• 한국균학회지
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• 제24권4호통권79호
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• pp.310-321
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• 1996

토양으로부터 항진균 활성을 나타내는 5종류의 Pseudomonas cepacia 균주 AF027, AF069, AF2001, AF2011, SD02가 분리되었으며 이들은 각각 cyclic lipopeptide계 항진균 물질 CLP027A, CLP069A, Cepacidine A, CLP2011A, CLP02A를 생산하였다. 조사된 P cepacia 균주들은 배지중에 함유된 질소원 및 탄소원의 종류에 따라 항진균 물질 생산성에 현저한 차이가 있었는데, 질소원으로서는 polypeptone-S, 탄소원으로서는 glucose와 fructose가 생산성 증대에 가장 효과적이었다. 항진균물질 $CLP069A_1$과 $CLP069A_2$는 각각 분자량이 1215와 1199이며, 아미노산 조성, UV spectrum, IR spectrum 및 항진균 스펙트럼에 있어서, Xylocandin $A_1,\;A_2$와 일치하였으며, CLP027 $A_1$과 $A_2$ 또한 이러한 물리 화학적 특성이 Cepacidine A와 완전히 일치함으로써 동일 물질로 생각된다. $CLP2011A_1,\;A_2$와 $CLP02A_1,\;A_2$는 아미노산 조성 및 항진균 스펙트럼이 Xylocandin $A_1,\;A_2$와 다르고, Cepacidine $A_1,\;A_2$와는 항진균 스펙트럼에서 현저하게 차이가 났다. CLP2011A, CLP02A가 분자량, 아미노산 조성, UV spectrum, IR spectrum에서 Cepacidine A와 동일하지만 항진균 스펙트럼이 상이한 것은 이들이 다른 물질임을 시사하며, 이는 aliphatic side chain이 Cepacidine A의 그것과 다른 데에서 비롯된 분자구조의 상이함에서 기인된 것으로 추론된다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.272-279
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• 2018

본 연구는 여드름을 유발하는 세균인 Propionibacterium acnes에 대해 다양한 토양에서 분리된 세균 균주들의 항균효과를 조사하기 위해 수행되었다. 수백 개의 분리 세균균주 중 Paenibacillus elgii DS381과 Paenibacillus elgii DS1515, Burkhoderia gladioli DS518, Streptomyces lienomycini DS620는 2가지 균주의 P. acnes에 대해 높은 항균활성을 나타내었다. 이 분리균주들은 agar well diffusion test에서 15.5~34.3 mm 직경의 저해대를 형성하였으며, 특히 DS620는 가장 큰 저해대 직경(28.3~34.3 mm)을 나타내었다. 분리 균주가 생성하는 항균 물질은 DS381과 DS1515 균주의 경우lipopeptide (pelgipeptin, paenipeptin), DS518은 protease, 그리고 DS620은 anthracycline 인 것으로 추정되며, 이들 모두 P. acnes에 대해매우낮은 최소저해농도를 나타내었다[DS381와 DS1515 (0.078 mg/ml), DS518 (0.312 mg/ml), DS620 (0.000078 mg/ml)]. P. acnes를 대상으로 한 time-kill assay에서는 네 균주의 항균물질이 모두 24시간 이내에 P. acnes를 완전히 사멸시켰다. 이 결과는 네 가지 항균활성 균주들이 분비하는 항균물질들이 여드름을 유발하는 P. acnes에 대하여 효율적인 치료 소재로 사용될 수 있는 가능성을 보여준다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.536-539
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• 2011

Nowadays, there are a number of colorimetric techniques available for the determination of a time killing assay in a manner much easier and faster than those previously more commonly used, which were much more time-consuming and laborious colony counting procedures. Here, an attempt has been made to test the antimicrobial peptides of Citropin 1.1, Palm-KK-$NH_2$, and Temporin A on a reference strain of Staphylococcus aureus using resazurin as the cell viability reagent. Staphylococcus aureus was exposed to the test compounds over varying periods of time and the metabolic activity measured, with a profile of antimicrobial activity then established. The results are in agreement with data from previous literature, thus confirming the relevance of the application of resazurin for the testing of antimicrobial agents.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.273-280
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• 2016

