• 미생물학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2014

대전일원의 유류오염 지역의 토양으로부터 원유를 단일 탄소원으로 이용하는 총 144균주를 순수분리 하였고, 이중 유화능과 성장률 그리고 표면장력활성이 가장 우수한 한 균주를 최종 선별하여 형태 및 생리 생화학적 특성을 조사하고 16S rRNA 염기서열을 분석을 통해 Pseudomonas sp. HN37이라 명명하였다. 최종 선별된 Pseudomonas sp. HN37는 여러 종류의 지방족 탄화수소와 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid와 2,4-dichlorophooxyacetic acid를 단일 탄소원으로 이용하여 성장하였다. 그리고 이 균주는 암피실린과 클로람페니콜 항생제와 Ba, Cr, Li, Mn 중금속에 대해 강한 내성을 갖고 있었고, pH 6.0-9.0과 $30^{\circ}C$에서 성장능과 표면장력활성, 그리고 유화능이 가장 우수한 것으로 확인되었다. 또 Pseudomonas sp. HN37는 1% (v/v) 원유 농도와 1%(w/v) NaCl에서 최대 유화능과 표면장력활성을 나타내었고, LB배지에서 배양 15시간 후에 표면장력활성이 62 dyne/cm에서 27 dyne/cm까지 감소하였다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2020

We have developed a device for recording biological data by inserting three electrodes and a needle with an angular velocity sensor into the moth for the purpose of measuring the electromyogram of the flapping and the corresponding lift force. With this measurement, it is possible to evaluate the moth-physiological function of moths, and the amount of pesticides that insects are exposed to (currently LD50-based standards), especially the amount of chronic low-concentration exposure, can be reduced the dose. We measured and recorded 2-channel electromyography (EMG) and angular velocity corresponding to pitch angle (pitch-like angle) associated with wing flapping for 100 sweet potato hawkmoths (50 females and 50 males) with the animals suspended and constrained in air. Overall, the angular velocity and amplitude of EMG signals demonstrated high correlation, with a correlation coefficient of R = 0.792. In contrast, the results of analysis performed on the peak-to-peak (PP) EMG intervals, which correspond to the RR intervals of ECG signals, indicated a correlation between ΔF fluctuation and angular velocity of R = 0.379. Thus, the accuracy of the regression curve was relatively poor. Using a DC amplification circuit without capacitive coupling as the EMG amplification circuit, we confirmed that the baseline changes at the gear change point of wing flapping. The following formula gives the lift provided by the wing: angular velocity × thoracic weight - air resistance - (eddy resistance due to turbulence). In future studies, we plan to attach a micro radio transmitter to the moths to gather data on potential energy, kinetic energy, and displacement during free flight for analysis. Such physiological functional evaluations of moths may alleviate damage to insect health due to repeated exposure to multiple agrochemicals and may lead to significant changes in the toxicity standards, which are currently based on LD50 values.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2009

A total of 155 microbial strains were isolated from the Korean traditional soybean paste based on their morphological features on the growth of agar plate. Among the isolated strains, a total of 28 strains were capable of hydrolyzing isoflavone glycoside to isoflavone aglycone efficiently in the soybean paste. Finally, two strains, K123-1 and SI, were selected because of their resistance to 15% NaCl and ability to convert isoflavone glycoside to isoflavone aglycone efficiently during the fermentation of soybean paste. The isolated strains K123-1 and SI were identified to be Pichia guilliermondii and Candida fermentati, respectively, using the partial 26S rDNA sequence analysis and phylogenic analysis. Pichia guilliermondii K123-1 and Candida fermentati SI converted daidzin to daidzein up to 96% and 95%, respectively, and genistin to genistein up to 92% when soybean pastes were fermented at $30^{\circ}C$ for 20 days with a single isolated strain. Pichia guilliermondii K123-1 and Candida fermentati SI were able to grow in the presence of 15% NaCl on both liquid medium and agar plate. We think that Pichia guilliermondii K123-1 and Candida fermentati SI might be one of good candidates for making functional soybean paste because they are isolated from the Korean traditional soybean paste and have a good ability to convert isoflavone glycosides to isoflavone aglycones and a high salt tolerance.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.268-275
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• 2014

The harshness of legionellosis differs from mild Pontiac fever to potentially fatal Legionnaire's disease. The increasing development of drug resistance against legionellosis has led to explore new novel drug targets. It has been found that phosphoglucosamine mutase, phosphomannomutase, and phosphoglyceromutase enzymes can be used as the most probable therapeutic drug targets through extensive data mining. Phosphoglucosamine mutase is involved in amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism. The purpose of this study was to predict the potential target of that specific drug. For this, the 3D structure of phosphoglucosamine mutase of Legionella pneumophila (strain Paris) was determined by means of homology modeling through Phyre2 and refined by ModRefiner. Then, the designed model was evaluated with a structure validation program, for instance, PROCHECK, ERRAT, Verify3D, and QMEAN, for further structural analysis. Secondary structural features were determined through self-optimized prediction method with alignment (SOPMA) and interacting networks by STRING. Consequently, we performed molecular docking studies. The analytical result of PROCHECK showed that 95.0% of the residues are in the most favored region, 4.50% are in the additional allowed region and 0.50% are in the generously allowed region of the Ramachandran plot. Verify3D graph value indicates a score of 0.71 and 89.791, 1.11 for ERRAT and QMEAN respectively. Arg419, Thr414, Ser412, and Thr9 were found to dock the substrate for the most favorable binding of S-mercaptocysteine. However, these findings from this current study will pave the way for further extensive investigation of this enzyme in wet lab experiments and in that way assist drug design against legionellosis.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2021

