• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.481-489
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• 2023

콩을 주원료로 발효하여 제조되는 조미료인 간장의 맛과 품질은 발효 중 미생물의 대사에 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 개량식 간장의 초기 발효과정에서 미생물학적 특성을 분석하기 위해 본 연구원 보유 미생물을 스타터로 활용한 메주와 염수를 이용하여 간장을 제조하였으며, 5주간의 발효과정에서 발효 1주차, 3주차, 5주차 간장 시료의 16S rRNA 유전자를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 발효기간에 따른 미생물의 분포를 분석한 결과 발효 1주차 간장에서는 Halomonadaceae과 미생물이 89.83%를 차지하였으며, 3주차 간장과 5주차 간장에서는 각각 14.46%, 13.78%로 나타나 매우 유의한 수준으로 높은 것으로 나타났다. 종 수준에서 미생물 분포를 분석한 결과 발효 1주차 간장에서는 Chromohalobacter beijerinckii와 Chromohalobacter canadensis가 가장 우점하는 미생물로 나타났으나, 발효 3주차와 5주차 간장에서는 Bacillus subtilis, Pediococcus acidilactici, Enterococcus faecalis가 상대적으로 높은 비율로 우점하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 발효과정 중 우점 미생물의 분포 상관관계를 분석한 결과 Chromohalobacter는 Bacillus, Enterococcus와 음의 상관관계를 나타냈다. Beta-diversity 분석 결과 발효 1주차 간장의 미생물 군집은 발효 3주차, 5주차 간장의 미생물 군집과 통계적으로 유의한 수준의 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났으나, 발효 3주차 간장과 5주차 간장의 미생물 군집 사이에는 유의한 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 간장 발효기간별 바이오 마커를 분석하기 위해 선형 판별 효과 크기 분석을 수행한 결과 호염성 미생물, Bacillus 속 미생물, 유산균의 상대적인 풍부도가 발효기간에 따른 미생물 군집 구조 차이에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권7호
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• pp.1115-1124
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• 2013

한국산 꽃소금의 특성을 알아보기 위하여 국내에서 생산된 꽃소금 3종과 천일염 1종의 이화학적 및 미생물 분석을 실시하였다. 수분함량은 $10.54{\pm}0.10{\sim}13.82{\pm}0.12%$, 나머지 조단백, 조지방, 조섬유는 거의 존재하지 않았다. NaCl은 신의도산 꽃소금이 $78.81{\pm}0.28%$, 비금산 꽃소금이 $81.67{\pm}0.34%$, 도초산 꽃소금 $84.61{\pm}0.21%$, 도초산 천일염이 $80.82{\pm}0.17%$로 나타났다. 불용분, 사분은 각각 0.01~0.05%, 0.01~0.03%로 낮게 검출되었다. 미네랄 분석은 도초산 꽃소금에서 K과 Mg 함량이 2,975.23 mg/kg, 9,886.72 mg/kg으로 비교적 낮게 나타났다. Ca은 도초산 소금 2종이 945.53 mg/kg, 942.43 mg/kg으로 낮은 함량을 보였다. 중금속 As, Cd, Pb, Hg은 모두 규격 이하로 검출되었다. 소금결정을 관찰한 결과로 천일염과 꽃소금 모두 핵이 중복되어 겹으로 적층된 것을 확인하였으며 크기는 비금산 꽃소금이 $0.067{\times}0.067mm$로 가장 작고 도초산 천일염이 $0.112{\times}0.124mm$로 꽃소금에 비해 크게 나타났다. 소금의 색도는 꽃소금의 L값이 천일염에 비해 높아 밝게 확인되었다. 관능검사 결과로 짠맛은 NaCl 함량과 유사하며, 쓴맛은 K과 Mg 함량이 적은 도초산 꽃소금이 낮게 나타났다. 천일염에 비해 꽃소금의 단맛과 기호도가 더 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 호염균 동정 결과 19종 모두 Firmicutes로 꽃소금에서 Marinibacillus, Paenibacillus, Bacillus 속이 12종으로 확인되며, 천일염은 Planococcus, Staphylococcus, Bacillus 속 3종으로 검출되었다. DGGE 실험 결과로 도초산 꽃소금에서 16개의 band와 도초산 천일염에서 15개의 band를 확인하였다. 동정 결과 도초산 꽃소금에서 Cupriavidus sp. ATHA3(14.43%), Cupriavidus sp. TSA5(10.41%), Maritimibacter sp. YCSD61-2(8.13%), uncultured bacteria(68%)로 확인되었고, 도초산 천일염에서는 Dunaliella salina(4.76%), Cupriavidus sp. ATHA3(15.80%), uncultured Mycoplasmataceae bacteria(51.72%), uncultured bacteria(27%)로 확인되었다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2018

