• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.942-948
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• 2003

Soil samples were obtained from 5 sites contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These soil samples were cultured in using phenanthrene as a sole carbon and energy source, and 36 strains of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria were isolated from 3 sites. Most of them degraded 500 ppm of phenanthrene within 8 to 10 days, and these isolates could degrade a few other PAHs other than phenanthrene. Their genotypes were determined by restriction digests of the l6S rRNA genes [amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA)]. It was found that all the phenanthrene degrading isolates were included in 4 ARDRA types, and they showed a strict site endemism. l6S rDNAs of 12 strains selected from different sites were sequenced, and they were all confirmed as Sphingomonas strains. Their l6S rDNA sequences were compared for phylogenetic analysis; their sequence showed a similar result to ARDRA typing, thus indicating that these heterotrophic soil bacteria are not regionally mixed. In addition, it was found that the microbial diversity among sampling sites could be monitored by l6S rDNA PCR-RFLP pattern alone, which is simpler and easier to perform, without l6S rDNA sequence analysis.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.193-198
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• 2008

ErmSF는, 235 rRNA의 A2058에 methylation 시켜서 macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B ($MLS_B$)계 항생제의 부착을 저해함으로써 항생제의 활성을 억제하는 내성인자 단백질인 ERM 단백질의 하나로, 다른 ERM 단백질과는 달리 긴 N-terminal end region을 가지고 있고 이 부위의 25%를 arginine이 차지하고 있다. 특히 $^{58}RARR^{61}$ 부위에 arginine이 모여 있어서 여기에 존재하는 R의 역할을 알아보기 위해 1-57, 1-59 그리고 1-60과 1-61이 제거된 결손 변이 단백질을 대장균에 발현하고 그 활성을 성장곡선을 작성하여 알아보았다. 그 결과 R60과 R6l이 활성에 중요한 것으로 관찰되었다. 1-59의 아미노산이 결손 된 유전자를 사용하여 R60A, R61A와RR60, 61AA의 위치선정 치환 변이 단배질의 세포내 활성을 측정하여 본 결과 R60의 역할이 R6l보다 큰 것으로 관찰되었으며 이들의 활성에서의 역할은 상호보완적인 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 이 아미노산들이 2차 구조인 $\alpha$-helix의 일부일 것으로 추정되었다.

• 환경생물
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2010

제주도 연안해역 4개 지역(한림, 애월, 신촌, 함덕) 해수의 온도, 염분농도, 용존산소량(DO), 화학적 산소요구량(COD), 부유물질(SS), 암모니아성 질소($NH_3-N$), 질산성 질소($NO_3-N$) 및 아질산성 질소($NO_2-N$)와 같이 다양한 이화학적 특성을 확인하였다. 해수의 평균 온도는 $26.23{\sim}28.6^{\circ}C$, 염분농도는 31.4~32.88‰, pH는 8.15~8.35, COD는 0.48~0.91 mg $L^{-1}$, DO는 6.78~6.87 mg $L^{-1}$로 나타났다. 해수에서 분리된 해양방선균은 총 52종으로 제주시 동부지역(A, B)에서는 24균주, 서부지역(C, D)은 28균주가 분리되었다. 분리된 해양방선균은 16S rRNA 염기서열 분석을 이용하여 최종적으로 동정되었으며, 염기서열 정보를 기초로하여 유사도(similarity)를 조사하였다. 분리된 방선균의 16S rRNA 염기서열 분석을 통하여 계통 분류학적으로 어떤 division에 속하는지를 확인하여 본 결과 제주도 제주시 동부지역(Site A, B) 해양에서 분리된 방선균 24균주는 Gram positive bacteria (division)/Actinobacteria (class)/Actinomycetales (order)/Streptomy-cineae (suborder)/Streptomycataceae (family)/Streptomyces(genus)에 22 균주, Actinomycetales (order)/Streptosporangineae (suborder)/Nocardiopsaceae (family)/Nocardiopsis (genus)에 2 균주가 분리되었다. 제주시 서부지역(Site C, D) 해양에서 분리된 방선균 28균주는 Gram positive bacteria (division)/Actinobacteria (class)/Actinomycetales (order)/Streptomycineae (suborder)/Streptomycataceae (family)/Streptomyces (genus)에 27균주, Actinomycetales (order)/Streptosporangineae (suborder)/Nocardiopsaceae (family)/Nocardiopsis (genus)에 1균주가 분리되었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2014