Insects affect crop harvest yield and quality, making plant response mechanisms to insect herbivores a heavily studied topic. However, analysis of plant responses to honeybees is rare. In this study, comprehensive metabolic profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to honeybees was performed to investigate which metabolites were changed by the insect. A total of 85 metabolites-including chlorophylls, carotenoids, glucosinolates, policosanols, tocopherols, phytosterols, β-amyrin, amino acids, organic acids, sugars, and starch-were identified using high performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The metabolite profiling analysis of Arabidopsis exposed to honeybees showed higher levels of stress-related metabolites. The levels of glucosinolates (glucoraphanin, 4-methoxyglucobrassicin), policosanols (eicosanol, docosanol, tricosanol, tetracosanol), tocopherols (β-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol), putrescine, lysine, and sugars (arabinose, fructose, glucose, mannitol, mannose, raffinose) in Arabidopsis exposed to honeybees were higher than those in unexposed Arabidopsis. Glucosinolates act as defensive compounds against herbivores; policosanols are components of plant waxes; tocopherols act as an antioxidant; and putrescine, lysine, and sugars contribute to stress regulation. Our results suggest that Arabidopsis perceives honeybees as a stress and changes its metabolites to overcome the stress. This is the first step to determining how Arabidopsis reacts to exposure to honeybees.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.177-183
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• 2012

Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs)에 의해 유발되는 풋마름병은 감자 재배 시 발병하는 주요 병 중의 하나이다. 감자에서 풋마름병 저항성관련 유전자를 찾기 위해 기존에 기능이 알려진 다른 가지과 작물의 기능 유사 유전체를 이용하여 StACRE (HM749652) 유전자를 분리하고 염기서열을 분석하였다. 분리한 StACRE의 발현양상을 분석하기 위해 병 저항성 유도 신호전달 물질인 SA와 풋마름병원균 Rs (KACC10722)를 처리한 감자에서 RNA를 추출하여 RT-PCR을 실시한 결과 이 유전자는 SA 처리에 의해 3시간 후부터, Rs에 의해서는 12시간 후부터 발현이 현저하게 증가하였다. 따라서, 감자에서 이 유전자의 생물학적인 기능을 분석하기 위해 Gateway System을 이용하여 과발현용 vector를 만든 후 과발현 형질전환 감자를 제작하고 풋마름병균인 Rs를 접종하여 병 저항성 기능을 검정 한 결과 대조구인 수미 감자에 비해 병 저항성이 증대하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.16-24
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• 2016

A new strain of Pseudomonas sp. was isolated from mercury (Hg)-contaminated sites in Taiwan. This bacterium removed more than 80% of Hg present in the culture medium at 12 h incubation and was chosen for further analysis of the molecular mechanisms of Hg tolerance/removal abilities in this Pseudomonas sp. We used RNA-seq, one of the next-generation sequencing methods, to investigate the transcriptomic responses of the Pseudomonas sp. exposed to 60 mg/L of Hg²⁺. We de novo assembled 4,963 contigs, of which 10,533 up-regulated genes and 5,451 down-regulated genes were found to be regulated by Hg. The 40 genes most altered in expression levels were associated with tolerance to Hg stress and metabolism. Functional analysis showed that some Hg-tolerant genes were related to the mer operon, sulfate uptake and assimilation, the enzymatic antioxidant system, the HSP gene family, chaperones, and metal transporters. The transcriptome were analyzed further with Gene Ontology (GO) and Cluster of Orthologous Groups (COGs) of proteins and showed diverse biological functions and metabolic pathways under Hg stress.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.567-573
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• 2012

인조대리석은 천연대리석에 비해 우수한 외형, 높은 마감도, 고른 빛깔, 압력과 마모에 대한 우수한 저항성, 부식과 풍화에 대한 우수한 저항성 등의 장점을 가지고 있다. 그래서 인조대리석은 주방용 조리대, 욕실 세면대, 가구, 안내 데스크 등에 다양하게 사용되고 있다. 그러나 인조대리석을 자르고 마감하는 과정에서 많은 양의 폐기물들이 스크랩 또는 분진의 형태로 발생한다. 고급스런 인테리어 재료의 수요의 증가에 따라 인조대리석으로부터의 폐기물은 증가하고 있다. 폐인조대리석은 분쇄, 열분해, 증류공정 등을 통하여 전자재료, 세라믹 등의 원료가 되는 산화알루미늄 및 인조대리석의 원료가 되는 MMA로 재생이 가능하다. 폐인조대리석의 특성을 TGA/DSC 및 원소분석을 통해 그 특성을 분석하였다. 폐인조대리석을 분쇄 및 열분해하여 원 산화알루미늄을 얻었다. 본 연구에서는 원 산화알루미늄을 회수하는 공정의 최적화를 위해 Box-Behnken 실험계획법을 사용하였다. 원 산화알루미늄의 특성치는 색도 분석, 원소 분석 그리고 표면적 등에 의하여 평가하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.915-922
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• 2023

