• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.989-996
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• 2012

Nitrate contamination of water environments can create serious problems such as eutrophication of rivers. Conventional biological processes for nitrate removal by heterotrophic denitrification often need additional organic substrates as carbon sources and electron donors. We tried to accelerate biological denitrification by using bioelectrochemical reactor (BER) in which electrode works as an electron donor. Denitrification activity of 8 environmental samples from various sediments, soils, groundwaters, and sludges were tested to establish an efficient enrichment culture for BER. The established enrichment culture from a soil sample showed stable denitrification activity without any nitrite accumulation. Microbial community analysis by using PCR-DGGE method revealed that dominant denitrifiers in the enrichment culture were Pantoea sp., Cronobacter sakazakii, and Castellaniella defragrans. Denitrification rate ($0.08kg/m^3{\cdot}day$) of the enrichment culture in BER with electrode poised at -0.5 V (vs Ag/AgCl) was higher than that ($2.1{\times}10^{-2}kg/m^3{\cdot}day$) of BER without any poised potential. This results suggested that biological denitrification would be improved by supplying potential throughout electrode in BER. Further research using BER without any organic substrate addition is needed to apply this system for bioremediation of water and wastewater contaminated by nitrate.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.711-717
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• 2008

To speed up the conversion of rice straw into feeds in a low-temperature region, a start culture used for ensiling rice straw at low temperature was selected by continuous enrichment cultivation. During the selection, the microbial source for enrichment was rice straw and soil from two places in Northeast China. Lab-scale rice straw fermentation at $10^{\circ}C$ verified, compared with the commercial inoculant, that the selected start culture lowered the pH of the fermented rice straw more rapidly and produced more lactic acid. The results from denatured gradient gel eletrophoresis showed that the selected start culture could colonize into the rice straw fermentation system. To analyze the composition of the culture, a 16S rRNA gene clone library was constructed. Sequencing results showed that the culture mainly consisted of two bacterial species. One (A) belonged to Lactobacillus and another (B) belonged to Leuconostoc. To make clear the roles of composition microbes in the fermented system, quantitative PCR was used. For species A, the DNA mass increased continuously until sixteen days of the fermentation, which occupied 65%. For species B, the DNA mass amounted to 5.5% at six days of the fermentation, which was the maximum relative value during the fermentation. To the authors' best knowledge, this is the first report on ensiling rice straw with a selected starter at low temperature and investigation of the fermented characteristics.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2012

An improved strain of the red seaweed Porphyra suborbiculata containing an increased amount of the essential amino acid L-lysine was obtained through mutation and analog enrichment. Mutagenesis using a 10% lethal dose of ultraviolet irradiation and an enrichment culture with the L-lysine analog aminoethyl-L-cysteine (AEC) was repeated to select the most productive strain using monospores of P. suborbiculata. The concentrations of AEC required to produce 50 and 100% inhibition of survival were 60 and 115 mM in the parent strain, and 72 and 135 mM in the selected AEC-resistant strain, respectively. The AEC-resistant strain, L130, produced 1.74-fold more lysine compared to its parent strain. Thus, mutagenesis with analog enrichment shows promise for selecting seaweed strains that can overproduce this essential amino acid.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 단일반응조에서 포기/비포기 시간에 따른 하수 내 유기물질 및 질소화합물을 변화양상을 살펴보고자 하였다. 실험 결과 C/N비 3 : 1, 포기/비포기 20/40 min 구간에서부터 90% 이상의 안정적인 유기물 및 질소 제거가 이루어짐을 알 수 있었다. 포기/비포기 구간의 비율을 길게 유지하는 것이 탈질에 더욱 효과적이었으며 이는 비포기 구간을 유지하는 동안 반응조 내 미생물의 군집변화에 기인하는 것으로 판단하였다. PCR-DGGE를 한 결과, 유기물 및 질소화합물의 산화에 관여하는 미생물로 Dysgonomonas mossii strain Melo40, Eubacterium sp. oral clone JN088, Uncultured bacterium clone SPESB2_718과 Bacterium enrichment culture clone LE이 관찰되었고 탈질에 관여하는 미생물은 Uncultured Acidobacteria bacterium clone AKYG487, Lactobacillus harbinensis strain FQ003, Erythrobacter litoralis strain Gi-3, Phytobacter diazotrophicus strain Ls8, Mycobacterium sp. enrichment culture clone GE10037biofNNA로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.772-779
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• 2005

