• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.369-374
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• 2006

To investigate the mechanism of salt tolerance of gram-positive moderately halophilic bacteria, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE) was employed to achieve high resolution maps of proteins of Halobacillus dabanensis $D-8^T$. Approximately 700 spots of proteins were identified from these 2-D PAGE maps. The majority of these proteins had molecular weights between 17.5 and 66 kDa, and most of them were distributed between the isoelectric points (pI) 4.0 and 5.9. Some protein spots were distributed in the more acidic region of the 2-D gel (pI <4.0). This pattern indicated that a number of proteins in the strain $D-8^T$ are acidic. To understand the adaptation mechanisms of moderately halophilic bacteria in response to sudden environmental changes, differential protein profiles of this strain were investigated by 2-D PAGE and $Imagemaster^{TM}$ 2D Platinum software after the cells were subjected to salt shock of 1 to 25% salinity for 5 and 50 min. Analysis showed 59 proteins with an altered level of expression as the result of the exposure to salt shock. Eighteen proteins had increased expression, S proteins were induced, and the expression of 33 proteins was down-regulated. Eight of the up-regulated proteins were identified using MALDI-TOF/MS and MASCOT, and were similar to proteins involved in signal transduction, proteins participating in energy metabolism pathways and proteins involved in stress.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.2199-2210
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• 2017

Soil burial is the most widely used disposal method for infected pig carcasses, but composting has gained attention as an alternative disposal method because pig carcasses can be decomposed rapidly and safely by composting. To understand the pig carcass decomposition process in soil burial and by composting, pilot-scale test systems that simulated soil burial and composting were designed and constructed in the field. The envelope material samples were collected using special sampling devices without disturbance, and bacterial community dynamics were analyzed by high-throughput pyrosequencing for 340 days. Based on the odor gas intensity profiles, it was estimated that the active and advanced decay stages were reached earlier by composting than by soil burial. The dominant bacterial communities in the soil were aerobic and/or facultatively anaerobic gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas, Gelidibacter, Mucilaginibacter, and Brevundimonas. However, the dominant bacteria in the composting system were anaerobic, thermophilic, endospore-forming, and/or halophilic gram-positive bacteria such as Pelotomaculum, Lentibacillus, Clostridium, and Caldicoprobacter. Different dominant bacteria played important roles in the decomposition of pig carcasses in the soil and compost. This study provides useful comparative date for the degradation of pig carcasses in the soil burial and composting systems.

• 환경생물
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.515-522
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• 2021

Jeotgal is a salty and fermented traditional Korean fish sauce. Unlike most other previous studies that investigated samples purchased from retail markets, this study focused on samples of jeotgal with traceable history to Yeonggwang, a timehonored fishing village in Korea. Three jeotgal samples, which were made from small yellow croakers, largehead hairtail, and miscellaneous fish, were selected based on information obtained from interviews with local craftsmen and literature reviews. Bacterial community profiles of the three jeotgal samples were investigated to identify indicator (and potentially core) bacteria for jeotgal ripening. The 16S rRNA gene-based metagenomic analysis revealed that the dominant phyla and classes, (Gammaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Bacilli, and Clostridia) of the three different jeotgal were identical, albeit with different composition ratios. Diversification was evident beginning at the order level. Interestingly, each dominant order was mainly comprised of single members even at the genus level. The dominant genera included Halomonas, Tetragenococcus, Halanaerobium, Pseudomonas, Massilia, and Lentibacillus. This observed genus-level heterogeneity suggests that there are diverse bacterial signatures in jeotgal and that these can be used as indicators for jeotgal ripening and/or as starters to increase its sensory quality and functionality.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.391-396
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• 1996

