• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.319-324
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• 2005

Estuarine sediments are frequently polluted with hydrocarbons from fuel spills and industrial wastes. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are components of these contaminants that tend to accumulate in the sediment due to their low aqueous solubility, low volatility, and high affinity for particulate matter. The toxic, recalcitrant, mutagenic, and carcinogenic nature of these compounds may require aggressive treatment to remediate polluted sites effectively. In petroleum-contaminated sediments near a petrochemical industry in Gwangyang Bay, Korea, in situ PAH concentrations ranged from 10 to 2,900 ${\mu}g/kg$ dry sediment. To enhance the biodegradation rate of PAHs under anaerobic conditions, sediment samples were amended with biostimulating agents alone or in combination: nitrogen and phosphorus in the form of slow-release fertilizer (SRF), lactate, yeast extract (YE), and Tween 80. When added to the sediment individually, all tested agents enhanced the degradation of PAHs, including naphthalene, acenaphthene, anthracene, fluorene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene, pyrene, chrysene, and benzo [a] pyrene. Moreover, the combination of SRF, Tween 80, and lactate increased the PAH degradation rate 1.2-8.2 times above that of untreated sediment (0.01-10 ${\mu}g$ PAH/ kg dry sediment/day). Our results indicated that in situ contaminant PAHs in anoxic sediment, including high molecular weight PAHs, were degraded biologically and that the addition of stimulators increased the biodegradation potential of the intrinsic microbial populations. Our results will contribute to the development of new strategies for in situ treatment of PAH-contaminated anoxic sediments.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.520-530
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• 2021

Multivariate statistical analysis and an environmental hydrological model were applied for investigating the causes of water pollution and providing best management practices for water quality improvement in urban and agricultural watersheds. Principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA) for water quality time series data show that chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC), suspended solids (SS) and total phosphorus (T-P) are classified as non-point source pollutants that are highly correlated with river discharge. Total nitrogen (T-N), which has no correlation with river discharge and inverse relationship with water temperature, behaves like a point source with slow and consistent release. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) shows intermediate characteristics between point and non-point source pollutants. The results of the PCA and CA for the spatial water quality data indicate that the cluster 1 of the watersheds was characterized as upstream watersheds with good water quality and high proportion of forest. The cluster 3 shows however indicates the most polluted watersheds with substantial discharge of BOD and nutrients from urban sewage, agricultural and industrial activities. The cluster 2 shows intermediate characteristics between the clusters 1 and 3. The results of hydrological simulation program-Fortran (HSPF) model simulation indicated that the seasonal patterns of BOD, T-N and T-P are affected substantially by agricultural and livestock farming activities, untreated wastewater, and environmental flow. The spatial analysis on the model results indicates that the highly-populated watersheds are the prior contributors to the water quality degradation of the river.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.1527-1536
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• 2022

Escherichia coli can use allantoin as its sole nitrogen source under anaerobic conditions. The ureidoglycolate produced by double release of ammonia from allantoin can flow into either the glyoxylate shunt or further catabolic transcarbamoylation. Although the former pathway is well studied, the genes of the latter (catabolic) pathway are not known. In the catabolic pathway, ureidoglycolate is finally converted to carbamoyl phosphate (CP) and oxamate, and then CP is dephosphorylated to carbamate by a catabolic carbamate kinase (CK), whereby ATP is formed. We identified the ybcF gene in a gene cluster containing fdrA-ylbE-ylbF-ybcF that is located downstream of the allDCE-operon. Reverse transcription PCR of total mRNA confirmed that the genes fdrA, ylbE, ylbF, and ybcF are co-transcribed. Deletion of ybcF caused only a slight increase in metabolic flow into the glyoxylate pathway, probably because CP was used to de novo synthesize pyrimidine and arginine. The activity of the catabolic CK was analyzed using purified YbcF protein. The V_max is 1.82 U/mg YbcF for CP and 1.94 U/mg YbcF for ADP, and the K_M value is 0.47 mM for CP and 0.43 mM for ADP. With these results, it was experimentally revealed that the ybcF gene of E. coli encodes catabolic CK, which completes anaerobic allantoin degradation through substrate-level phosphorylation. Therefore, we suggest renaming the ybcF gene as allK.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.6-14
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• 1980

