• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.260-266
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• 2002

Bacterial strains were isolated from biofilms formed on glass slides submerged in seawater in Dae-Ho Dike. Eight strains showing fast attaching ability were selected and identified. Their exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing ability and EPS properties were characterized. Based on Microlog System, 4 among the 8 strains were identified as Micrococcus luteus and the rest were Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus megaterium,, Staphylococcus saprophyticus and Agrobacterium vitis. A, vitis was reidentified as Sulfitobacter pontiacus based on 16S rDNA sequence data. The amount of water-soluble EPS produced by the 8 strains ranged from 0.114 to 1.329 g$.$l$\^$-1/ and the productivity was negatively correlated with the cell biomass. The molecular weight of the produced EPS ranged from 0.38 to 25.19$\times$10$\^$4/ Da. Glucose and galactose were ubiquitous sugar components. Mannose, ribose, and xylose were also major sugar components. The molecular weight and composition of the EPS showed strain-specific variation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.709-717
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• 2015

Airborne bacteria from hog farms may have detrimental impacts on human health, particularly in terms of antibiotic resistance and pathogen zoonosis. Despite human health risks, very little is known about the composition and diversity of airborne bacteria from hog farms and hog-related spray fields. We used pyrosequencing analysis of 16S rRNA genes to compare airborne bacterial communities in a North Carolina hog farm and lagoon spray field. In addition, we isolated and identified antibiotic-resistant bacteria from both air samples. Based on 16S rRNA gene pyrosequence analysis, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, and Proteobacteria were the dominant phyla in airborne bacterial communities from both hog farm and spray field sites. Within the Firmicutes genera, Clostridium spp. were more abundant in the hog farm, whereas Staphylococcus spp. were higher in the spray field. The presence of opportunitic pathogens, including several Staphylococcus species and Propionibacterium acnes, was detected in both bioaerosol communities based on phylogenetic analysis. The isolation and identification of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from air samples also showed similar results with dominance of Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria in both hog farm and spray field air. Thus, the existence of opportunistic pathogens and antibiotic resistant bacteria in airborne communities evidences potential health risks to farmers and other residents from swine bioaerosol exposure.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.501-506
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• 2004

생식제품의 미생물학적 안전성을 확보를 위한 기초 자료로 활용하고자 생식제품 및 제조 공정 중에 있어서 Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococus aureus 등 식중독세균을 중심으로 한 자연 환경 유래 위해미생물의 분포 및 주 오염공정을 조사하였다. 생식 원료 중 위해미생물의 검출율이 높은 원료는 주로 곡류이었으며, 원료를 일반수도수로 세척하고 동결건조 하여도 위해미생물은 완전히 제거되지 않아 원료에 대한 비가열살균 대책이 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 한편 최종제품의 위해미생물의 검출율이 원료보다 높게 나타나 제조공정 중 미생물 오염이 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었으며 위해미생물은 원료의 1차 분쇄 후 공정이 진행됨에 따라 증가하였고, 특히 외주분말(하청공장에서 원료를 세척, 건조, 분쇄한 것)을 혼합한 후 균수가 급속히 증가하였다. 공중부유균은 분쇄실과 혼합실에서 많이 검출되었으며, 생식 제조 공정에 사용되는 기계 및 기구에서도 위해미생물이 검출되어 공중부유균과 기계 및 기구의 오염, 그리고 기계에 끼여 있는 분말 찌꺼기가 제조공정 중 생식의 미생물 오염 원인이라는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 따라서 공중부유균의 살균대책 및 하청공장의 철저한 위생관리가 요구되며, 분쇄기 및 혼합기의 정기저인 소독 및 살균이 필요 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.207-213
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• 1993

Total 176 alginate-degrading bacterial strains were isolated from marine moluscus, marine echonodermata, seaweed, and soils. Among the isolates, five strains (No. 28, 51, 79, 135, and 145) had higher level of alginate-degrading activity. The isolate No. 28, 51, 79, and 135 were identified as the genus Enterobacter and the strain No. 145 as the genus Vibrio. We used these strains to examine the optimal conditions for the production of alginate-degrading activity.

• ALGAE
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.229-234
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• 2007

This study was to determine the extent of bacteria contamination and resistance to various antibiotics used commonly in microalgal culture. Seven different dose levels of chloramphenicol, dihydrostreptomycin sulphate, neomycin, penicillin G, streptomycin sulphate, penicillin G + streptomycin sulphate, and penicillin G + streptomycin sulphate + chloramphenicol were added to each culture of microalgae. The lethal effects on microalgae and bacteria were the highest in chloramphenicol and the lowest in penicillin G. The axenic culture of bacillariophyceae and dinophyceae was more difficult than that of chlorophyceae and haptophyceae because of their complicate external morphology. The efficient antibiotics and their concentrations for axenic cultures varied with microalgal species. The optimum quantity for antibiotic treatments were 2,000 ppm of dihydrostreptomycin for Chlorella ellipsoidea, neomycin 500 ppm of Isochrysis galbana and Heterosigma ahashiwo, hloramphenicol 500 ppm of Cyclotella didymus, and dihydrostreptomycin sulphate and neomycin 6,000 ppm of Thalassiosira allenii.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.699-701
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• 2002

The current study demonstrates the ability of the marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria willei BDU130511 to disinfect raw sewage. Within a holding time of 3 h under laboratory conditions, the organism drastically reduced in the total bacterial and coliform counts at various pH levels, in both unbuffered and buffered sewage, thereby suggesting a potential role for cyanobacteria in wastewater treatment.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.1736-1745
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• 2016