본 연구는 home-made 요구르트에서 분리한 Lactobacillus casei SK-7과 시중에서 판매되고 있는 요구르트에서 분리한 Lactobacillus bulgaricus YK-11의 기능성을 비교 분석하기 위해 실시하였다. 먼저 분리세균인 SK-7과 YK-11의 생리화학적 특성조사를 진행하였다. 이들 균주는 16S rRNA 염기서열을 이용한 계통유전학적 분석방법으로 동정하여, 각각 L. casei SK-7와 L. bulgaricus YK-11로 명명하였다. 16S rRNA 염기서열을 바탕으로 SK-7과 YK-11의 유전적 계통수를 작성하였다. 72시간 동안 SK-7과 YK-11 배양에서 lactic acid와 acetic acid의 생산, 그리고 pH 변화를 조사하였다. 배양기간 동안 L. casei SK-7과 L. bulgaricus YK-11의 몇가지 기능성을 조사하였다. L. casei SK-7과 L. bulgaricus YK-11 배양상등액은 주어진 nitrite를 각각 93.9%와 88.2% 소거하였다. SK-7 and YK-11 배양상등액의 항산화능은 각각 62.6%와 54.9%였으며, ${\beta}$-galactosidase 활성은 14.9 units/mg과 13.1 units/mg로 측정되었다. 항미생물능력은 SK-7과 YK-11 배양의 20배 배양농축액으로 조사되었으며, SK-7은 이 조사에 사용된 모든 미생물에서 명백한 것으로 관찰되었으나, YK-11에서는 관찰되지 않았다. 부가적인 기능성 연구가 이루어져야 되겠지만, 본 연구에서는 home-made 요구르트에서 분리된 젖산균의 기능성은 시판요구르트에서의 기능성과 비교하여 우수한 것으로 조사되었다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.513-521
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• 2013

Objectives: This study was performed in order to detect indicator bacteria in drinking spring water (DSW) samples in Seoul Metropolitan City, and to identify their genus through 16S rRNA sequencing and then assessing the genetic relation of their strains. Methods: For indicator bacteria detection and identification of total coliforms, we analyzed DSW between the spring and summer seasons. In particular, DSW samples were chosen from sites repeatedly found unsatisfactory in recent years. Results: Heterotrophic plate counts of DSW in the spring and summer season were investigated in the range of 0-550 and 0-800 CFU/mL, respectively. Total coliforms of these were 0-1,900 and 0-2,100 CFU/100mL, fecal coliforms were 0-600 and 0-550 CFU/100mL, and Escherichia coli were 0-7 and 0-326 MPN/100mL. The detection ratio of fecal pollution indicators and that of fecal coliforms increased to 58.6% in the summer from 12.5% in the spring and Escherichia coli increased to 51.4% from 4.7%. As a result of genetic analysis on the isolated bacteria, the genus of total coliforms was classified in the order of Enterobacter spp. 12.7%, Serratia spp. 7.3%, E. hermanii 6.4%, Rahnella spp. 5.5%, Hafnia spp. 4.5%, Escherichia coli 3.6%, Klebsiella spp. 3.6% in the spring season. In the summer season, it was classified in order of Klebsiella spp. 16.6%, Enterobacter spp. 13.0%, Escherichia coli 11.0%, Serratia spp. 8.6%, Raoultella spp. 7.0%, Kluyvera spp. 5.6% and Citrobacter spp. 3.0%. Conclusions: The increase of fecal pollution in summer indicates that special attention to drinking DSW is required.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.1057-1065
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• 2002

The antagonistic activities of 30 strains of lactobacilli against Helicobacter pylori were determined and Lactobacillus helveticus CU631 has been selected as the strain which possesses the strongest inhibitory effect in the disc diffusion assay showing inhibition zone diameter of $10{\pm}1.5mm$, whereas those of L. plantarum and L. fermentum have been shown to be $4.0{\pm}0.6mm$. H. pylori G88016 revealed the highest vacuolating toxin producing activity among the 8 strains, the inhibitory activity of L. helveticus CU631 in vacuolating toxin producing activity of H. pylori manifested in the co-culture of two strains and in the 5:5 mixture of supernatant of the two strains. Both L. helveticus CU631 and cell free culture supernatant had a strong inhibitory activities in urease and cytotoxin producing activities of H. pylori NCTC11637 and CJH12. An accelerated proteolytic activity of water soluble peptides by L. helveticus CU631 during the refrigeration storage has been manifested in the cream cheese. DNA seqences of 16S-23S ribosomal RNA spacer region showed typical pattern among the various strains of L. helveticus, which could be used in the identification of L. helveticus CU 631.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.651-657
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• 2009

Shifts in the activity and diversity of microbes involved in aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in contaminated soil were investigated. Subsurface soil was collected from a gas station that had been abandoned since 1995 owing to ground subsidence. The total petroleum hydrocarbon content of the sample was approximately 2,100 mg/kg, and that of the soil below a gas pump was over 23,000 mg/kg. Enrichment cultures were grown in mineral medium that contained hexadecane (H) or naphthalene (N) at a concentration of 200 mg/l. In the Henrichment culture, a real-time PCR assay revealed that the 16S rRNA gene copy number increased from $1.2{\times}10^5$to $8.6{\times}10^6$with no lag phase, representing an approximately 70-fold increase. In the N-enrichment culture, the 16S rRNA copy number increased about 13-fold after 48 h, from $6.3{\times}10^4$to $8.3{\times}10^5$. Microbial communities in the enrichment cultures were studied by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and by analysis of 16S rRNA gene libraries. Before the addition of hydrocarbons, the gas station soil contained primarily Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria. During growth in the H-enrichment culture, the contribution of Bacteriodetes to the microbial community increased significantly. On the other hand, during N-enrichment, the Betaproteobacteria population increased conspicuously. These results suggest that specific phylotypes of bacteria were associated with the degradation of each hydrocarbon.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.312-317
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• 2002