전보에서 수도의 급성위조현상의 발생은 생리적으로 일사량의 부족, 질소과측시용 및 불합리한 재배관리에 의한 극심한 토양환원조건 등이 단독 또는 복합되어 일어나는 생리적 장해로서 유발 가능성을 제시하였다. 본 연구는, 유신과 유신의 교배모본인 IR262와 비교품종으로 통일을 공시하여 근기능과 관계가 있는 산소의 지상부로부터 근부로의 공급능력의 품종간차이와 산소의 포기를 위한 해부학적 구조(Anatomical Structure)로 본 포기조직(Lysigenous aerencyma:Air Space)의 발달의 품종간차이를 조사검토 하여 위조현상의 근원적인 원인(Cause)을 명백히 하고자 실시한 바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 유신의 위조현상의 발생은 품종, 일사량불족, 질소과잉시용, 토양의 환원 등 단독 또는 복합요인에 의해 유발될 수 있다는 Provisional mechanism을 제시할 수 있었다. 2. 유수형성기 또는 출수기에 Paraffin liquid를 회수면상에 피복하여 외기로부터 근부로의 공급되는 산소를 차단한 바, 처리 1주일후에 급격한 위조현상이 유신과 IR262에시 발생하였으나 통일은 건전하였다. 3. 생육시기별로 뿌리를 절제한 뒤 수경액중에서의 신발근력의 품종간차이를 보면 통일은 높은 발근역을 보였으나 ,유신과 IR262는 현저히 떨어졌다. 4. 지상부로부터 간내 통기조직(Lysigenous aerenchyma: Air Space)을 통해 공급된 산소의 근부로부터의 방출량(Oxygen release)은, 통일은 높은 방출량을 보였으나 유신과 IR262는 현저히 낮은 방출량을 보였는데, 이같은 경향은 감수분열기나 출수기에 동일한 품종간차이를 인정할 수 있었다. 5. 외기 및 광합성으로 생성된 산소의 경엽으로부터 근부로 공급되는 통기조직인 각절간의 Air Space 를 검정한 바, 5절간에서는 3품종이 다같이 풍부하게 발달되었으나 그 크기에 있어서는 유신과 IR262가 통일보다 현저히 작았다. 6. 4절간에 형성된 Air Space는 통일은 풍부하게 발달되었으나 유신과 IR262는 거의 발견할 수 없었다. 7. 한편 양수분의 통기조직인, 유관동의 수는 3품종간 차이가 없었으나, 그 크기에 있어서는 Air Space와는 반대로 유신과 IR262가 크고 통일에서 작았다. 8. 위조현상에 저항성이 약한 품종은 산소의 공급능력은 낮은 대신 양분, 특히 질소의 흡수능력은 큰 특성을 지닌 것으로 추정된다. 9. 이상을 종합하면 위조현상의 Susceptible variety는 절간에 형성되는 통기조직의 발달불량으로, 불량한 기상, 토양 및 재배관리하에서는 산소의 공급능력이 약하여 기관조직의 대사능력이 약해지고 근부현상을 일으켜 뿌리조직이 질식되어 일어나는 것으로서, 위조현상의 발생은 해부학적 구조의 유전적 특성(Morphogenesis)이 주원인이며, 그로 인한 생리적 장해가 이차적인 요인으로 생각된다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 1993