Objectives: The pathogenic Vibrios genus denotes halophilic bacteria that are distributed in aquatic environments, including both sea and freshwater. Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio vulnificus, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus are the most important species since they can be potent human pathogens and leading causes of septicemia, wound infections, and seafood borne gastroenteritis. The recent emergence of a potential pandemic clone, V. cholera serotype O1 and the cholera outbreak in South Korea in 2016 indicates the importance of consistent surveillance of pathogenic Vibrio genus within coastal areas. Methods: The present study was undertaken to determine where and how vibrios live in the aquatic environment adjacent to coastal areas of South Korea. For this survey, a total of 838 samples were obtained at 35 different sites in South Korean coastal areas during the period from January 2016 to December 2016. Pathogenic vibrios was determined using the real-time PCR method, and its clones were isolated using three selective plating media. We also monitored changes in seawater and atmospheric temperature, salinity, turbidity, and hydrogen ion concentration at the collection points. Results: The total isolation rates of V. vulnificus, V. cholera (non-pathogenic, non-O1, non-O139 serogroups), and V. parahaemolyticus from seawater specimens in 2016 were 14.2, 13.48, and 67.06%, respectively. Conclusions: The isolation rates of pathogenic vibrios genus showed a positive correlation with temperature of seawater and atmosphere but were negatively correlated with salinity and turbidity.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.355-361
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• 1986

Vibrio vulnificus, a halophilic Vibrio has gained worldwide attention as a cause of severe and frequently fatal wound infections and life-threatening septicemia. For this reason V. vulnificus is thought to produce extreme hemoconcentration and rapid death after infection, and because V. vulnificus is thought to be less susceptible to bactericidal activity of normal human serum, the present study was undertaken to assess the susceptibility of V. vulnificus to human serum bactericidal activity with that of V. parahemolyticus and V. cholerae and to assess the effect of Vibrio species, Salmonella typhimurium and E. coli on hematocrit values in experimentally infected mice. Serum bactericidal activity against both V. vulnificus and V. cholerae was higher than against V. parahemoltyicus. Survival of the test strains in heat-inactivated human serum was greater than that in heat-uninactiveted serum. Both V. parahemolyticus and V. cholerae produced slight hemoconcentration within 2 to 6 hr after intraperitoneal injection of $10^7$ viable bacteria into mice. In contrast, V. vulnificus, S. typhimurium and E. coli produced hemodilution rather than hemoconcentration after 4 or 6 hr after infection. With these results the author can conclude that V. vulnificus is more susceptible to serum bactericidal activity than other Vibrio species, and V. vulnificus did not produce hemoconcentration.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1080-1086
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• 2005

Membranes prepared from Vibrio natriegens oxidized both NADH and deamino-NADH as substrates. The maximum activity of the membrane-bound NADH oxidase was obtained at about pH 8.5 in the presence of 0.2 M NaCl, whereas that of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase was obtained at about pH 7.5 in the presence of 0.2 M NaCl. Electron transfer from NADH or deamino-NADH to ubiquinone-l or oxygen generated a considerable membrane potential (${\Delta}{\psi}$), which occurred even in the presence of $20{\mu}M$ carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP). However, the ${\Delta}{\psi}$ was completely collapsed by the combined addition of $10{\mu}M$ CCCP and $20{\mu}M$ monensin. On the other hand, the activity of the NADH oxidase and the ${\Delta}{\psi}$ generated by the NADH oxidase system were inhibited by about $90\%$ with $10{\mu}M$ HQNO, whereas the activity of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase and the ${\Delta}{\psi}$ generated at the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase segment were inhibited by about $60\%$. Interestingly, the activity of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase and the ${\Delta}{\psi}$ generated at the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase segment were resistant to the respiratory chain inhibitors such as rotenone, capsaicin, and $AgNO_3$, and the activity of the NADH oxidase and the ${\Delta}{\psi}$ generated by the NADH oxidase system were very sensitive only to $AgNO_3$. It was concluded, therefore, that V. natriegens cells possess a $AgNO_3$-resistant respiratory $Na^+$ pump that is different from the $AgNO_3$-sensitive respiratory $Na^+$ pump of a marine bacterium, Vibrio alginolyticus.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.1078-1085
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• 2018

A salt-tolerant cellulase secreted by a marine Bacillus sp. SR22 strain with wide resistance to temperature and pH was purified and characterized. Its approximate mass was 37 kDa. The endoglucanase, named as Bc22Cel, was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration chromatography, and extraction from the gel after non-reducing sodium dodecyl sufate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The optimal pH value and temperature of Bc22Cel were 6.5 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The purified Bc22Cel showed a considerable halophilic property, being able to maintain more than 70% of residual activity even when pre-incubated with 1.5 M NaCl for 1 h. Kinetic analysis of the purified enzyme showed the $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ to be 0.704 mg/ml and $29.85{\mu}mol{\cdot}ml^{-1}{\cdot}min^{-1}$, respectively. Taken together, the present data indicate Bc22Cel as a potential and useful candidate for industrial applications, such as the bioconversion of sugarcane bagasse to its derivatives.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1979

