, respectively. All the antivirulence assays were conducted at sub-MIC concentrations of CLP (125 ㎍/ml) and 4-HPA (62.5 ㎍/ml), which resulted in marked reduction in all the investigated virulence factors. This was further supported by gene expression studies. The findings suggest that the metabolites of P. sydowiana PPR can be employed as promising QS inhibitors that target pathogenic bacteria.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2019

Streptococcus iniae는 대표적인 어류병원균으로 인수공통의 질병을 일으킨다. S. iniae FP5228에 존재하는 병원성 인자를 찾고자 하는 연구과정에서 S. iniae를 24시간 이상 배양한 배양액에는 살아있는 균의 수가 급격하게 감소하는 현상을 발견하였다. 이 현상은 FP5228 균이 가지고 있는 14 kb plasmid 상에 있는 toxin/antitoxin (TA) system의 구성요소인 toxin ${\zeta}$와 antitoxin ${\varepsilon}$ 유전자가 관련이 있을 것이란 가설을 설정하였다. IPTG와 arabinose에 의해 toxin ${\zeta}$와 antitoxin ${\varepsilon}$의 발현이 조절되는 pBP1140 vector system을 구축하였다. E. coli/pBP1140 균주는 toxin이 발현되는 조건에서 초기 생육이 느려졌고, 현미경의 관찰에서 균체가 길어짐을 확인하였다. FP5228 균주가 가진 14 kb plasmid를 없앤 S. iniae CK287을 제조하였다. CK287 균은 배양 중 급격하게 사멸되는 현상을 보이지 않았고, biofilm 생성능력도 감소하였고 세포독성 시험과 물고기 시험에서 독성이 약화 된 것이 확인되었다. 이들 결과 들은 TA system이 생리적 조절 및 병원성 인자의 발현에 관련이 있음을 추정할 수 있다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.140-148
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• 2022

이 연구는 우식원성 세균막 형성과 상아질 표면 거칠기에 대한 Silver diamine fluoride와 요오드화 칼륨(KI)의 영향을 실험실 환경에서 평가하는 것이다. 인공 우식을 유발한 48개의 Bovine dentin 시편을 제작하여 대조군, SDF 도포, SDF와 KI 도포(SDFKI)의 3개 군으로 나누었다. 각 군당 10개의 시편의 상면에 Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus casei 및 Candida albicans를 포함하는 다종 우식원성 세균을 24시간 동안 배양 후 세균 수를 측정하였다. 나머지 시편은 원자 힘 현미경과 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. SDF와 SDFKI 도포 시 대조군에 비해 세균 수가 유의하게 감소했으며, KI는 SDF의 항균 효과를 유의하게 저해하지 않았다. 현미경 관찰 시 SDF와 SDFKI 도포 후 생성되는 입자가 상아질 표면에 침착 되는 것을 관찰했으나 표면 거칠기는 세 군 간 유의한 차이가 없었다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.1338-1348
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• 2019

The Geomunoreum Lava Tube System, declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a unique natural ecosystem. The information available about this ecosystem, which contains lava caves with secondary carbonate speleothems, is sparse. Hence, extensive research is warranted for establishing a conservation standard. We commenced microbial research on the system and have been studying the microorganisms coating the lava tube wall to acquire fundamental information for understanding the lava cave ecology of Jeju Island. Samples were collected from yellow-colored walls in six caves that are part of the system-the Bengdwi, Utsanjeon, Bukoreum, Manjang, Gimnyeong, and Yongcheon caves. This study focused on yellow walls as it is the most easily distinguished color. According to previous studies, the color of cave walls is attributed to microorganisms or their components. To determine whether the yellow mats from the Jeju lava tube walls are caused by microorganisms, we examined samples at the microscopic scale, by staining mats and analyzing bacterial isolates from glitter particles. As a result, we found that the yellow walls of lava tubes are comprised of microbial mats.