• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.437-445
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• 2022

This paper presents an experimental study on the main management factors of the condenser contamination such as fouling and corrosion for the R-134a turbo-chiller to save energy, reduce corrosion rates, and reduce maintenance costs through the application of condenser non-cleaning water treatment chemical. The series of experiment is conducted using combining oxidative microbial sterilizers, non-oxidizing microbial sterilizers, and anti-corrosion agents. The leaving temperature difference and corrosion rates for three different combination of chemicals are collected and analyzed. The experimental results show that the cost reduction (4,066,000 Won/year) of the disinfectant (FT-830) can be achieved by adding the oxidative disinfectant (NaOCl) and the non-oxidizing disinfectant (NX-1116). The LTD value is maintained at 1.9℃, and the corrosion rates of copper and carbon steel specimens are 0.07 mpy and 1.61 mpy, respectively.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.179-189
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• 2023

Consumers and industry experts frequently have negative perceptions of most chemical preservatives. Although most people concede that they cannot resolve global food waste issues without preservatives, they prefer products without chemical preservatives. Numerous emerging technologies is now surpassing conventional methods for mitigating microbial food deterioration in response to consumer demand and fundamental health and safety considerations, including biological antimicrobial systems such as using food-grade microorganisms and their metabolites primarily originating from microorganisms, plants, and animals. Microbial compounds, including bacteriocins, bacteriophages, and anti-fungal agents, plant extracts such as flavonoids and essential oils; and animal-originated compounds, such as lysozyme, chitosan, and lactoferrin, are considered some of the major bio-preservatives. These natural compounds can be used alone or with other preservatives to improve food safety. Hence, the use of microbes or their metabolic byproducts to extend the shelf life of foods while maintaining safety standards is known as bio-preservation. To manufacture and consume foods in a safe condition, this review primarily aims to broaden knowledge amongst industry professionals and consumers regarding bio-preservation techniques, bio-preservatives, their classifications, and distinctive mechanisms to enhance food safety.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.273-278
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• 2006

항균소재를 함유한 포장지로 포장하여 실험실 조건하에서 저장하였을 때 방울토마토와 밀감의 저장기간 연장효과가 있는 것으로 나타난 항균포장지가 대규모 저장 및 유통시에도 적용이 가능한지를 알아보기 위하여 항균포장지를 함유한 박스에 방울토마토와 밀감을 담아서 냉장 창고에서 저장하면서 품질 변화를 고찰하였다. 즉 분말 형태의 식물성 천연항균제인 자몽추출물제재와 제올라이트를 각각 3% 및 6%를 넣어서 만든 항균포장지로 방울토마토와 밀감을 포장하여 $5^{\circ}C$에서 저장하면서 품질특성의 변화를 측정하였다. 저장 기간중 품질 변화의 지표로 중량감소율, pH, 총산, 가용성고형물, 총균수, 효모 및 곰팡이수 등을 측정하였다. 방울토마토의 pH는 저장 20일까지는 다소 증가하였으나 저장 40일에는 급격하게 감소하였다. 가용성 고형물은 포장 직후 5.5 $^{\circ}Brix$였으며, 저장 10일에 5.8 $^{\circ}Brix$까지 증가하였다. 포장 직후 방울토마토의 총균수는 $10^{2.87}CFU/g$, 효모 및 곰팡이는 $10^{2.76}CFU/g$ 이었으며, 저장 기간이 경과함에 따라 지속적으로 증가하였다. 저장 30일에 대조구는 11.5%, 항균포장지를 함유한 박스로 포장한 시험구는 1.5%의 부패가 발생하여 항균포장지를 함유한 박스포장이 방울토마토의 부패를 억제하는 효과가 있는 것으로 확인하였다. 밀감은 저장 직후 pH 3.78, 총산 0.68%였으며 저장 30일까지는 대체적으로 감소하였으나 가용성 고형물은 저장 직후 10.7 $^{\circ}Brix$ 였으며, 저장 30일까지는 다소 증가하였다. 포장 직후 밀감의 총균수는 $10^{4.01}CFU/g$이었으며, 효모 및 곰팡이는 $10^{3.99}CFU/g$이었고,저장기간이 경과함에 따라 지속적으로 증가하였다. 저장 20일에 대조구는 1.3%의 부패율을 나타내었으나 항균포장지를 함유한 박스에 포장한 밀감은 저장 30일에 부패가 발생하여, 대조구에 비하여 10일 정도 저장기간의 연장 효과가 있었다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.461-468
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• 2005