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were enriched by repeating fed-batch cultivations in an AOB-selective medium of activated sludges from a domestic wastewater treatment plant. Enriched culture showed strong capabilities of ammonia oxidation [0.810 mg $NH_4^+$-N/mg mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS)$\cdot$day] as well as $NO_x^-$-N production (0.617 mg $NO_x^-$-N/ mg MLSS$\cdot$day). Degree of enrichment was examined through fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses using an AOB-specific Cy3-labeled oligonucleotide probe (NSOl90) and terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analyses. FISH analyses confirmed that the fraction of AOB among 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI)-stained cells increased from about less than $0.001\%$ to approximately $42\%$ after enrichment of AOB, and T-RFLP analyses showed that bacterial community became simpler as enrichment was continued. When the enriched culture of AOB was added (150 mg/l as dry suspended solid) to the normal activated sludge (3,000 mg/l as dry suspended solid), nitrification efficiencies were improved from 0.020 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day to 0.041 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day in a synthetic wastewater and also from 0.0007 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day to 0.0918 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day in a real domestic wastewater. Therefore, it is expected that this enrichment method could be used for improving efficiency of nitrification in wastewater treatment plants.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.654-658
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to establish methods for enhancing the survival and growth of cold-water fish and crustacean larvae based on the nutritional components of zoo and phyto live foods. Rotifers, Brachionus rotundiformis, were cultured with a supplement of freshwater condensed Chlorella vulgaris at $28^{\circ}C$ and enriched with Algamac $2000^{(R)}$ at 16, 20 and $26^{\circ}C$, respectively. Isochrysis galbana, Chaetoceros calcitrans and Chlorella ellipsoidea were centrifuged for component analysis after being cultured for approximately one week with conway medium at $20^{\circ}C$. The crude protein and lipid contents of the rotifers were 58.4% and 10.9%, respectively, before enrichment. After enrichment at each temperature, total protein and essential amino acid contents were increased by reducing the enrichment temperature. However, unsaturated fatty acids and multiple fatty acid index (UI) showed their highest values at $20^{\circ}C$. Mono-unsaturated fatty acid content was highest (72.6%) at $16^{\circ}C$. The total protein contents of C. calcitrans and C. ellipsoidea were higher, 33.0% and 35.2%, respectively, than that of I. galbana, 27.8%. Methionin, leusine and histidine, essential amino acids of C. ellipsoidea, had considerably higher values, 50.2, 287.2 and 68.1 mg/g dry matter, respectively, compared to other microalgae. Total lipids, UI, DHA and n-3 PUFA of I. galbana had higher values, 23.6, 272.0, 12.9% and 45.2%, respectively, than other microalgae. Therefore, for cold-water fish and crustacean larvae that require high n-3 PUFA and DHA contents, enrichment of rotifers is desirable at $20^{\circ}C$. Fish larvae would also need more I. galbana than other microalgae.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2004

염화에틸렌 화합물에 오염된 토양으로부터 고농도 (150mg/L)의 PCE를 cis-DCE까지 탈염소화하는 혼합미생물 농화 배양계 LYF-1을 구축하였다. LYF-1은 효모추출물, 펩톤, 포름산, 아세트산, 락트산, 피루브산, 시트르산, 석신산, 글루코오스, 수크로오스, 에탄올 등을 전자공여체로 이용하여 PCE를 탈염소화할 수 있었다. 한편, PCE를 대신할 수 있는 전자 수용체에 의한 PCE 탈염소화에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 결과, NO$_3$$^{-}$와 NO$_2$$^{-}$는 PCE의 탈염소화반응을 완전히 저해하였으나, S$_2$O$_3$$^{-2}$ , SO$_3$$^{-2}$ 및 SO$_4$$^{-2}$ 는 PCE의 탈염소화반응에 그다지 큰 영향을 미치지 않았다. LYF-1 혼합미생물을 혐기성 고정생물막 반응기내의 세라믹 메디아에 부착하고, PCE의 유입부하율 변화에 따른 처리 효율을 조사한 결과, PCE의 부하율 0.13-0.78 $\mu$moles/L/hr의 범위 내에서 99% 이상의 PCE 탈염소화 효율을 보였으며, PCE 탈염소화 반응의 최종산물은 cis-DCE이었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2016

