• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표논문집
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• pp.331-333
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• 2003

The low-pH biofiltration system in laboratory experiments demonstrate defective performance for treating H2S. When leachate pH was in the range of 1.5 to 4, the biofilters in three different media removed H2S wi th efficiencies greater than 99％ while it was treated as a single contaminant. The posibility of using a single-stage low pH biofilter depends on its performance in treating VOCs. During Phase 2, a single-stage biofilter was effective for treating mixtures of H2S and toluene with toluene concentrations below 20ppm and leachate pH between 2 and 3.5. Biofiltration of xylene was ineffective when pH was lower than 1.5. The treatment system acclimated most slowly to benzene, and treatment of benzene was apparently subject to some competive inhibition from xylene and toluene. However. co-treatment was possible after some acclimation time. Xylene was not easily treated, with higher elimination capacities and no sign of competitive inhibition.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.200-207
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• 2007

In vitro rumen incubation studies were conducted to determine effects of initial pH on bacterial attachment and fiber digestion. Ruminal fluid pH was adjusted to 5.7, 6.2 and 6.7, and three major fibrolytic bacteria attached to rice straw in the mixed culture were quantified with real-time PCR. The numbers of attached and unattached Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens and Ruminocococcus albus were lower (p<0.05) at initial pH of 5.7 without significant difference between those at higher initial pH. Lowering incubation media pH to 5.7 also increased bacterial numbers detached from substrate regardless of bacterial species. Dry matter digestibility, gas accumulation and total VFA production were pH-dependent. Unlike bacterial attachment, maintaining an initial pH of 6.7 increased digestion over initial pH of 6.2. After 48 h in vitro rumen fermentation, average increases in DM digestion, gas accumulation, and total VFA production at initial pH of 6.2 and 6.7 were 2.8 and 4.4, 2.0 and 3.0, and 1.2 and 1.6 times those at initial pH of 5.7, respectively. The lag time to reach above 2% DM digestibility at low initial pH was taken more times (8 h) than at high and middle initial pH (4 h). Current data clearly indicate that ruminal pH is one of the important determinants of fiber digestion, which is modulated via the effect on bacterial attachment to fiber substrates.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2008

메주를 만들 때 저온숙성의 경우 상온숙성보다 발효 특성과 관련이 있는 pH, 아미노산성 질소 등의 양이 낮았으며 동일한 아미노태 질소 함량에 도달하기까지 숙성기간이 약 2~3배정도 필요한 것으로 나타났고, 된장의 색상이 약 2배정도 밝은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 숙성초기 낮은 온도로 인해 산성생균의 활동성이 낮아지고 이로 인한 유기산 생성량이 낮아져 상온숙성 된장에 비해 pH가 높고, acidity I이 낮으며, 저온숙성된장은 가수분해 효소에 의한 분해속도의 저하로 낮은 아미노산성 질소 함량을 보였다.

• Genes and Genomics
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.1199-1211
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• 2018

Soil acidification is one of major problems limiting crop growth and especially becoming increasingly serious in China owing to excessive use of nitrogen fertilizer. Only the STOP1 of Arabidopsis was identified clearly sensitive to proton rhizotoxicity and the molecular mechanism for proton toxicity tolerance of plants is still poorly understood. The main objective of this study was to investigate the transcriptomic change in plants under the low pH stress. The low pH as a single factor was employed to induce the response of the wheat seedling roots. Wheat cDNA microarray was used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). A total of 1057 DEGs were identified, of which 761 genes were up-regulated and 296 were down-regulated. The greater percentage of up-regulated genes involved in developmental processes, immune system processes, multi-organism processes, positive regulation of biological processes and metabolic processes of the biological processes. The more proportion of down-regulation genes belong to the molecular function category including transporter activity, antioxidant activity and molecular transducer activity and to the extracellular region of the cellular components category. Moreover, most genes among 41 genes involved in ion binding, 17 WAKY transcription factor genes and 17 genes related to transport activity were up-regulated. KEGG analysis showed that the jasmonate signal transduction and flavonoid biosynthesis might play important roles in response to the low pH stress in wheat seedling roots. Based on the data, it is can be deduced that WRKY transcription factors might play a critical role in the transcriptional regulation, and the alkalifying of the rhizosphere might be the earliest response process to low pH stress in wheat seedling roots. These results provide a basis to reveal the molecular mechanism of proton toxicity tolerance in plants.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2006

The removal of protozoa in the coagulation process was evaluated under the different pH and turbidity using the jar test after the addition of polyaluminium chloride (PAC) as a coagulant. Two well-known protozoa of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia were tested at the same time with turbidity, the critical water quality parameter of the water treatment process. Both protozoa were removed about 1log (and up to 2log) at the optimum injection of PAC. The source water turbidity and pH affected the removal of protozoa and turbidity. At neutral and alkaline pH, 1.3-1.7log removal of protozoa for low turbid water with 5NTU, and 1.6-2.3log removal for high turbid water with 30NTU were achieved. However, at acidic pH, maximum 0.8-1.0log and 1.1-1.2log were removed for low and high turbid water, respectively, at the optimum PAC injection of 15mg/L. The relation of protozoa and turbidity removals were expressed as the 1st order equation (significantly positive relation) in the most of the tested conditions. In addition, the relation of protozoan removals with residual turbidity were also expressed the 1st order equation (significantly negative relation), although the significance of the equations were reduced at acidic pH. Therefore, residual turbidity could be a good index of efficient protozoan removal in the coagulation process, probably except at the low pH condition.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.284-288
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• 1983