The major function of immune system is to protect infections. The immune systems are composed of innate and adaptive immunity. In adaptive immunity, the cellular and humoral components interact each other. Neonates and infants are infected frequently, because immune systems are naive and easy to expose to infectious agents. The complete history and physical examination is essential to evaluate the child with recurrent infections. The environmental risk factors of recurrent infections are day care center, cigarette smoke, and air pollution. The underlying diseases such as immunodeficiency, autoimmune diseases, allergy, and disorders of anatomy or physiology increase the susceptibility to infections. In immunodeficiency, infections are characterized by severe, chronic, recurrent, and unusual microbial agents infection. The defects of antibody production are susceptible to sinopulmonary bacterial infections. T cells defects are vulerable to numerous organisms such as virus, fungi, bacteria and etc. The screening tests for immune functions are the quantitative and qualitative measurements of each immune components. A complete blood count with white blood cell, differential, and platelet provide quantitative informations of immune components. Total complement and immunoglobulin levels represent the humoral component. Antibody levels of previously injected vaccines also provide informations of the antigen specific antibody immune responses. T cell and subsets count is quantitative measurement of cell mediated immunity. Delayed hypersensitivity skin test is a crude measurement of T cell function. The long term outcome of children with recurrent infections is completely dependent on the underlying diseases, the initial time of diagnosis and therapy, continued management, and genetic counscelling.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1011-1021
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• 2005

Rhizobacteria are actively sought for the substitution of chemical fertilizers and pathogen control agents in environment-friendly sustainable agriculture. To be successfully commercialized in the current Korean market as agriculture biomaterials, microbial agents should exhibit both properties of plant growth promotion and pathogen control. That is, the organism must be a phytostimulator as well as a biocontrol agent. These criteria and the survival rate of a rhizobacterium, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 7079, in the soil system were investigated to evaluate the suitability for future commercialization. B. amyloliquefaciens 7079-treated seedlings showed $22.8\%$ maximum increase in leaf-length growth, compared with water-treated controls, showing the phytostimulating property. The disease suppression rates of Phytophthora-blight of peppers and Fusarium-wilt of tomatoes by B. amyloliquefaciens 7079 were 1.5 and 2.2 times better, respectively, than by three popular chemical fungicides used in actual agricultural practices to control the respective pathogens. Survival of B. amyloliquefaciens 7079 on the rhizoplane and in the rhizosphere was favorable up to 50 days in the soil system employed. These positive properties show that B. amyloliquefaciens 7079 is likely to be a suitable candidate for commercialization to market as agricultural biomaterials.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.244-254
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• 2010

The trend toward intensification of livestock raising, confinement in barn has increased in recent days. The move toward concentrated animal feeding operations reduces per unit costs and permits farmers to better earnings in spite of fluctuation in hog prices. However, this also results in outbreaks of a lot of animal wastes and odorous compounds. Emissions of these malodorous compounds produced from concentrated animal feeding operations have become a concern for both public and regulatory agencies and are causing the complaints of residents in rural area. For competitive sustainable swine production industry, odor management plans systematically identify potential odor sources, determine control strategies to reduce these odors, and establish criteria for implementing these strategies. Since, the malodor originates from microbial activities involving a variety of microbes, understanding the characteristics of the microflora present in swine manure is essential for developing effective odor control techniques. This paper reviews the available information in the literature related to the types of bacteria in swine manure, the potential odorous compounds associated with different bacterial genera, and the corresponding techniques used to control odor based on microbiological principles.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제19권spc호
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• pp.283-286
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• 2011