동백꽃으로부터 분리된 24 Leuconostoc spp. 균주들에 대한 항균활성 분석 결과, Leuconostoc mesenteroides DB3가 E. coli, Salmonella Typhimurium, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans 등에 대해 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 내산성 분석결과 pH 2.5까지는 내성이 존재하고, pH 2.0에서는 내성이 존재하지 않았지만, 비교적 우수한 내산성이 존재했다. 담즙산에 대해서는 시험 구간내에서는 모두 안정한 것으로 관찰되었다. L. mesenteroides DB3는 표준균주인 L. mesenteroides KCTC3505에 비교하여 성장력이 늦은 것으로 나타났고, 생육적온은 30℃로 관찰되었다. 30℃에서 성장곡선의 관찰결과, L. mesenteroides DB-3는 L. mesenteroides KCTC3505에 비교하여 성장이 지연되었고, 18시간 이후에 정지기에 도달되었다. pH 변화는 성장곡선에 연동하여 변화되었지만, pH 3.98 이상에서 유지되었다. L. mesenteroides DB-3는 L. mesenteroides KCTC3505에 비교하여 초기 항균활성이 높았지만, 대수증식기 후반부 이후에는 유사한 것으로 나타났다. 유산 함량은 성장 곡선에 연동되어 나타났으며, 초기에는 L. mesenteroides DB-3가 낮게 생성되었지만, 대수증식기 후반부 이후에는 유사하였다. 뮤이신 부착력은 L. mesenteroides DB-3가 L. mesenteroides KCTC3505보다 우수한 것으로 평가되었다. 등유에 대한 유화 능력은 L. mesenteroides KCTC3505와 DB-3 모두 우수한 것으로 나타났으며, 소수성이 강한 바이오계면활성제인 것으로 추정된다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때, 본 연구에 사용된 Leuconostoc mesenteroides DB3는 우수한 항균력, 내산성, 내담즙성 및 뮤이신 부착력에 기인하여 프로바이오틱스로써 활용 가능성이 높은 것으로 평가된다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.33-47
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• 2022

Wild boars(Sus scrofa) are expanding their range of behavior as their habitats change. Appearing in urban centers and private houses, it caused various social problems, including damage to crops. In order to prevent damage and effectively manage wild boars, there is a need for ecological research considering the characteristics and movement characteristics of wild boars. The purpose of this study is to analyze home range and identify land cover types in key areas through tracking wild boars, and to predict the movement connectivity of wild boars in consideration of previous studies and their preferred land use characteristics. In this study, from January to June 2021, four wild boars were captured and tracked in Jinju city, Gyeongsangnam-do, and the preferred land cover type of wild boars was identified based on the MCP 100%, KDE 95%, and KDE 50% results. As a result of the analysis of the home range for each individual, it was found that 100% of MCP was about 0.68km², 2.77km², 2.42km², and 0.16km², and the three individuals overlapped the home range, refraining from habitat movement and staying in the preferred area. The core areas were analyzed as about 0.55km², 2.05km², 0.82km², and 0.14km² with KDE 95%., and about 0.011km², 0.033km², 0.004km², and 0.003km² with KDE 50%. When the preferred land cover type of wild boar was confirmed based on the results of analysis of the total home range area and core area that combined all individuals, forests were 55.49% (MCP 100%), 54.00% (KDE 95%), 77.69% (KDE 50%), respectively, with the highest ratio, and the urbanization area, grassland, and agricultural area were relatively high. A connectivity scenario was constructed in which the ratio of the land cover type preferred by the analyzed wild boar was reflected as a weight for the resistance value of the connectivity analysis, and this was compared with the connectivity evaluation results analyzed based on previous studies and wild boar characteristics. When the current density values for the wild boar movement data were compared, the average value of the existing scenario was 2.76, the minimum 1.12, and the maximum 4.36, and the weighted scenario had an average value of 2.84, the minimum 0.96, and the maximum 4.65. It was confirmed that, on average, the probability of movement predictability was about 2.90% better even though the weighted scenario had movement restrictions due to large resistance values. It is expected that the identification of the movement route through the movement connectivity analysis of wild boars can be suggested as an alternative to prevent damage by predicting the point of appearance. In the future, when analyzing the connectivity of species including wild boar, it is judged that it will be effective to use movement data on actual species.