Most biocontrol agents for plant diseases have been isolated from sources such as soils and plants. As an alternative source, we examined the feces of tertiary larvae of the herbivorous rhino beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma for presence of biocontrol-active microbes. The initial screen was performed to detect antifungal activity against two common fungal plant pathogens. The strain with strongest antifungal activity was identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens KB3. The inhibitory activity of this strain correlated with lipopeptide productions, including iturin A and surfactin. Production of these surfactants in the KB3 isolate varied with the culture phase and growth medium used. In planta biocontrol activities of cell-free culture filtrates of KB3 were similar to those of the commercial biocontrol agent, B. subtilis QST-713. These results support the presence of microbes with the potential to inhibit fungal growth, such as plant pathogens, in diverse ecological niches.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2010년도 정기총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.6-6
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• 2010

Bacteria of the Bacillus sp. are well known to possess antagonistic activity against numerous plant pathogens. In the present study, 11 Bacillus sp. were isolated from the brackish environment and assayed for antagonistic activity under in vitro and in vivo conditions. Among the 11 isolates tested, 9 isolates effectively inhibited the growth of various plant pathogens, namely Phytophthora capsici, Phytophthora citropthora, Phytophthora citricola, Phytophthora sojae, Colletotricum coccodes, Colletotricum gloeosporioides, Colletotricum acutatum, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium solani, Fusarium graminearum, Pyricularia sp. and Monilina sp. The effective isolates were further screened for Phytophthora blight suppression in Capsicum annuum L. under green house conditions. The isolate SB10 exhibited the maximum (72.2%) reduction in disease severity. The antifungal compounds from the isolate were isolated and characterized. The isolated compounds exhibited high thermo stability ($100^{\circ}C$ for 30 min). Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight investigation of the antifungal compounds revealed three lipopeptide complexes, the surfactins, the iturins, and the fengycins.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.180-185
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• 2011

버섯 생산 후 발생되는 부산물인 새송이버섯 수확 후 배지로부터 surfactin을 생성하는 4종의 균주를 분리하였으며 이 중 곰팡이 독소를 생성하는 A. flavus와 A. ochraceous에 대한 항균활성이 우수한 균주를 최종 선발하여 YJ07로 명명하였다. Bacillus ID kit와 VITEK 2 system를 이용하여 분리균 YJ07의 생리적 생화학적 특성을 조사한 결과 분리균은 B. subtilis, B. amyloliquefaciens와 유사한 생리적 생화학적 특성을 나타내었으며 16S rDNA 염기서열 분석을 통한 계통학적 유연관계에서도 B. amyloliquefaciens와 99.5%의 상동성을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합하여 분리균 YJ07은 B. amyloliquefaciens YJ07로 동정되었으며 분리균 YJ07이 생성하는 항균물질은 TLC와 HPLC 분석에서 reference 물질로 사용한 srfactin과 유사한 특성을 나타내었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1481-1486
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• 2011

버섯 생산 후 발생되는 부산물인 팽이버섯 수확 후 배지로부터 7종의 고온성 균주를 분리하였으며 이 중 곰팡이독소를 생성하는 Asp. flavus와 Asp. ochraceous에 대한 항균활성이 높으면서 xylanase와 cellulase 생성능이 우수한 균주를 최종 선발하여 UJ03으로 명명하였다. Bacillus ID kit와 VITEK 2 system를 이용하여 분리균 UJ03의 생리적 생화학적 특성을 조사한 결과 분리균 UJ03은 Bacillus 속과 유사한 특징을 나타내었으며 16S rDNA 염기서열 분석 결과에서는 B. amyloliquefaciens와 98.9%의 상동성을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합하여 분리균 UJ03은 Bacillus sp. UJ03으로 동정되었으며 분리균 UJ03이 생성하는 항균물질은 TLC와 HPLC 분석에서 Bacillus 속 균주가 생성하는 펩타이드성 항균물질인 iturin A와 유사한 특성을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1841-1848
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• 2006

