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Protoplast Production from Sphacelaria fusca (Sphacelariales, Phaeophyceae) Using Commercial Enzymes

  • Avila-Peltroche, Jose;Won, Boo Yeon
    • Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.50-58
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    • 2020
  • Sphacelaria is a filamentous brown algal genus that can be epibiotic on macroalgae, marine plants, and sea turtles. Its important role in benthic ecosystems, exposure to different stressors (e.g., grazing), and use as a model organism make Sphacelaria ideal for assessing physiological responses of organisms to environmental inputs. Single-cell RNA sequencing is a powerful new probe for understanding environmental responses of organisms at the molecular (transcriptome) level, capable of delineating gene regulation in different cell types. In the case of plants, this technique requires protoplasts ("naked" plant cells). The existing protoplast isolation protocols for Sphacelaria use non-commercial enzymes and are low-yielding. This study is the first to report the production of protoplasts from Sphacelaria fusca (Hudson) S.F. Gray, using a combination of commercial enzymes, chelation, and osmolarity treatment. A simple combination of commercial enzymes (cellulase Onozuka RS, alginate lyase, and driselase) with chelation pretreatment and an increased osmolarity (2512 mOsm/L H2O) gave a protoplast yield of 15.08 ± 5.31 × 104 protoplasts/g fresh weight, with all the Sphacelaria cell types represented. Driselase had no crucial effect on the protoplast isolation. However, the increased osmolarity had a highly significant and positive effect on the protoplast isolation, and chelation pretreatment was essential for optimal protoplast yield. The protocol represents a significant step forward for studies on Sphacelaria by efficiently generating protoplasts suitable for cellular studies, including single-cell RNA sequencing and expression profiling.

Isolation of Aerobic Bacteria and Its Efficacy for the Treatment of Korean Food-Wastes (한식 잔반처리를 위한 호기성 미생물의 분리 및 그 분해효과)

  • 김광현;김지연;이광배
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.510-517
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    • 1999
  • For the treatment of Korean food-wastes, three mesophilic and one thermophilic bacteria were isolated from soil and fermented fertilizers. The thermophilic Streptomyces sp. strain WF021 produced two enzymes which were a protease and a lipase at 55$^{\circ}C$. The mesophilic Bacillus sp. strain WF024 produced four enzymes which were a protease, a lipase, a amylase and a cellulase when the strain was grown both at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and 55$^{\circ}C$. The Bacillus sp. PY123 had produced three enzymes which were a protease, a cellulase and a lipase at 3$0^{\circ}C$. The Bacillus sp. strain CM1 produced three enzymes which were a protease, a amylase, and a cellulase at 3$0^{\circ}C$. The bacteria were grown in media containing 6% NaCl at least and did not have antagonism each other. The four isolates treated much more food-wastes than referance strains did. In a flask without aeration, three reference strains treated 15.4% of food-wastes, while four isolates treated 23.7% of food-wastes. In a flask with aeration, food-wastes were treated 67.3% by four isolates, and 64.3% by three reference strains, but 53.9% without bacteria. However, food-wastes were treated about 78% in a 200$\ell$-reactor made by Siwon Co., while 65.8% in a 20$\ell$-reactor made by Sanyo Co.

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Isolation of a Lipolytic and Proteolytic Bacillus licheniformis from Refinery Oily Sludge and Optimization of Culture Conditions for Production of the Enzymes

  • Devi, Sashi Prava;Jha, Dhruva Kumar
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.515-524
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    • 2020
  • With the increasing demand for enzymes in industrial applications there is a growing need to easily produce industrially important microbial enzymes. This study was carried out to screen the indigenous refinery bacterial isolates for their production of two industrially important enzymes i.e. lipase and protease. A total of 15 bacterial strains were isolated using Soil Extract Agar media from the oil-contaminated environment and one was shown to produce high quality lipase and protease enzymes. The culture conditions (culture duration, temperature, source of nitrogen, carbon, and pH) were optimized to produce the optimum amount of both the lipase (37.6 ± 0.2 Uml-1) and the protease (41 ± 0.4 Uml-1) from this isolate. Productivity of both enzymes was shown to be maximized at pH 7.5 in a medium containing yeast extract and peptone as nitrogen sources and sucrose and galactose as carbon sources when incubated at 35 ± 1℃ for 48 h. Bacterial strain SAB06 was identified as Bacillus licheniformis (MT250345) based on biochemical, morphological, and molecular characteristics. Further studies are required to evaluate and optimize the purification and characterization of these enzymes before they can be recommended for industrial or environmental applications.