Powdery mildew and leaf mold were major diseases in organic cultured tomatoes. $NaHCO_3$ and $KH_2PO_4$ were selected as control agents for controlling tomato powdery mildew. Control effect of the selected control agents was increased when they were treated with oil-egg yolk mixtures (OEYO). Also four organic materials used commercially including copper hydroxide and sulfur, showed high control effect more than 90% in green house. Also two organic matters, copper hydroxide and sulfur showed high control effect in farmer's field. When tomatoes were cultivated in plastic house installed with circulation fan, incidence of powdery mildew and leaf mold was reduced by 56% and 60%, respectively.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.473-485
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• 2019

Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) is an economically important crop and a bacterial canker disease, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa), is the most destructive disease in kiwifruit production. Therefore, prevent and control of the disease is a critical issue in kiwifruit industry worldwide. Unfortunately, there is no reliable control methods have been developed. Recently, interest in disease control using microbial agents is growing. However, kiwifruit microbiota and their roles in the disease control is mainly remaining unknown. In this study, we secured bacterial libraries from kiwifruit ecospheres (rhizosphere, endospere, and phyllosphere) and screened reliable biocontrol strains against Psa. As the results, Streptomyces racemochromogenes W1SF4, Streptomyces sp. W3SF9 and S. parvulus KPB2 were selected as anti-Psa agents from the libraries. The strains showed forcible antibacterial activity as well as exceptional colonization ability on rhizosphere or phyllosphere of kiwifruit. Genome analyses of the strains suggested that the strains may produce several anti-Psa secondary metabolites. Our results will contribute to develop biocontrol strains against the kiwifruit canker pathogen and the disease management strategies.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.259-264
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• 2001

해충의 생물적 방제 인자로서 주목받고 있는 곤충병원선충(Steinernema carpocapsae)과 이들의 공생세균(Xenorhabdus nematophilus)이 유용곤충인 누에(Bombyx mori)와 그물등개미(Pristomyrmex pungens)에 상이한 독성을 보였다. S. carpocapsae는 누에에 대해 매우 높은 살충력(반수치사농도: 4IJs (감염태 유충수)/ml)을 보이는 반면, 그물등개미에 대해서는 매우 약했다. (반수치사농도: >150,000 IJs/ml). 반면에 X. nematophilus는 그물등개미에 대해 높은 경구독성(반수치사농도: $1.4$\times$10^3$cfu (콜로니 형성수)/ml)을 보였으나, 누에에 대해서는 낮았다. (반수치사농도: >$10^{8}$ cfu/ml). 또한 실험동물 랫드(Rattus norvegicus)에 S. carpocapsae와 X. nematophilus를 강제로 경구투여 한 결과 시험 전기간(21일)동안 치사개체는 없었으며, 내부 장기에서 처리한 공생세균과 선충은 발견되지 않았다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.229-235
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• 2016

우리나라는 예전부터 전통적인 방법으로 누룩을 제조하고, 이를 발효제로 막걸리를 만들어 왔다. 막걸리는 여과 또는 살균 과정없이 다양한 미생물을 살아 있는 상태로 섭취하기 때문에 영양학적으로나 기능적인 측면에서 가치가 높다. 최근 많은 연구에서 막걸리로부터 미생물을 분리동정하고 다양한 기능성에 대해 스크리닝한 결과, 높은 프로바이오틱스 활성과 다양한 스펙트럼의 항균활성을 가진 균주들이 선별되었다. 특히 일부 유산균들은 GABA와 EPS 등의 기능성 물질을 생성하기도 했다. 또한, 일부 유산균과 효모의 경우 각각 bacteriocin 및 killer toxin을 통해 항균활성을 나타내는 것으로 여겨진다. 이러한 막걸리 유래 기능성 미생물과 그 대사산물은 기능성 식품 소재나 안전한 식품첨가물 및 다양한 산업분야에서 활용될 수 있을 것이다.