Insights into gene expression have the potential for improvement of antibiotic yield and the development of robust production hosts for use in recombinant biomolecule production. $Cubicin^{TM}$ (daptomycin for injection) is a recently approved antibiotic active against many Gram(+) pathogens, including those resistant to methicillin, vancomycin, and fluoroquinolones. Daptomycin is produced as a secondary metabolite by Streptomyces roseosporus. A 128 kb region of DNA including the daptomycin biosynthetic gene cluster (dpt) has been cloned. and sequenced. Using a selected array of nucleic acid probes representing this region, we compared the expression levels of the dpt genes between S. roseosporus wild-type (WT) and derived S. roseosporus high-producer of daptomycin (HP). We observed that the majority of the biosynthetic genes were upregulated in HP compared with WT; a total of 12 genes, including those encoding daptomycin synthetase, showed consistently and significantly higher expression levels, at least 5-fold, in HP compared with WT. In contrast, some genes, flanking the dpt cluster, were expressed at higher levels in the WT strain. The expression of housekeeping genes such as S. roseosporus rpsL, rpsG, and 16S (positive controls) and presumptive intergenic regions in the dpt cluster (negative control) were identical in the two strains. In addition, we compared transcription during the early, mid-log, and early-stationary phases of growth in the HP strain. The same set of genes was upregulated and downregulated under all conditions examined; housekeeping genes showed no relative change in expression level over the periods of growth tested. Analyses of this type would be of value in studies of strain improvement and also for the identification of gene regulation processes that are important for secondary metabolite production.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.918-929
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• 2015

Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) is being used more widely, and the biological contributions involved in MEOR need to be identified and quantified for the improvement of field applications. Owing to the excellent interfacial activity and the wide distribution of producing strains in oil reservoirs, lipopeptides have proved to be an essential part of the complex mechanisms in MEOR. In this study, crude lipopeptides were produced by a strain isolated from an indigenous community in an oil reservoir. It was found that crude lipopeptides can effectively reduce the IFT (interfacial tension) to 10^-1~10^-2 mN/m under high salinity without forming stable emulsions, and the wettability of natural sandstone can be enhanced (Amott index, from 0.36 to 0.48). The results of core flooding experiments indicate that an additional 5.2% of original oil in place can be recovered with a 9.5% reduction of injection pressure. After the shut-in period, the wettability of the core, the reduction of injection pressure, and the oil recovery can be improved to 0.63, 16.2% and 9.6%, respectively. In the microscopic flooding experiments, the crude oil in membrane, cluster, and throat states contribute nearly 90% in total of the additional oil recovery, and the recovery of membranestate oil was significantly enhanced by 93.3% after shut in. Based on the results in macro and pore scale, the IFT reduction and the wettability alteration are considered primary contributors to oil recovery, while the latter was more dominant after one shut-in period.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.265-275
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• 2017

The production of enzymes that help digestion, assimilation of essential nutrients, and prevent pathogenic bacteria are important for probiotics used in aquaculture. The objective of this study was to investigate enzyme activities for macromolecular organic matters and antimicrobial properties of the selected potential probiotics isolated from gut of surf clam (Tresus keenae) against well-known shellfish-pathogenic bacteria. Among 65 isolates from guts of 60 surf clams, seven Bacillus strains with outstanding degradation capability of macromolecule organic matter were selected as potential probiotics as follows: TKI01 (B. vietnamensis), TKI02, TKI26 (B. thuringiensis), TKI14, TKI32, TKI42 (B. amyloliquefaciens), and TKI18 (B. stratosphericus). After in vitro antimicrobial activity test was performed against five shellfish-pathogenic bacteria including Listonella anguillarum, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, V. splendidus, V. harveyi, V. tubiashii, PCR assay was performed to detect bacteriocin-producing strain. PCR results revealed that the five Bacillus strains possessed diverse bacteriocin genes including ericinA, coagulin, surfactin, iturin, bacyllomicin, fengycin, bacylisin, subtilin, and lantibiotics. In the present study, the selected seven Bacillus strains showed different enzyme activities according to types of macromolecule organic matters. And their antimicrobial activities varied based on the species of pathogenic bacteria. In addition, at least five Bacillus strains had genetic potential to produce several natural lipopeptide antibiotics that may help biological control of surf clam aquaculture. Therefore, mixed use of probiotics might show co-operative effect and increase the efficiency of probiotics rather than separate use. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first report on antimicrobial properties of Bacillus species isolated from surf clam.