Mycotoxins and Their Biotransformation in the Rumen: A Review

  • Upadhaya, Santi Devi;Park, M.A.;Ha, Jong-K.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.23 no.9
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    • pp.1250-1260
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    • 2010
  • Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi. These toxins pose serious health concerns to animals as well as human beings. Biodegradation of these mycotoxins has been considered as one of the best strategies to decontaminate food and feedstuffs. Biodegradation employs the application of microbes or enzymes to contaminated food and feedstuffs. Ruminants are considered to be resistant to the adverse effects of mycotoxins presumably due to the biodegrading ability of rumen microbes compared to mono-gastric animals. Therefore, rumen microbial source or microbial enzyme could be a great asset in biological detoxification of mycotoxins. Isolation and characterization of pure culture of rumen microorganisms or isolation and cloning of genes encoding mycotoxin-degrading potential would prove to have overall beneficial impact in the food and feed industry.

Studies on Protoplast Isolation and Regeneration of Lyophyllum ulmarium (느티만가닥 버섯의 원형질체 분리와 재생에 관한 연구)

  • 최혜진;김병각;현진원
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.143-149
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    • 2003
  • This experiment was undertaken to investigate proper conditions for protoplast isolation and regeneration from the mycelia of Lyophyllum ulmnrium. Protoplast isolation and regeneration are influenced by a variety of factors such as enzyme, osmotic stabilizer, reaction time and age of mycelia. A combination of Novozyme 234 (10mg/ml) and cellulase Onozuka R-10 (10 mg/ml) with 0.6 M $MgSO_4$ was most effective for isolation of the protoplasts. The optimum reaction time of the mycelia with the lytic enzymes was 3.5~4 hours at $28^{\circ}C$ in shaking condition at 120 strokes per min. High yield of the protoplasts were obtained from its 4~5 days old mycelia on complete agar media. Its protoplasts were regenerated to normal hyphae. Regeneration media with 0.6 M sucrose were proper for regeneration of the protoplasts. Their regeneration frequency on complete agar media was 2.3~2.7%.

Isolation of bifidobacteria inhibiting harmful enzymes of Korean intestinal bacteria (유산균의 장내환경개선효과)

  • Kim, Dong-Hyeon;Song, Mi-Jeong;Kim, Suk-Hui;Park, Hye-Yeong;Lee, Yeong-Gyeong;Bae, Eun-A;Han, Myeong-Ju
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.41-57
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    • 1998
  • Five hundreds of bifidobacteria were isolated from an healthy Korean and the inhibitory effects of these isolated bacteria on harmful enzymes of human intestinal microflora were examined by cocultivation of the isolated bifidobacteria with E. coli HGU-3 or total human intestinal microflora. In comparison with the results of E. coli or intestinal microflora cultivation, Bifidobacterium breave K-110, B. breve K-111 and B. infantis K-525 effectively inhibited harmful enzymes (${\beta}-glucuronidase$ and tryptophanase) of E. coli and lowered the pH of the culture media. Also they inhibited the harmful enzymes (${\beta}-glucosidase$, ${\beta}-glucuronidase$, tryptophanase and urease) and ammonia production of intestinal microflora, and lowered pH of the culture media by increasing the number of bifidobateria on intestinal microflora. The inhibitory effect of bifidobacteria on Growth of Helicobacter pylori and Rotavirus infection were exammed. Bifidobacterium K-110 and K-111 inhibited effectively them. When these isolated bifidobacteria were administered to mice, the activities of fecal harmful enzymes were inhibited and the AC and ACF formation were suppressed. Among tested bifidobacteria, B. breve K-110 had high inhibitory effect of fecal harmful enzymes and ACF formation.

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Screening of Microorganisms Secreted High Efficient Enzymes and Properties of Enzymatic Deinking for Old Newsprint(II) - Isolation and screening of fungi producing cellulase and xylanase- (고효율 효소를 분비하는 균주의 선발 및 신문고지의 효소탈묵 특성(제2보) -Cellulase와 Xylanase를 생산하는 Fungi의 분리 및 선발-)

  • Park Seong-Cheol;Kang Jin-Ha;Lee Yang-Soo
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2004
  • The useful fungi which secret extracellular enzymes was selected for deinking agent of old newsprint. Five fungal strains were isolated from a paper mill soil ground. The CMCase, FPase and xylanase activities of fungi on the liquid culture were investigated at optimal growth conditions. The results of this study were as follow: The optimal pH and temperature for culture growth were 4~8 and 27~$35^{\circ}C$, respectively. For screening of extracellular enzymes at optimal culture conditions the optimal culture period were less than 6-7 days. Fusarium pallidoroseum and Aspergiilus niger which shows relatively higher CMCase, FPase and xylanase activities than the other species were selected for further enzymatic deinking research.

