• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.591-596
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• 2011

Surface floating air cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC) having horizontal flow was developed for the application of MFC technology. RVC (Reticulated vitreous carbon) coated with anyline was used as anode electrode and carbon cloth coated with Pt (5.0 g Pt/$m^2$, GDE LT250EW, E-TEK) was used as cathode electrode. As results of continuous operation with changing the flow rate from 4.3 mL/min to 9.5 mL/min, maximum power density of 4.5 W/$m^3$ was acquired at 5.4 mL/min, which was at 0.35 m/hr of flow velocity under anode electrode. When the ratio of cathode surface area to anode surface area($A_c/A_a$) was changed to 1.0, 0.5, and 0.25, the maximum power density of 2.7 W/$m^3$ was shown at the ratio of 1.0. As the ratio decreased from 1.0 to 0.25, the power density also decreased, which is caused by increasing the internal resistance resulted from reducing the surface area to contact with oxygen. Actually, internal resistances of the ratio of 1.0, 0.5, and 0.25 were 63.75${\Omega}$, 142.18${\Omega}$, and 206.12${\Omega}$, respectively.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.118-126
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• 2002

토양의 특성과 재배 환경이 상이한 13개 토양을 대상으로 미생물의 다양성을 분석하여 토양 환경별 미생물상 지표의 기준을 설정하기 위해서 실험한 결과는 다음과 같다. 희석 평판법에 의한 토양별 미생물의 군집은 호기성 세균은 $2{\sim}27{\times}10^6$, 형광성 Pseudomonas는 $1{\sim}1364{\times}10^5$, 그람 음성 세균은 $1{\sim}126{\times}10^4$, 중온성 Bacillus는 $1{\sim}110{\times}10^5$ 범위로 토양간에 현저한 차이를 보였다. 특히 그람 음성 세균은 충북 음성 고추 재배지 (4번 토양)과 충북 괴산 고추 재배지 (6번) 토양이 현저히 많았고, 형광성 Pseudomonas는 경남 진주의 시설재배지 (7번 토양)에서 현저히 높은 군락을 형성하였고, 이 들 토양은 작물의 생육이 양호한 토양이었다. 따라서 시설재배인 토양에서는 그람 음성 형광성 Pseudomonas 및 mesophillic bacillus의 군집이 토양 환경 및 작물 생육과 미생물의 지표로서 가능성을 제시하였다. 13개 토양에서 분리한 579 균주 중 호기성 세균은 Agrobacterium 102 isolates, Bacillus 112 isolates, Pseudomonas 32 isolates, Kocuria 44 isolates, Paenibacillus 34 isolates 등의 다양한 군집을 이루고 있었고, 또한 624균주의 그람 음성 세균은 Pseudomonas 속이 51%로 제일 많은 군집을 이루고 있었는데 이 들 속내에는 Pseudomonas putica, Pseudomonas fluorescens 등이 많았고 그 다음으로는 Senotrophomonas maltophilia, Bukhodenis cepacia 순으로 다양한 군집을 이루고 있었다. RAPD 분석에 의한 Pseudomonas의 종 다양성은 토양에 따라서 4-31개의 균주 types을 보였으며 특히 4, 6번 토양에서 균주의 다양성이 높게 나타났다. 특히 형광성 Pseudomonas의 군집을 많이 이루었던 7번 토양에서는 26균주에서 5개 균주 types을 보여 종 다양성이 단수하였다. 토양 환경별 미생물 군집은 논 토양에서 신규 세균으로 추정되는 다수의 새로운 분리균이 출현되어 새로운 지표 미생물의 가능성을 제시 하였으며, 또한 MIDI 분석에서 no match 되는 분리균에 대한 미생물 자원의 이용성이 높이 평가되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.351-362
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• 1998

Microbial growth efficiency in the rumen was studied in sheep given hourly, 31.25 g oaten chaff with either 0.31 and 0.88 g urea or 1.88 and 5.63 g casein (exp. 1) and 33.33 g oaten chaff with 1.04 casein or 0.3, 0.6 and 0.9 g urea or the mixture of the casein and urea (exp. 2). Concentrations of ruminal fluid ammonia increased with increasing nitrogenous supplements. Organic matter digestibility in sacco in the rumen was not different irrespective of N sources. Isoacids and valeric acid increased with increasing ingested casein but decreased with increasing urea intake. Peptide and amino acid pools in ruminal fluid increased with increasing ammonia concentrations (exp. 2) suggesting that proteolytic activity and transportation of peptides and amino acids across microbial membrane of rumen microbes may be regulated by the metabolite mechanism (intracellular amino acids and $NH_4{^+}$, respectively). Densities of total viable and cellulolytic bacteria in ruminal fluid increased with increasing ammonia levels but that of small Entodinia decreased. The density of fungal sporangia growth on oat leaf blades decreased with increasing ammonia concentrations but appeared to remain constant in the presence of casein. Efficiency of net microbial cell synthesis was 15-28% higher when ammonia concentrations increased from 100 to above 200 mg N/l regardless of N sources. In conclusion, supplementation of preformed protein had no effect on rumen digestion and microbial growth efficiency. This could not be accounted for its effect on ruminal fluid ammonia. Increased microbial growth efficiency with increasing ammonia levels may be due to a reduction in the turnover of microbial cells within the rumen.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.608-613
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• 2010