The Gram-negative marine bacterium Marinomonas vaga, which requires 0.5 M NaCl concentration for optimal growth, is slightly halophilic. The growth of M vaga was highly resistant to the proton conductor, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) under alkaline pH conditions (pH 8.5) but very sensitive to CCCP under acidic pH conditions (pH 6.5). These results suggest that the respiratory chain-linked NADH oxidase system of M. vaga may lead to generation of a $Na^{+}$ electrochemical gradient. In order to examine the existence of $Na^{+}$-stimulated NADH oxidase in M. vaga, membrane fractions were prepared by the osmotic lysis method. The membrane-bound NADH oxidase oxidized both NADH and deamino-NADH as substrates and required $Na^{+}$ for maximum activity. The maximum activity of NADH oxidase was obtained at about pH 8.5 in the presence of 0.2 M NaCl. The site of $Na^{+}$-dependent activation in the NADH oxidase system was at the NADH:quinone oxidoreductase segment. The NADH oxidase and NADH:quinone oxidoreductase were very sensitive to the respiratory chain inhibitor, 2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide (HQNO) in the presence of 0.2 M NaCl but highly resistant to another respiratory inhibitor, rotenone. Based on these findings, we conclude that M. vaga possesses the $Na^{+}$-dependent NADH:quinone oxidoreductase that may function as an electrogenic $Na^{+}$ pump.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.354-358
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• 2019

메주를 염수에 침지하여 된장을 만드는 과정 동안 진균의 군집 변화와 재료가 된 메주와 천일염의 균총 천이를 확인하고자 진균의 ITS (internal transcribed spacer) 유전자 서열을 기반으로 하는 pyrosequencing을 통해 미생물 군집을 확인하였다. 된장의 주요 원료인 메주는 Botrytis spp.(57.94%)와 Dothiorella samentorum (24.08%)가 우점종으로 확인되었다. 천일염은 확인되지 않은 종들이(70.13%) 검출되었고, 그 외 종들은 적은 비율로 다양하게 검출되었다. 된장은 진균 중 곰팡이가 아닌 효모인 Candida versatilis(92.62%)가 가장 높은 우점진균으로 확인되었다. 메주의 저염은 곰팡이 생육이 용이 했고, 천일염은 고세균 또는 호염진균, 된장은 고염 효모의 생존에 용이했던 것으로 판단된다. 메주와 천일염의 우점진균이 된장의 균총에 직접적인 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.1239-1243
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• 1999

The optimal medium composition for the production of carotenoid pigment from Haloarcular sp. EH 1 as a dietary for fishes were 1.0% sucrose, 1.0% yeast extract, 25% sodium chloride, 0.3% sodium citrate, 0.2% potassium chloride, 2.0% magnesium sulphate, 0.002% ferric sulphate(pH 7.0). The incubation temperate, aeration rate and agitation speed were 40oC, 100ml medium/500ml vol. shaking flask, and 180 rpm/min. The carotenoid pigment production was highest after 5 days of incubation with the light.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.225-229
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• 1997

호염기성 V. vulnificus는 연안에 존재하는 미생물로서 치명적인 상처 감염과 생명을 위협하는 패혈증과 관련이 있다. Hemolysin은 V. vulnificus를 포함하는 여러 가지 세균종에 의해 생성되는 독성 물질이다. 본 연구에서는 해양 V. vulnificus에서 hemolysin을 정제한 후 hemolysin의 활성에 미치는 pH, 온도 및 금속 이온의 영향을 조사하였다. Hemolysin은 sheep red blood cell을 용혈시켰으며 hemolysin의 최적 pH는 8.0, 최적 온도는 4$0^{\circ}C$이었으며 $K^+$ 이온은 homolysin의 활성을 증가시켰으나 $Mn^{2+}$는 감소시켰다. 그러나 hemolysin은 열에 불안정하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2015