A bacteriological survey was carried out to get hold of the distribution of pathogenic enteric bacteria in Korea. The total number of 2,013 specimens were obtained from various sources; 1,407 specimens from marine products circulated in the markets, sewage, and 606 rectal swabs from persons. All the specimens were collected in Seoul, Chumunjin(Kangwondo), and Gwangcheon(Chungcheongnam-do) during 1978. The isolation and identification of enteric pathogens from the specimens were performed by means of bacteriological studies. 1. The isolation rates of the pathogenic enterobacteria among the total 2,013 specimens are as follows: Salmonella species 0.05%(1 strain), Shigella species 0.50%(10 strains), and Vibrio parahaemolyticus 0.35%(7 strains). 2. One salmonella strain was isolated from marine products circulated in the market in Seoul. Its serotype was identified as group $C_1$. 3. Ten shigella strains were isolated from various sources: 0.45% from natural environments and 0.05% from rectal swabs. The distribution of shigella serotype was identified as Sh. boydii 90%(9 strains), Sh. sonnei 10%(1 strain). 4. Seven strains of V. parahaemolyticus were isolated from natural environments. In addition, 40 strains of halophilic vibrios nontypable with anti-K antisera were also isolated. Of the 7 strains, the 2 strains were agglutinated with type K-32, each 1 strain of the others with K-17, K-19, K-36, K-39, K-56.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.377-385
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 고염폐수의 정화능이 우수한 미생물 기능성 커뮤니티 HWTC (Highsalt Wastewater Treatment Community)를 이용한 고염폐수 처리시스템을 개발하였으며, HWTC의 미생물 군집의 다양성을 확인해 보았다. HWTC의 고염폐수 처리능력은 HRT 2.5일만에 $COD_{cr}$ 84%의 처리효율로 확인하였다. 미생물 군집분석은 PCR-DGGE 기법과 16S rRNA gene clone library를 통하여 미생물 다양성을 확인하였다. 4%의 염농도의 폐수에서 우점하는 미생물은 Halomonas sp.와 Paenibacillus sp.로 나타났고, phylogenetic tree 분석을 통해 ${\gamma}$-proteobacteria 속하는 미생물의 다양성이 높게 나타났으며, firmicutes속 하는 미생물이 우점하고 있었다. 고염폐수를 처리할 수 있는 미생물 기능성 커뮤니티 HWTC를 이용하여, 고염의 폐수 정화를 가능하게 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.45-48
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• 2002

Microbial rhodopsins, photoactive 7-transmembrane helix proteins that use retinal as their chromophore, were observed initially in the Archaea and appeared to be restricted to extreme halophilic environments. Our understanding of the abundance and diversity of this family has been radically transformed by findings over the past three years. Genome sequencing of cultivated microbes as well as environmental genomics have unexpectedly revealed archaeal rhodopsin homologs in the other two domains of life as well, namely Bacteria and Eucarya. Organisms containing these homologs inhabit such diverse environments as salt flats, soil, freshwater, and surface and deep ocean waters, and they comprise a broad phylogenetic range of microbial life, including haloarchaea, proteobacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, and algae. Analysis of the new microbial rhodopsins and their expression and structural and functional characterization reveal that they fulfill both ion transport and sensory functions in various organisms, and use a variety of signaling mechanisms. We have obtained the first crystallographic structure for a photosensory member of this family, the phototaxis receptor sensory rhodopsin II (SRII, also known as phoborhodopsin) that mediates blue-light avoidance by the haloarchaeon Natronobacterium pharaonis. The structure obtained from x-ray diffraction of 3D crystals prepared in a cubic lipid phase reveals key features responsible for its spectral tuning and its sensory function. The mechanism of SRII signaling fits a unified model for transport and signaling in this widespread family of phototransducers.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.313-319
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• 2018

Halophilic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from myeolchi-jeotgal (23% NaCl, w/v) fermented in jangdok (Korean earthenware) located outside a house. They were identified as Tetragenococcus halophilus by 16S rRNA and recA gene sequencing. Four T. halophilus isolates showing high protease activities were selected for further studies. Four strains grew well, reaching $OD_{600}$ values of 0.75-0.92 at 18% NaCl content (w/v) and 0.28-0.44 at 23% salt. They showed rapid growth, attaining $OD_{600}$ values of 1.1-1.2 at $20-30^{\circ}C$, but did not grow at $4^{\circ}C$. At $15^{\circ}C$, the highest $OD_{600}$ values, which exceeded 0.6, were observed at 20 days, and were higher than those of cultures at $37^{\circ}C$ and $42^{\circ}C$ (approximately 0.5). Four isolates grew best in broth where the initial pH was adjusted to 8 and did not grow at $pH{\leq}4$. T. halophilus BS2-36 showed the highest survival ratio of 18.7% after 2 hours of exposure at pH 3. BS2-36 showed the highest survival ratio (1.29%) in presence of 0.3% bile salts. T. halophilus BS2-36 seems a promising candidate as a starter for jeotgal and other fermented foods with high salinities.