Electricity generation of microbial fuel cells (MFC) is greatly affected by the kind of feed substrates because substrates would change microbial community of electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) able to transfer electrons to electrode. The effect of different substrates on electricity generation and microbial community of MFC was investigated. Two-chamber MFCs fed with acetate (A-MFC), butyrate (B-MFC), propionate (P-MFC), glucose (G-MFC) and a mixture (M-MFC) of the 4 substrates (acetate : butyrate : propionate : glucose = 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 as $COD_{Cr}$ base) were operated under continuous mode. The maximum power density was found from the M-MFC ($190W/m^3$) which showed the lowest internal resistance ($89{\Omega}$). The maximum power densities of the pure substrates feed MFCs were in order of A-MFC ($25W/m^3$), P-MFC ($21W/m^3$), B-MFC ($20W/m^3$) and G-MFC ($9W/m^3$). In DGGE analysis, the microbial community structure in suspension was quite different from each others depending on feed substrates, while the community structure in the biofilm was relatively similar regardless of the substrates. This result suggests that the feed substrates would affect the microbial community of suspended growth bacteria than attached growth bacteria resulting in difference of electricity generation in MFCs.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.185-196
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• 2019

BACKGROUND: This study investigated the effects of rice genetically modified to be resistant against rice blast and rice bacterial blight on the soil microbial community. A comparative analysis of the effects of rice genetically modified rice choline kinase (OsCK1) gene for disease resistance (GM rice) and the Nakdong parental cultivar (non-GM rice) on the soil microbial community at each stage was conducted using rhizosphere soil of the OsCK1 and Nakdong rice. METHODS AND RESULTS: The soil chemistry at each growth stage and the bacterial and fungal population densities were analyzed. Soil DNA was extracted from the samples, and the microbial community structures of the two soils were analyzed by pyrosequencing. No significant differences were observed in the soil chemistry and microbial population density between the two soils. The taxonomic analysis showed that Chloroflexi, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Acidobacteria were present in all soils as the major phyla. Although the source tracking analysis per phylogenetic rank revealed that there were differences in the bacteria between the GM and non-GM soil as well as among the cultivation stages, the GM and non-GM soil were grouped according to the growth stages in the UPGMA dendrogram analysis. CONCLUSION: The difference in bacterial distributions between Nakdong and OsCK1 rice soils at each phylogenetic level detected in microbial community analysis by pyrosequencing may be due to the genetic modification done on GM rice or due to heterogeneity of the soil environment. In order to clarify this, it is necessary to analyze changes in root exudates along with the expression of transgene. A more detailed study involving additional multilateral soil analyses is required.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1965-1971
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• 2016

Livestock wastewater containing high concentrations of ammonium and nitrate ions was pretreated with microbubbles and an Fe/MgO catalyst prior to its application in microbial fuel cells because high ion concentrations can interfere with current generation. Therefore, tests were designed to ascertain the effect of pretreatment on current generation. In initial tests, the optimal amount of catalyst was found to be 300 g/l. When 1,000 ml/min $O_2$ was used as the oxidant, the removal of ammonium- and nitrate-nitrogen was highest. After the operating parameters were optimized, the removal of ammonium and nitrate ions was quantified. The maximum ammonium removal was 32.8%, and nitrate was removed by up to 75.8% at a 500 g/l catalyst concentration over the course of the 2 h reaction time. The current was about 0.5 mA when livestock wastewater was used without pretreatment, whereas the current increased to $2.14{\pm}0.08mA$ when livestock wastewater was pretreated with the method described above. This finding demonstrates that a 4-fold increase in the current can be achieved when using pretreated livestock wastewater. The maximum power density and current density performance were $10.3W/m^3$ and $67.5W/m^3$, respectively, during the evaluation of the microbial fuel cells driven by pretreated livestock wastewater.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.1360-1366
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• 2018

