• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1912-1918
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• 2006

Marine bacterium Hahella chejuensis KCTC 2396 simultaneously produced red antibiotic prodigiosin and undecylprodiginine. A complete set of the prodigiosin biosynthetic gene cluster has been cloned, sequenced, and successfully expressed in a heterologous host. Sequence analysis of the gene cluster revealed 14 ORFs showing high similarity to pig and red genes from Serratia spp. and Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), respectively, and the gene organization was almost: similar to that of pig genes. These genes were named hap for Hahella prodigiosin, and determined to be transcribed as a single operon, by RT-PCR experiment. Based on the hap gene mutagenesis experiments and comparative analysis with pig and red genes, we propose a prodigiosin-biosynthetic pathway in KCTC 2396.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.979-984
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• 2007

The physicochemical properties of the exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by marine bacterium Zoogloea sp. KCCM10036 were investigated. Two types of isolated EPSs were shown to have average relative molecular masses $(M_r)\;of\;4.07{\times}10^6$ of CBP (cell-bound polysaccharide) and $3.43{\times}10^6$ of WSP (water-soluble polysaccharide), respectively. When the CBP was utilized as an emulsifier, it stabilized the emulsifier, for up to 148 h. Compared with other commercially available hydrocolloids such as xanthan gum, the Tween series, and Triton, the CBP showed much better emulsifying capability on a water-in-oil system. Phase separation occurred in the Tween series after 24 h, whereas the emulsion was better stabilized by the CBP. The CBP thus has potential as an emulsifying agent in commercial emulsions. The flocculating activity was also greatest at 0.01% (w/v) and decreased at higher concentrations than the optimized concentration of the WSP and CBP. The results also showed that both types of expolysaccharides from Zoogloea sp. had excellent flocculating activity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.245-250
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• 1998

A gene encoding an extracellular collagenase from the marine bacterium Vibrio vulnificus CYK279H was cloned into E. coli JM83 using the multicopy plasmid vector pUC19. The cloned strain of recombinant E. coli showing collagenase activity had an insert fragment of 3.5 kb and was named E. coli JM83/pKCL 279H. The cloned strain produced two different collagenase during cultivation. These enzymes, named collagenase-I and -II, were purified from the culture supernatant. SDS-PAGE indicated that collagenase-I had a molecular weight of 41 kDa and collagenase-II had a weight of 37 kDa. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of collagenase-I from the cloned strain, E. coli JM83/pKCL279H was determined and was not found to be similar to any other known collagenases. The optimum pH and temperature of the purified collagenase-I were 7.8 and $37^{\circ}C$, respectively.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.584-591
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• 2023

Active plant immune response involving programmed cell death called the hypersensitive response (HR) is elicited by microbial effectors delivered through the type III secretion system (T3SS). The marine bacterium Hahella chejuensis contains two T3SSs that are similar to those of animal pathogens, but it was able to elicit HR-like cell death in the land plant Nicotiana benthamiana. The cell death was comparable with the transcriptional patterns of H. chejuensis T3SS-1 genes, was mediated by SGT1, a general regulator of plant resistance, and was suppressed by AvrPto1, a type III-secreted effector of a plant pathogen that inhibits HR. Thus, type III-secreted effectors of a marine bacterium are capable of inducing the nonhost HR in a land plant it has never encountered before. This suggests that plants may have evolved to cope with a potential threat posed by alien pathogen effectors. Our work documents an exceptional case of nonhost HR and provides an expanded perspective for studying plant nonhost resistance.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.197-204
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• 1993

Flounder culture has been developed mainly in the western parts of japan, and, to date, following six bacterial diseases have been reported. Bacterial white enteritis occurs in 16 to 30-day-old flounder larvae and often causes mass mortality in seed production. Bacterium named Vibrio sp. INFL invades and multiplies in the mucosae of posterier part of intestine, and causes desquamative enteritis. Gliding bacterial disease occurs mostly in juvenile stage and in spring to summer. Diseased signs are partial discoloration and erosion of skin and fins. Histologically, epidermis are removed, and the causative bacterium, Flexibacter maritimus, multiplies on the surface of demis and invades into the muscular tissue. Vibriosis caused by Vibrio anguillarum and related organisum is one of the well-known diseases among marine fish. Outbreaks of the disease in flounder culture are relatively few, but mass mortalities in fingerlings due to the disease were reported. An outbreak of nocardiosis in the autumn of 1984 has been reported, but since then the disease scarcely occurred. The disease is characterized by formation of abscesses under the skin and white nodes in the gill, heart, spleen and kidney. Streptococcicosis occurs frequently in recent years. Beta-hemolytic streptococcus is the causative bacterium, which possesses the same biochemical and serological characteristics as $\beta$-streptococci isolated from some marine and freshwater fish, and is seemed to related to Streptococcus iniae. Edwardsiellosis is the disease that causes most damage in flounder culture in Japan. Characteristic symptoms are swelling of abdomen and intestinal protrusion from the anus due to accumulation of ascites. Edwardsiella tarda, a well-known pathogen of freshwater fish, is the causative bacterium of the disease.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.76-81
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• 2008