The interactions of microbiota in the gut play an important role in promoting or maintaining the health of hosts. In this study, in order to investigate and compare the effects of dietary supplementation with Lactobacillus pentosus HC-2 (HC-2), Enterococcus faecium NRW-2, or the bacteria-free supernatant of a HC-2 culture on the bacterial composition of Litopenaeus vannamei, Illumina sequencing of the V1-V2 region of the 16S rRNA gene was used. The results showed that unique species exclusively existed in specific dietary groups, and the abundance of Actinobacteria was significantly increased in the intestinal bacterial community of shrimp fed with the bacteria-free supernatant of an HC-2 culture compared with the control. In addition, the histology of intestines of the shrimp from the four dietary groups was also described, but no obvious improvements in the intestinal histology were observed. The findings in this work will help to promote the understanding of the roles of intestinal bacteria in shrimps when fed with probiotics or probiotic supernatant.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2021

In marine ecosystems, the biosynthesis and catabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) by marine bacteria is critical to microbial survival and the ocean food chain. Furthermore, these processes also influence sulfur recycling and climate change. Recent studies using emerging genome sequencing data and extensive bioinformatics analysis have enabled us to identify new DMSP-related genes. Currently, seven bacterial DMSP lyases (DddD, DddP, DddY, DddK, DddL, DddQ and DddW), two acrylate degrading enzymes (DddA and DddC), and four demethylases (DmdA, DmdB, DmdC, and DmdD) have been identified and characterized in diverse marine bacteria. In this review, we focus on the biochemical properties of DMSP cleavage enzymes with special attention to DddD, DddA, and DddC pathways. These three enzymes function in the production of acetyl coenzyme A (CoA) and CO₂ from DMSP. DddD is a DMSP lyase that converts DMSP to 3-hydroxypropionate with the release of dimethylsulfide. 3-Hydroxypropionate is then converted to malonate semialdehyde by DddA, an alcohol dehydrogenase. Then, DddC transforms malonate semialdehyde to acetyl-CoA and CO₂ gas. DddC is a putative methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase that requires nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and CoA cofactors. Here we review recent insights into the structural characteristics of these enzymes and the molecular events of DMSP degradation.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.851-861
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• 2019

In this study, we performed a sediment elution experiment to evaluate water quality in terms of phosphorus, as influenced by the dissolved oxygen consumed by sediments. Three separate model column treatments, namely, raw, calcined, and sonicated oyster shell powders, were used in this experiment. Essential phosphorus fractions were examined to verify their roles in nutrient release from sediment based on correlation analyses. When treated with calcined or sonicated oyster shell powder, the sediment-water interface became "less anaerobic," thereby producing conditions conducive to partial oxidation and activities of aerobic bacteria. Sediment Oxygen Demand (SOD) was found to be closely correlated with the growth of algae, which confirmed an intermittent input of organic biomass at the sediment surface. SOD was positively correlated with exchangeable and loosely adsorbed phosphorus and organic phosphorus, owing to the accumulation of unbound algal biomass-derived phosphates in sediment, whereas it was negatively correlated with ferric iron-bound phosphorus or calcium fluorapatite-bound phosphorus, which were present in the form of "insoluble" complexes, thereby facilitating the free migration of sulfate-reducing bacteria or limiting the release from complexes, depending on applied local conditions. PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis revealed that iron-reducing bacteria were the dominant species in control and non-calcined oyster shell columns, whereas certain sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were identified in the column treated with calcined oyster powder.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2019

해양 종속영양 박테리아는 수생태계에서 미소생물환의 주요 구성원으로 유기물의 분해 등 생지화학적 순환에서 중요한 역할을 한다. 해양 생태계의 물질 순환과 에너지 흐름을 이해하기 위해서는 박테리아의 변동에 대한 연구 조사가 중요하다. 본 연구는 방조제 건설로 변형된 영산강 하구 해수역을 대상으로 박테리아와 환경인자들의 월 변동 양상을 조사하였고, 박테리아 변동의 주요인자인 식물플랑크톤(chlorophyll-a)과의 상관성을 크기별로 구분하여 파악하고자 하였다. 연구 결과, 영산강 하구의 박테리아는 저층보다 표층에서 높은 개체수를 보였으며, 겨울철보다 여름철에 개체수가 높았다. 그리고 방조제에 가까울수록 개체수가 증가하였으며, 방조제와 가장 인접한 정점에서 2018년 8월, 9월 그리고 2019년 6월에 최대치로 증가하였다. 박테리아의 개체수가 높았던 정점과 시기에 식물플랑크톤의 생체량도 증가하면서 통계분석결과에서도 양의 상관성을 보였고 크기별로도 모두 유사한 상관성을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 식물플랑크톤 기원의 유기물이 박테리아 변동에 영향을 미치고 있고 크기별로 그 영향의 차이가 없음을 제시하고 있다. 또한 수온에 비례하여 증가하는 박테리아의 계절 분포는 박테리아의 성장에 대한 수온의 영향을 보여주는 결과라 볼 수 있다. 그 외에 간헐적인 담수 유입을 통한 영양염 공급과 박테리아의 개체수 변동의 연관성은 관찰되지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 또한 특정시기에 성층이 거의 없는 조건에서 용존산소가 고갈되는 빈산소층이 관찰되었는데 이는 식물플랑크톤 기원 유기물 공급과 박테리아의 분해로 인한 산소 소모의 결과로 추정된다.