퍼클로레이트(ClO₄⁻)는 지표수 및 토양/지하수에서 검출되는 신규 오염물이다. 이전 연구에서 저렴한 원소 황(elemental sulfur, S⁰) 입자와 쉽게 구할 수 있는 활성슬러지를 이용하여 독립영양방식으로 ClO₄⁻를 제거할 수 있다는 실험적 증거가 제시되었다. 또한 식종균으로서 농화배양 미생물을 사용했을 때 활성슬러지보다 제거효율과 시간면에서 우수한 결과를 나타내었다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 황을 산화하여 독립영양방식으로 ClO₄⁻를 분해하는 농화배양 미생물 군집을 PCR-DGGE로 분석하였다. 이 농화배양 미생물은 초기농도가 약 120 mg ClO₄⁻/l 일 때 7일 후 99.71% 이상의 ClO₄^- 제거 효율을 나타내었다. 농화배양 미생물과 그것의 식종균으로 부터 genomic DNA를 추출하여 16S rRNA 유전자의 PCR-DGGE 분석에 사용하였다. PCR-DGGE 분석결과 농화배양 미생물과 식종균 시료들이 다른 밴드패턴을 나타냄에 따라 이 두 시료의 군집조성이 다름을 확인하였다. 이는 농화배양되는 동안 식종된 미생물이 그 환경에 잘 생장하는 미생물로 군집조성이 변화한 것으로 여겨진다. 농화배양 미생물군집에는 β-Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, 그리고 Spirochaetes 강에 속하는 개체군들이 우점하는 것으로 나타났다. 향후 이 우점 개체군들의 순수분리와 더불어 황 산화를 통한 ClO₄⁻ 분해 환경에서 이들의 대사적 역할을 규명할 필요가 있다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.136-139
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• 2003

The combined effect of bioaugmentation of dechlorinating bacterial cultures and addition of iron powder (Fe$^{0}$ ) on reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and other chlorinated ethylenes in a artificially contaminated soil slurry (60$\mu$mo1es PCE/kg soil) were tested. Two different anaerobic bacterial cultures, a pure bacterial culture of Desulfitobacterium sp. strain Y-51 capable of dechlorinating PCE to cis-1, 2-dechloroethylene (cis-DCE) and the other enrichment culture PE-1 capable of dechlorinating PCE completely to ethylene, were used for the bioaugmentation test. Both treatments introduced with the strain Y-51 and PE-1 culture (3mg dry cell weight/kg soil) showed conversion of PCE to cis-DCE within 40 days. The treatments added with Fe$^{0}$ (0.1 -1.0 %(w/w)) alone to the soil slurry resulted in extended PCE dechlorination to ethylene and ethane and the, dechlorination rate depended on the amount of Fe$^{0}$ added. The combined use of the bacterial cultures with Fe$^{0}$ (0.1-1.0%) showed the higher PCE dechlorination rate than the separated application and the pattern of PCE dechlorination and end-product formation was different from those of the separated application. These results suggested that the combined application of Fe$^{0}$ and the bactrial culture, specially the complete dechlorinating enrichment culture such as PE-1 culture, would be practically effective for remediation of PCE contaminated soil.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.270-274
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• 1988

우리나라 연근해역의 해양오염중 주종을 이루는 Bunker-C유를 대상으로 부산 및 충무, 울산항구의 해수를 균원으로 접종하여 enrichment culture시켰다. 이와 같은 혼합배양 해양세균들의 plasmid DNA분포를 agarose gel 전기영동상에서 조사하여 보았다. 우선 오염되지 않은 해수로부터 분리한 세균들의 Plasmid 분포(22%)와 만성적으로 유류오염이 예상되는 각 항구의 세균 plasmid 분포(25%)에는 조금 차이는 있었으며 enrichment culture중에는 29%정도로서 plasmid 분포비율이 증가하였다. 각종 탄화수소 화합물들에 성장하는 세균중 약33%는 plasmid룰 함유하고 있었으며, 또 약 62%정도는 Gram 음성균이었다. Plasmid 함유 세균중 23% 정도는 2종 이상의 plasmid를 갖고 있으며, 41%의 plasmid는 20kb 이상의 크기를 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다.