질산화작용(窒酸化作用) 억제제(抑制劑) Dicyandiamide(DCD)가 축산폐기물 중 유기질소(有機窒素)의 무기화(無機化) 방출율(放出率)에 미치는 영향을 구명(究明)하고자 생돈분(生豚糞)과 발효돈분(醱酵豚糞)에 DCD를 처리하고 $30^+/-1^{\circ}C$에서 10주간(週間) 항온(恒溫)하면서 매 1주(週) 간격으로 돈분의 pH와 $NH_4-N$, $NO_3-N$을 분석하여 무기태질소(無機態窒素) 농도(濃度)의 경시적(經時的) 방출(放出) 양상(樣相)과 $NO_3-N$ 생성억제(生成抑制) 효과를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 항온기간별(恒溫期間別) 돈분(豚糞)의 pH는 8이상으로 높았으며 DCD를 처리하지 않은 생(生)돈분과 발효돈분(醱酵豚糞)에서 pH는 각각 0.04, 0.06 unit/week로 증가되었다(P<0.05). 항온(恒溫) 1주(週) 만에 생돈분(生豚糞) 중 유기질소(有機窒素)의 20.1%인 2,473ppm이 $NH_4-N$으로 무기화되었으나 발효돈분(醱酵豚糞)에서는 항온 2주(週)까지 $NH_4-N$ 농도가 항온(恒溫) 전(前)과 차이가 없었으며 외형적(外形的)인 무기화작용(無機化作用)은 발견할 수 없었다. 생돈분(生豚糞)에서 항온기간(恒溫期間)이 경과(經過)함에 따른 $NH_4-N$ 농도(濃度) 손실율(損失率)은 DCD 처리시 61.8ppm $NH_4-N$/week, 그리고 DCD 무처리에서는 72.3ppm $NH_4-N$/week로 $NH_4-N$의 형태적 변화가 신속히 진행되었다. DCD 처리(處理)에 따른 $NO_3-N$ 생성억제(生成抑制) 효과는 생돈분에서 통계적(統計的)으로 유의성(有意性)있게 나타났으나($r=0.79^{**}$), 발효돈분(醱酵豚糞)에서는 효과가 인정(認定)되지 않았다. $NH_4-N$ 농도 손실율(損失率)은 생돈분(生豚糞)에서는 1차(次) 회귀(回歸)에 그리고 발효돈분(醱酵豚糞)에서는 2차(次) 회귀(回歸)에 유의성(有意性)있게 따르고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2019

연속 유입식 SBR 공정의 BOD 제거효율은 체류 시간 9 ~ 15 h에서는 92.1 ~ 96.0%에서 체류 시간 6 h에서는 86.9 ~ 90.7%로 감소하였으나, 체류 시간 6 h까지 안정적인 제거효율을 보였다. T-N 제거효율은, 체류시간 12 ~ 15 h에서는 80.1 ~ 87.9%, 체류시간 9 h에서는 71.9 ~ 87.0%, 체류시간 6 h에서는 60.1 ~ 65.7%로 감소되었다. 유기물 및 질소 제거 결과 실험결과 연속 유입식 SBR 반응조의 최적 체류시간은 9 h로 판단된다. 체류시간 9 h에서 반송률(1 ~ 5Q) 변화에 따른 유기물 제거효율 검토 결과, TCODcr의 제거율은 88.4 ~ 96.0%, TBOD 제거효율은 92.1 ~ 98.1%로 조사되어 내부반송률 변화가 유기물 제거에 미치는 영향은 미미한 것으로 조사되었다. 내부반송률 변화에 따른 T-N은 1 ~ 2Q에서 70.3 ~ 80.4%, 3Q는 77.2 ~ 85.6%, 4 ~ 5Q는 61.5 ~ 80.8%로 조사되어, 내부반송률 3Q에서 질소 제거효율이 가장 높게 조사되었다. T-P는 1 ~ 4Q에서 제거효율은 75.0 ~ 84.6%, 5Q에서는 63.3 ~ 72.4%로 감소하였는데, 이러한 이유는 반송률 5Q 이상에서는 미생물에 의한 인(P)의 용출 및 섭취가 원활하게 이루어지지 않기 때문으로 판단된다. 따라서 유기물 및 영양염류 제거를 위한 최적 반송률은 3Q로 조사되었다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.89-91
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• 2000

Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds are highly carcinogenic chemicals and common groundwater contaminants that are observed to persist in soils. The adherence and slow release of PAHs in soil is an obstacle to remediation and complicates the assessment of cleanup standards and risks. Biological degradation of PAHs in soil has been an area of active research because biological treatment may be less costly than conventional pumping technologies or excavation and thermal treatment. Biological degradation also offers the advantage to transform PAHs into non-toxic products such as biomass and carbon dioxide. Ample evidence exists for aerobic biodegradation of PAHs and many bacteria capable of degrading PAHs have been isolated and characterized. However, the microbial degradation of PAHs in sediments is impaired due to the anaerobic conditions that result from the typically high oxygen demand of the organic material present in the soil, the low solubility of oxygen in water, and the slow mass transfer of oxygen from overlying water to the soil environment. For these reasons, anaerobic microbial degradation technologies could help alleviate sediment PAH contamination and offer significant advantages for cost-efficient in-situ treatment. But very little is known about the potential for anaerobic degradation of PAHs in field soils. The objectives of this research were to assess: (1) the potential for biodegradation of PAH in field aged soils under denitrification conditions, (2) to assess the potential for biodegradation of naphthalene in soil microcosms under denitrifying conditions, and (3) to assess for the existence of microorganisms in field sediments capable of degrading naphthalene via denitrification. Two kinds of soils were used in this research: Harbor Point sediment (HPS-2) and Milwaukee Harbor sediment (MHS). Results presented in this seminar indicate possible degradation of PAHs in soil under denitrifying conditions. During the two months of anaerobic degradation, total PAH removal was modest probably due to both the low availability of the PAHs and competition with other more easily degradable sources of carbon in the sediments. For both Harbor Point sediment (HPS-2) and Milwaukee Harbor sediment (MHS), PAH reduction was confined to 3- and 4-ring PAHs. Comparing PAH reductions during two months of aerobic and anaerobic biotreatment of MHS, it was found that extent of PAHreduction for anaerobic treatment was compatible with that for aerobic treatment. Interestingly, removal of PAHs from sediment particle classes (by size and density) followed similar trends for aerobic and anaerobic treatment of MHS. The majority of the PAHs removed during biotreatment came from the clay/silt fraction. In an earlier study it was shown that PAHs associated with the clay/silt fraction in MHS were more available than PAHs associated with coal-derived fraction. Therefore, although total PAH reductions were small, the removal of PAHs from the more easily available sediment fraction (clay/silt) may result in a significant environmental benefit owing to a reduction in total PAH bioavailability. By using naphthalene as a model PAH compound, biodegradation of naphthalene under denitrifying condition was assessed in microcosms containing MHS. Naphthalene spiked into MHS was degraded below detection limit within 20 days with the accompanying reduction of nitrate. With repeated addition of naphthalene and nitrate, naphthalene degradation under nitrate reducing conditions was stable over one month. Nitrite, one of the intermediates of denitrification was detected during the incubation. Also the denitrification activity of the enrichment culture from MHS slurries was verified by monitoring the production of nitrogen gas in solid fluorescence denitrification medium. Microorganisms capable of degrading naphthalene via denitrification were isolated from this enrichment culture.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2011

본 실험은 비료 공급원으로서 1) 대조구(NF), 2) 상업용 유기질 비료($10N-2P_2O_5-8K_2O$, Nature Safe$^{(R)}$)(CF), 3) 계분 비료(PL)를 포함하였고, 멀칭 공급원으로는 4) 나무껍질 멀칭(WC), 5) 재활용 종이 멀칭(SP), 6) 식물성 퇴비 멀칭(GC), 7) 초생멀칭(GR)을 포함하였다. 유기질 비료와 멀칭의 양은 매해 유기농 사과나무 포장에 시비하였던 (50 g 질소/한 나무, 10 cm 멀칭시용/한 나무) 질소량과 체적에 각각 비례해서 각 포트에 시비하였다. CF, PL, 그리고 GR 급원은 미생물이 유기태 질소를 무기화(N-mineralization) 하는데 이상적인 탄소:질소(30:1이하)비를 보였는데, 처리 후 90일 째 되던 날에 토양중 무기태 질소 농도를 증가시켰다. CF, PL, 그리고 GR 처리된 유묘는 가장 넓은 총 엽면적과 두꺼운 직경, 그리고 큰 수고 및 건물중을 나타내어서 식물생장을 증가시키기 위한 가장 유용한 자재로 평가되었다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.172-172
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• 2011