Selection and Directed Evolution of New Microbial Biocatalysts and Their Application to Organic Synthesis

  • Asano, Yasuhisa
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.207-210
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    • 2000
  • As a typical example of the screening for a microbial biocatalyst from nature, isolation of nitrilesynthesizing microorganisms, characterization of a new enzyme aldoxime dehydratase, and its function in the aldoxime-nitrile pathway are introduced. Catalytic properties of some of our enzymes were improved through a direct evolutionary approach.

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Isolation of Protoplasts from Tomato Root by Two-step Osmotic Treatment (토마토 뿌리조직으로부터 두 단계 삼투압 처리에 의한 원형질체의 분리)

  • Shin, Dae-Seop;Han, Min-Woo;Kim, Young-Kee
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.192-196
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    • 2004
  • In order to measure cellular physiological activity including ion channel activity, protoplasts were isolated from the root tissue of tomato plant. The general methods recommended were not efficient enough to make protoplasts from the root tissue. Among various conditions tested, we found that a two-step treatment of osmosis is very efficient for the isolation of protoplasts. In this procedure, root tissues were preincubated in a solution containing 300 mM sorbitol for 30 min. Then, they moved to the reaction solution containing 700 mM sorbitol as well as cell wall-digesting enzymes. The formation of protoplast was greatly increased by this method. In order to find the optimal condition of the two-step method, various conditions of pH, osmotic pressure, incubation time, and the concentrations of cell wall-digesting enzymes were tested. The yield of protoplast isolation was maximal at pH 5.0 after 2 hr incubation. Mixed enzymes of 3% cellulase, 1 % macerozyme, and 0.1 % pectolyase showed maximal protoplast isolation. The physiological activity of isolated protoplast evaluated by measuring the cellular ATPase activity was as high as that measured from the preparation of root tissue. The protoplasts isolated by this method were remained healthy up to 4 hrs which is enough time to measure the cellular physiological activity. These results show that the two-step treatment of osmotic pressure was successful to obtain high yield of healthy protoplast from tomato root tissue.

Isolation of cellulosic biomass degrading microorganisms from different sources for low cost biofuel production

  • Sheikh, M. Mominul Islam;Kim, Chul-Hwan;Lee, Ji-Yong;Yeasmin, Shabina;Park, Hyeon-Jin;Kim, Gyeong-Chul;Kim, Sung-Ho;Kim, Jae-Won
    • Proceedings of the Korea Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.81-91
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    • 2011
  • Current fuel ethanol research and development deals with process engineering trends for improving biotechnological production of ethanol. Recently, a large amount of studies regarding the utilization of lignocellulosic biomass as a good feedstock for producing fuel ethanol is being carried out worldwide. The plant biomass is mainly composed of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. The main challenge in the conversion of biomass into ethanol is the complex, rigid and harsh structures which require efficient process and cost effective to break down. The isolation of microorganisms is one of the means for obtaining enzymes with properties suitable for industrial applications. For these reasons, crude cultures containing cellulosic biomass degrading microorganisms were isolated from rice field soil, cow farm soil and rotten rice straw from cow farm. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), xylan and Avicel (microcrystalline cellulose) degradation zone of clearance on agar platefrom rice field soil resulted approximately at 25 mm, 24 mm and 22 mm respectively. As for cow farm soil, CMC, xylan and Avicel degradation clearancezone on agar plate resulted around at 24mm, 23mm and 21 mm respectively. Rotten rice straw from cow farm also resulted for CMC, xylan and Avicel degradation zone almost at 24 mm, 23 mm and 22 mm respectively. The objective of this study is to isolatebiomass degrading microbial strains having good efficiency in cellulose hydrolysis and observed the effects of different substrates (CMC, xylan and Avicel) on the production of cellulase enzymes (endo-glucanase, exo-glucanase, cellobiase, xylanase and avicelase) for producing low cost biofuel from cellulosic materials.

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