소금생산을 위해 25% 이상의 함수를 저장해 놓는 염전의 해주로부터 호염성 세균 4균주를 분리하고 높은 염분농도에서도 ${\beta}$-glucosidase를 생성하는 HJS1과 HJS6 균주를 선발하였다. 이들 ${\beta}$-glucosidase 생성세균은 NaCl 1-10%에서 70-79U/mg의 최적 활성을 나타내었고, NaCl 3%에서 최대 활성을 나타내었으며 NaCl 0-20% 농도에서 최대 효소 활성대비 75%이상의 효소활성을 유지하는 내염성 ${\beta}$-glucosidase를 생성하는 것으로 확인되었다. 내염성 ${\beta}$-glucosidase 생성 HJS1과 HJS6 균주의 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열을 검토한 결과, Roseivivax roseus $BH87090^T$ (FJ897782)와 99.8%의 상동성을 나타내었고 상기 균주들의 염기서열은 NCBI GenBank에 각각 AB971835와 AB971836로 등록하였다. 계통학적으로 근연종인 Roseivivax roseus $BH87090^T$와의 DNA-DNA 상동성을 비교 검토한 결과, 90.1-90.3%를 나타내었다. 이들 균주의 주요 균체지방산은 $C_{16:0}$, $C_{18:1}$ ${\omega}7c$, $C_{19:0}$ cyclo ${\omega}8c$ 그리고 11-methyl $C_{18:1}$ ${\omega}7c$를 함유하고 Quinone종은 Q-10로 근연종 Roseivivax roseus $BH87090^T$ 균주와 동일한 특징을 나타내어 Roseivivax roseus로 동정되었다. 반면, 비교 균주 Roseivivax roseus $BH87090^T$는 ${\beta}$-glucosidase 생성하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 분리된 Roseivivax roseus HJS1과 HJS6 균주는 내염성 ${\beta}$-glucosidase 효소 개발을 위한 유전자원으로 활용 가능하리라 사료된다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.225-237
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• 2000

Vibrio vulnificus, a halophilic vibrio is an estuarine gram-negative bacteria that is associated with severe and frequently fatal wound infections and life-threatening septicemia. Bacteriocins are defined as antibacterial substance produced by various species of bacteria which are usually active against closely related organisms. Bacteriocins have found widespread application in epidemiological studies as specific markers of bacteria. It was proposed by Ha et al. (1990. J. Korean. Soc. Microbiol. 25: 586.) to give the bacteriocins produced by V. vulnificus the name "vulnificins". In the present study, a total of 72 strains of V. vulnificus isolated from patients and oysters were subjected to screen potential producers and indicators of vulnificin, applying ultraviolet induction method. Sensitivity of several strains of Serratia marcesans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella typhi and Yersinia enterocolitica to vulnificins were also examined out. All the tested strains of V. vulnificus produced vulnificins active against indicator strains with various different inhibitory patterns. The spectrum of vulnificin activity and sensitive spectrum of indicator strains were considerably broad. Interestingly, almost all strains of S. marcescens, P. aeruginosa, Salmonella sp., Shigella sp. and Y. enterocolitica tested were sensitive to 1-7 vulnificin(s). Taken together, the present study demonstrated that all of the isolates of V. vulnificus produced vulnificins and that 8 good vulnificin producers and 10 good indicators were detected. These strains can be employed efficiently for establishing vulnificin typing scheme of V. vulnificus and for the detection of bacteriocinogeny and sensitivity in V. vulnificus. Biological role of vulnificin remains to be further elucidated.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.759-764
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• 2002

해수에서 분리한 Burkholderia sp. IS-203으로부터 면역 증강물질을 생산하기 위한 최적조건을 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 면역증강물질을 생산하는 최적 배양조건은 인공해수에 1% glucose와 1% yeast extract 였으며, 최적 NaCl 요구성은 3%로 전형적인 해양세균의 특징을 보여주는 것으로 생각되어진다. 그리고 최적 배양조건으로 최적 초기 pH는 8.0, 최적 온도는 $30^{\circ}C$였으며, 산소를 요구하는 호기성균이었다. 면역증강물질을 생산하기 위한 배양조건은$35^{\circ}C$, pH 6.0이었으며, 최적생육 배지는 1.5% soluble starch, 1% tryptone, 0.5% yeast extract로 조성하여 500 $m\ell$의 삼각플라스크에 $50m\ell$씩 분주하여 진탕배양하였다. 이와 같은 최적조건에서 항생물질은 정지기부터 생산되는 비증식연관형으로서 포자형성이후부터 생산되었다.