Indigenous lactobacilli were isolated from vaginas of Korean women for possible use in ecological treatment of bacterial vaginosis. Vaginal swab samples were obtained from a gynecological clinic and streaked on Rogosa SL agar plates to select the most predominant lactobacilli in each sample. The preliminary identification of the isolates as lactobacilli was based on microscopic observation of Gram-positive rod-shaped cell morphology. The initial characterization was performed on 108 isolates in terms of their cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH), antimicrobial activity, and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) production capability, and 10 isolates were then selected for further molecular identification. For a rapid procedure to identify lactobacilli, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analyses of the l6S rRNA genes were applied. The 10 selected lactobacilli and 9 different reference strains of Lactobacillus spp. were characterized by PCR-RFLP where the amplified l6S rDNA was digested with 7 different restriction endonucleases prior to analysis. DNA sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene of one particular isolate, KLB 46, that had been identified as L. crispatus by the PCR-RFLP analysis, further confirmed its identity as L. crispatus.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.150-155
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• 1994

In order to evaluate the effect of the extracts of eidble and medicinalplant son the activation of immune cells, measurements were made by ELISA and radioimmunoassay on the degree of release for the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and neopterin by the edible and medicinal plants in peripheral blood cells. The results of measurements of TNF in the supernatant cultured liquid showed nothing in t도 control which does not have any edible and medicinal plants. However, measurements of TNF 9pg/ml) in the samples are given as follows : 716.7 in lipopolysaccharide (LPS 1 g/ml), 465.2 Rheum plamatum L.m302.7 Sanguisorba offciinalis L. 818.2 Rubus coreanus M, 328.3 Terminalia chebula R., 426.6 AReca catechu L. 227.0 Eugenia caryophiliata T., 272.9 Ephedra sinica S., 30.1 Caesalpinia sappan L., 474.0 Chaenomeles japonica L., 396.0 Cornus officinalis S.in edible and medicinalplants. ENopterin (n mole/L) value showed below the check point in the control group, however, the values are 11.0 in LPS, and edible and medicinal plants, 5.3 Rheum palmatum L., 11.6 Eugenia caryophiliata T., 5.5 Ephedra sinica S., 4.5 Caesalpinia sappan L., 4.3 Chaenomelees japonica L.3.7 Cornus officinalis S. In order to find m RNA levels of Cytokines increased by edible and medicinal plants, total RNA was separated from mononuclear cells treated 5 hrs with Rubus coreanus M. and then administrated for RT-PCR. The considerable increases of the m RNA of TNF, IL-1 $\alpha$ and IL-6 were observed.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.294-300
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• 2019

국내시판 김치로부터 분리한 probiotics의 병원생 미생물에 대한 억제효과와 항균제 내성을 조사하기 위해 35종의 국내시판 김치에서 총 140주의 probiotics를 분리하였으며, 16S rRNA 염기서열 분석을 통해 L. plantarum이 53주(37.9%), E. faecium 27주(19.3%) 그리고 L. rhamnosus 7주(5.0%) 순으로 동정되었고, 12종(species)의 다양한 병원성 미생물 즉 S. Typhi, S. Enteritidis, E. coli O157:H7, S. flexneri, NAG Vibrio, L. monocytogenesis, Y. enterocolitica, S. aureus, S. pyogenes, G. vaginalis, C. albicans, P. acne에 대한 전체적인 항균성은 69주(49.3%)이었으며, 균종별로 살펴보면 L. plantarum 75.5%, L. sakei 66.7%, E. faecium 40.7%, 그리고 L. rhamnosus 28.6% 순이었다. 또한 디스크 확산법에 의한 18종의 다양한 계열의 항균제에 대한 내성시험 결과 nalidixic acid가 98.6%의 내성을, S 83.6%, gentamicin 75.7%, vancomycin 73.6%, norfloxacin 72.1%, 그리고 ciprofloxacin 67.9% 순으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 본 실험에서 다양한 항균활성과 광범위한 항생제 내성을 지닌 L. plantarum, L. sakei, 그리고 E. faecium 균주가 장기 항생제 치료환자에 대한 유용한 설사 치료용 및 Candida 속이 야기하는 여성질염 치료제로서의 사용이 유용할 것으로 생각된다.