Anaerobic digestion(AD) has successfully been used for many applications that have conclusively demonstrated its ability to recycle biogenic wastes. AD has been successfully applied in industrial waste water treatment, stabilsation of sewage sludge, landfill management and recycling of biowaste and agricultural wastes as manure, energy crops. During AD, i.e. organic materials are decomposed by anaerobic forming bacteria and fina1ly converted to excellent fertilizer and biogas which is primarily composed of methane(CH4) and carbon dioxide(CO2) with smaller amounts of hydrogen sulfide(H2S) and ammonia(NH3), trace gases such as hydrogen(H2), nitrogen(N2), carbon monoxide(CO), oxygen(O2) and contain dust particles and siloxanes. The production and utilisation of biogas has several environmental advantages such as i)a renewable energy source, ii)reduction the release of methane to the atomsphere, iii)use as a substitute for fossil fuels. In utilisation of biogas, most of biogas produced from small scale plant e.g. farm-scale AD plant are used to provide as energy source for cooking and lighting, in most of the industrialised countries for energy recovery, environmental and safety reasons are used in combined heat and power(CHP) engines or as a supplement to natural. In particular, biogas to use as vehicle fuel or for grid injection there different biogas treatment steps are necessary, it is important to have a high energy content in biogas with biogas purification and upgrading. The energy content of biogas is in direct proportion to the methane content and by removing trace gases and carbon dioxide in the purification and upgrading process the energy content of biogas in increased. The process of purification and upgrading biogas generates new possibilities for its use since it can then replace natural gas, which is used extensively in many countries, However, those technologies add to the costs of biogas production. It is important to have an optimized purification and upgrading process in terms of low energy consumption and high efficiency giving high methane content in the upgraded gas. A number of technologies for purification and upgrading of biogas have been developed to use as a vehicle fuel or grid injection during the passed twenty years, and several technologies exist today and they are continually being improved. The biomethane which is produced from the purification and the upgrading process of biogas has gained increased attention due to rising oil and natural gas prices and increasing targets for renewable fuel quotes in many countries. New plants are continually being built and the number of biomethane plants was around 100 in 2009.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2018

산업이 급속하게 발전함에 따라 자연 대기에서 악취를 유발하는 매우 적은 양의 황화수소가 존재합니다. 매립 및 하폐수처리장에서 나오는 황화수소 성분은 대기에 존재하므로 많은 민원이 발생됩니다. 민원이 발생하는 악취가스를 측정하기 위해 $10{\mu}mol/mol$ 농도 수준의 황화수소 인증표준물질(Certified reference material)을 개발하고자 하였다. 질소 안에 $10{\mu}mol/mol$ 수준의 황화수소 가스 제조는 ISO 6142에 의한 중량법을 사용하였다. 4 개의 알루미늄 실린더에 가스 CRM을 제조하고 GC-AED로 그 농도를 확인했습니다. 제조의 불확도는 0.50 % 미만이었고, 제조일치성은 0.22 %이었다. 실린더의 내부 흡착은 1500 psi에서 0.10 %이었고 1 년 동안 장기간 안정한 것으로 평가되었다. 이 황화수소 CRM의 제조 일치성, 실린더의 흡착 및 장기 안정성에 대한 상대 확장불확도는 1.05 %(신뢰도 95 %, k = 2) 이내로 개발되었다.