Ascorbic acid (AsA)와 Catechin의 혼합용액에서 AsA의 안정성을 조사할 목적으로 각각의 농도 및 pH별 혼합용액을 조제하여 가열하는 동안 AsA와 catechin의 함량변화를 조사하였다. AsA의 손실은 각 혼합구 모두 가열 시작 10분 동안에 가장 많았으며 catechin의 혼합에 의해 촉진되었으나 혼합비율이 높은 경우가 낮은 것에 비하여 AsA의 손실은 적었다. Catechin의 손실도 가열 시작 10분 동안에 가장 컸으며 AsA의 농도가 높고 catechin의 농도가 낮을수록, AsA의 농도가 낮고 catechin의 농도가 높을수록 작았다. AsA의 안정성은 catechin의 함유비가 낮을 경우에는 pH 4pH 5>pH 6 순으로 pH 4 에서 높았다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.343-348
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• 2011

Since 2005, food waste has been separately collected and recycled to animal feed or aerobic compost in South Korea. However, the conventional recycling methods discharge process wastewater, which contain pollutant equivalent to more than 50% of food waste. Therefore, anaerobic digestion is considered as an alternative recycling method of food waste to reduce pollutant and recover renewable energy. Recent studies showed that hydrogen can be produced at acidogenic stage in two-stage anaerobic digestion. In this study, the authors investigated the effects of pretreatment time and pH low set value on continuous mesophilic hydrogen fermentation of food waste. Food waste was successfully converted to $H_2$ when heat-treated at $70^{\circ}C$ for 60 min, which was milder than previous studies using pH 12 for 1 day or $90^{\circ}C$. Organic acid production dropped operational pH below 5.0 and caused a metabolic shift from $H_2/butyrate$ fermentation to lactate fermentation. Therefore, alkaline addition for operational pH at or over 5.0 was necessary. At pH 5.3, the result showed that the maximum hydrogen productivity and yield of 1.32 $m^3/m^3$.d and 0.71 mol/mol $carbohydrate_{added}$. Hydrogen production from food waste would be an effective technology for resource recovery as well as waste treatment.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.174-178
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• 1999

안토시아닌 결핍 돌연변이 토마토 변종인 H957은 낮은 인산 공급에 대하여 내성(耐性)을 보인다. 본 저린산(低燐酸) 내성(耐性)을 연구하기 위해 미량의 인산을 포함한 조직배양 배지 위에서 H957의 생장도를 측정하였다. 이를 위하여 야생형의 모계품종(H883)과 공동 배양을 실시하여 생/건물질의 중량, callus/shoot 형성도, 무기질함량을 검사하였다. 본 연구에 사용된 배지의 인산 농도는 $0-400{\mu}M$ 사이의 일곱가지이다. 0과 12.5μM의 인 농도에서는 두 변종의 조직은 거의 생존하지 않았으나 $50-200M$에서는 H957이 H883을 앞선 것으로 나타났다. H957은 생/건물질 중량 부문에서 매우 앞선 것으로 나타났으며, cellus 및 shoot 형성도에 있어서도 미량의 인산 농도에 대해 H883보다 덜 민감한 것으로 나타났다. 이는 세포 및 조직 차원에 있어 H957의 높은 항저린산(抗低燐酸) 특성을 입증하는 것이다. 아울러, 인의 함량을 측정한 결과, H957 조직은 H883보다 낮은 농도의 인을 함유하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과는 H957의 항저린산(抗低燐酸) 특성이 이미 흡수된 인의 세포 및 조직 차원에서의 높은 활용성에 기인함이라고 판단된다.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2015

Yogurt is a product of the acidic fermentation of milk, which affects the survival of lactic acid bacteria (LAB). The aim of this present study was to examine the survival and acid stress response of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG to low pH environment. The survival of LAB in commercial yogurt was measured during long-term storage. The enumeration of viable cells of LAB was determined at 15-day intervals over 52-weeks at $5^{\circ}C$. L. acidophilus, L. casei, and Bifidobacterium spp. showed low viability. However, L. rhamnosus GG exhibited excellent survival throughout the refrigerated storage period. At the end of 52-weeks, L. rhamnosus GG survived 7.0 log10 CFU/mL. $F_0F_1$ ATPase activity in L. rhamnosus GG at pH 4.5 was also evaluated. The ATPase activities of the membranes were higher when exposed at pH 4.5 for 24 h. The survival of L. rhamnosus GG was attributable to the induction in $F_0F_1$ ATPase activity. In addition, the mRNA expression levels of acid stress-inducible genes at low pH were investigated by qRT-PCR. clpC and clpE genes were up-regulated after 1 h, and atpA and dnaK genes were up-regulated after 24 h of incubation at pH 4.5. These genes could enhance the survival of L. rhamnosus GG in the acidic condition. Thus, the modulation of the enzymes or genes to assist the viability of LAB in the low pH environment is thought to be important.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.720-723
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• 2001

The effect of long-term storage on garlic antibacterial activity was investigated. A concentration of 5% or more garlic was found to be necessary to completely inhibit Eschrichia coli growth in tryptic soy broth. This value is substantially higher than the minimum inhibitory concentration of 1% for E. coli reported previously. pH-modified garlic extract was stored at different temperatures to investigate the impact of storage conditions (i.e., temperature, pH, period of storage) on the stability of the antibacterial activity of the garlic extract used against E. coli B34. The antibacterial effectiveness of the garlic extract against E. coli remained stable when both the storage temperature and the pH of the extract were kept low. When the garlic extract was stored at $40^{\circ}C and above, most or all of the garlic antibacterial activity disappeared after a 24-h storage period, regardless of the storage pH. The antibacterial activity was weakened when the pH of the garlic extract was adjusted to 8, and at low temperatures.