We isolated 1,916 strains of bacteria from gut and feces of abalone. The most active agarolytic bacterium, DAG-130, was identified from the gut of the abalone Haliotis gigantea. Of the bacteria harbored by both H. discus hannai and H. gigantea, 59% were agarolytic. There was no significant difference in the number of agarolytic bacteria isolated from abalone fed on the seaweeds Gelidium amansii, Laminaria japonica, or Undaria pinnatifida. Of the agarolytic bacteria, 72% were isolated from the guts of all sources tested while 43% came from the feces. The strain DAG-130 showed 100% identity with the bacterium Vibrio cyclotrophicus based on phylogenetic analysis of l6S rDNA. The bacterium produced monomers and oligomers from the agar substrate.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.198-203
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 많은 생리활성 기능을 갖는 한천올리고당과 네오한천올리고당을 생산할 수 있는 agarase를 생성하는 신규 해양성 세균을 분리하고, 이 균주가 생성하는 한천분해효소의 특성을 조사하였다. 한천분해활성을 가진 신규의 SH-2 균주는 경상남도 남해군 연안에서 채취한 해수에서 분리하였으며, 16S rDNA 염기서열분석을 통해 Marinomonas 속 세균과 약 99% 유사하여 Marinomonas sp. SH-2로 명명하였다. Agarase는 Marinomonas sp. SH-2 균주의 배양액으로부터 추출하였으며, 한천분해활성을 측정한 결과, pH 6.0의 20 mM Tris-HCl buffer를 사용할 경우 30℃에서 최고 활성(170.2 units/l)이 나타났다. 하지만, 40℃ 이상의 온도에서 0.5시간 이상 처리할 경우 효소의 잔존활성이 40% 이하로 감소하는 것으로 보아 이 효소는 내열성을 가지지 않는다고 판단되었다. 효소의 가수분해산물을 TLC로 분석한 결과, Marinomonas sp. SH-2으로부터 생성되는 효소는 아가로스를 분해하여 neoagarohexaose와 neoagarotetraose를 생성하여 β-agarase로 확인되었다. 따라서 Marinomonas sp. SH-2와 이 균주의 한천분해효소는 식품, 화장품, 의약품 연구 등에 실용적으로 적용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2005

호염성세균인 Kordia algicida gen. nov,, sp. nov.은 규조류인 Skeletonema costatum에 의한 적조발생동안 마산만의 표층수로부터 분리되었다. 본 균주는 숙성해수가 공급된 ZoBell 2216e 배지에서 성장이 가능하나 $3\%$ NaCl만이 공급된 동 배지에서는 성장하지 않았다. 13종의 주된 재수성분을 대상으로 한 염류 요구성 조사에서 $Na^+,\;Mg^{2+}$ 및 $Ca^{2+}$ 이온이 제한된 배지에서는 성장을 하지 않아, 성장을 위해 필수적으로 3조의 이온을 요구하였다. 3종의 이온을 대상으로 한 Kinetic 조사에서 $Na^+,\;Ca^{2+}$ 및 $Mg^{2+}$ 의 Km 간은 각각 0.202 M, 0.089 mM, and 0.189 mM로 결정되었으며 $V_{max}({\mu}max)$는 또한 0.442h, 0.411h 및 0.316h로 결정되었다. 현미경적 관찰에서 K. algicida는 각 이온들을 제한하였을 때 $2\~8$시간에 내에 빠른 사멸을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로 Kordia algicida는 해양으로부터 유래된 전형적인 호염성세균임을 알 수 있었으며 해양유래 미생물의 분리 시 각별한 주의가 요구됨을 시사한다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.156-162
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 신규 해양성 한천분해균을 분리하고, 이 균주가 생성하는 한천분해효소의 특성을 조사하였다. 경상남도 남해군 미조면 연안에서 채취한 해수를 Marine agar 2216 배지에 도말하여 한천분해세균을 선별하였다. 선택된 한천분해균주는 16S rDNA 염기서열분석을 통해 Maribacter 속 세균과 99% 유사하여 Maribacter sp. SH-1으로 명명하였다. 세포외로 분비되는 agarase는 Maribacter sp. SH-1 균주 배양액에서 획득하였으며, 이를 이용하여 특성을 조사하였다. Maribacter sp. SH-1 균주의 한천분해효소는 20, 30, 40, 50 및 60℃ 에서 각각 56, 62, 94, 100, 8%의 상대활성을 나타냈으며, pH 5, 6, 7 및 8에서 각각 15, 100, 60, 21%의 상대활성을 나타냈다. 세포외 agarase는 50℃ , pH 6인 20 mM Tris-HCl buffer를 사용하는 조건에서 최대활성(231 units/l)을 보였다. 한천이 sol 상태로 존재하는 50℃에서 최적활성을 보여 이 효소는 응용 가능성이 높다고 할 것이다. 효소 활성은 20, 30 및 40℃에서 30분 동안 열처리하였을 때 약 90% 이상의 상대활성을 보였다. TLC 분석 결과, Maribacter sp. SH-1 균주의 한천분해효소는 한천올리고당인 neoagarohexaose (34.8%), neoagarotetraose (52.2%) 및 neoagarobiose (13.0%)를 생성하는 것으로 보아 β-agarase로 확인되었다. 따라서 Maribacter sp. SH-1 균주와이 균주가 생산하는 β-agarase는 보습효과, 미백효과, 세균성장 억제 혹은 전분노화 방지 등의 기능을 가지는 한천올리고당의 생산에 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVII)
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• pp.343-346
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• 2005

The isolated strain, SC2-1 was Gram-positive, catalase positive, facultatively anaerobic, oxidase negative, motile and small rods. The strain utilized sucrose, dextrose, fructose, mannitol and maltose as a sole carbon and energy source and sodium chloride required for the bacteria growth. The radical scavenging activity of the culture supernatants was determined by DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) method. This bacterium was identified based on cellular fatty acids analysis and 16S rDNA sequencing then named Exiguobacterium sp. SC2-1. The optimum culture conditions for production of antioxidant were $25^{\circ}C,$ pH 7.8 and NaCl concentration were 4%. The modified optimal medium compositions were maltose 2.5% (w/v), yeast extract 1.5% (w/v) and $KH_2PO_4$ 0.05% (w/v). Free radical scavenging activity of under optimal culture conditions were 93%.