The fungi associated with termites secrete enzymes such as laccase (multi-copper oxidase) that can degrade extracellular wood matrix. Laccase uses molecular oxygen as an electron acceptor to catalyze the degradation of organic compounds. Owing to its ability to transfer electrons from the cathodic electrode to molecular oxygen, laccase has the potential to be a biocatalyst on the surface of the cathodic electrode of a microbial fuel cell (MFC). In this study, a two-chamber MFC using the laccase-producing fungus Galactomyces reessii was investigated. The fungus cultured on coconut coir was placed in the cathode chamber, while an anaerobic microbial community was maintained in the anode chamber fed by industrial rubber wastewater and supplemented by sulfate and a pH buffer. The laccase-based biocathode MFC (lbMFC) produced the maximum open circuit voltage of 250 mV, output voltage of 145 mV (with a $1,000{\Omega}$ resistor), power density of $59mW/m^2$, and current density of $278mA/m^2$, and a 70% increase in half-cell potential. This study demonstrated the capability of laccase-producing yeast Galactomyces reessii as a biocatalyst on the cathode of the two-chamber lbMFC.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 수평 흐름 미생물 연료전지에서 유체 흐름이 전력 수율에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 산화전극 반응조의 바닥에 아크릴 막대를 설치하여 각각 4가지 유체의 흐름을 유도하였다. 각 반응조 형상에 따라 최대전력수율을 평가하였으며 추적자 실험을 통해 유체 흐름을 해석하였다. 분극 곡선 실험 결과 반응조별 최대 전력수율은 case 1, 2, 3 및 4에서 각각 95.7, 129.1, 190.9 및 $114.2mW/m^2$로 나타났다. 좌우 도류벽을 설치하여 S 형태의 유체 흐름을 유도한 case 3 반응조에서 가장 높은 전력이 생산되는 것으로 나타났다. 추적자 실험의 Morrill 분산지수 값에 따르면 case 4 반응조의 경우 반응조 전체에 기질이 골고루 분포하여 미생물 활성을 높일 수 있을 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 월류 현상에 의해 안정적인 운영을 할 수 없을 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 case 3 반응조의 경우 안정적인 운영 및 높은 전력수율을 얻을 수 있으므로 미생물 연료전지로 이용하기에 효과적일 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.220-228
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• 2018

The internal resistance of microbial fuel cell (MFC) using stainless steel skein for oxidizing electrode was investigated and the factors affecting the voltage generation were identified. We also investigated the effect of power management system (PMS) on the usability for MFC and the removal efficiency of organic pollutants. The performance of a stack microbial fuel cell connected with (PMS) or PMS+LED was analyzed by the voltage generation and organic matter reduction. The maximum power density of the unit cells was found to be $5.82W/m^3$ at $200{\Omega}$. The maximum current density was $47.53A/m^3$ without power overshoot even under $1{\Omega}$. The ohmic resistance ($R_s$) and the charge transfer resistance ($R_{ct}$) of the oxidation electrode using stainless steel skein electrode, were $0.56{\Omega}$ and $0.02{\Omega}$, respectively. However, the sum of internal resistance for reduction electrode using graphite felts loaded Pt/C catalyst was $6.64{\Omega}$. Also, in order to understand the internal resistance, the current interruption method was used by changing the external resistance as $50{\Omega}$, $300{\Omega}$, $5k{\Omega}$. It has been shown that the ohm resistance ($R_s$) decreased with the external resistance. In the case of a series-connected microbial fuel cell, the reversal phenomenon occurred even though two cells having the similar performance. However, the output of the PMS constantly remained for 20 hours even when voltage reversal occurred. Also the removal ability of organic pollutants (SCOD) was not reduced. As a result of this study, it was found that buffering effect for a certain period of time when the voltage reversal occurred during the operation of the microbial fuel cell did not have a serious effect on the energy loss or the operation of the microbial fuel cell.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.254-261
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• 2019

농업용수는 채소류의 식중독세균 오염의 주요 경로 중 하나임에도 불구하고 우리나라에서는 농업용수의 미생물학적 안전성 대한 기초 자료가 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 전라북도에서 2018년 4월, 7월, 10월에 31지점에서 수집한 지표수 시료와 2018년 4월 7월에 20지점에서 수집한 지하수 시료의 위생지표세균 밀도를 조사하였다. 지표수에서는 평균적으로 대장균군이 2.7±0.55 log CFU/100 mL, 분원성대장균군 1.9±0.71 log CFU/100 mL, 대장균 1.4±0.58 log CFU/100 mL로 나타났고, 7월에 가장 높은 밀도를 보였다. 지하수의 경우 평균적으로 대장균군이 1.9±0.58 log CFU/100 mL, 분원성대장균군 1.4±0.37 log CFU/100 mL, 대장균 1.0±0.33 log CFU/100 mL로 나타났고 조사시기 간의 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 총질소량(T-N), 질산성질소(NO₃-N) 등 유기물 함량이 높은 용수에서 E. coli O157:H7의 생존이 연장되는 것으로 나타났다. 물에서의 E. coli O157:H7 감소율은 25℃>35℃>5℃>15℃ 순으로 높게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 전북 지역 농업용수의 미생물학적 오염도와 수질과 온도가 E. coli O157:H7의 생존에 미치는 영향을 보여준다. 이러한 결과는 농업용수의 미생물학적 오염도를 예측하고 미생물 제어 기술 개발의 기초자료로서 활용될 수 있다.