• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.882-885
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• 2001

The cells of Lactobacillus plantarum MY4 isolated from the human feces were treated for 24 h in artificial bile after incubation for 2 h in artificial gastric juice and final number of the strain was reached to around $3.1{\times}10^8$ CFU/ml. In test of API ZYM kit, ${\beta}$-glucuronidase or ${\beta}$-glucosidase were not produced by L. plantarum MY4. However, ${\beta}$-galactosidase were weakly produced by it, which they would be alleviated the lactose intolerance. L. plantarum MY4 were resistant to antibiotics such as nisin, tetracycline, streptomycin, rifamycin, doxycycline, roxithromycin, chloramphenicol, nystatin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin and gentamycin. L. plantarum MY4 was affected by alcohol concentration up to 8%, but more than 16%, their growth was not affected significantly. L. plantarum MY4 was shown to inhibit the growth of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19111 completely within 24 h of incubation, which indicates its bactericidal nature. Thus, L plantarum MY4 show promise as a probiotic strain because of its characteristics.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.211-214
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• 2008

This report describes a case of severe and prolonged dermatophytosis in a hedgehog that was diagnosed by PCR-RFLP, a rapid and usefulness technique for identification of many causative agents and hereditary characters. A 5-month-old female hedgehog was presented with grade 2 facial pruritus, scaling, encrustation and hemorrhage. Cytology of exudates on the face showed a suspected fungal infection. A culture and tape imprint test of the cultured colony showed many hyphae and microcornidia, suspected to belong to the Trichophyton species. In the PCR-RFLP with MvaI and Hinf I, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei was finally identified as a causative agent. The patient completely recovered after application of nystatin cream for 17 days.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.282-285
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• 2004

The polyene antibiotics including nystatin, pimaricin, amphotericin and candicidin are a family of most promising antifungal polyketide compounds, typically produced by rare actinomycetes species. The biosynthetic gene clusters for these polyenes have been previously investigated, revealing the presence of highly homologous biosynthetic genes among polyene-producers such as polyketide synthase (PKS) and cytochrome P450 hydroxylase (CYP) genes. Based on amino acid sequence alignment among actinomycetes CYP genes, the highly-conserved regions specific for only polyene CYP genes were identified and chosen for degenerate PCR primers, followed by the PCR-screening with various actinomycetes genomic DNAs. Among tested several polyene non-producing actinomycetes strains, Pseudonorcardia autotrophica strain was selected based on the presence of PCR product with polyene-specific CYP gene primers, and then confirmed to contain a cryptic novel polyene hydroxylase gene in the chromosome. These results suggest that the polyene-specific hydroxylase gene PCR should be an efficient way of screening and isolating potentially-valuable cryptic polyene antibiotic biosynthetic genes from various microorganisms including rare actinomycetes.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.39-43
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• 1980

This experiment was undertaken to determine the causative agent of bovine mastitis induced by yeast-like fungi and to know its therapeutic effect. California mastitis test, somatic cell counting and pH titration as well as cultural examination were performed continuously for the quarter milk and the feces obtained from the diseased cattle from November, 1979 to February, 1980. As a result, the causative agent was identified as Candida krusei and intramammary infusion of Nystatin was effective in the udder. Candida krusei was isolated from the feces.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1988

It has been reported that the pulmonary mycosis generally results from saprophytic colonization of pre-existing lung cavities usually due to pulmonary tuberculosis etc. Culture of homogenized tissues yield pure colony of slightly brown on the Sabouraud dextrose medium. The fungus was identified as the Scophulariopsis brevieaulis which had been rarely reported in pulmonary fungal infection. Histopathological examination of excised tissues revealed a chronic granulomatous inflammation and many branched hyphal mass. Susceptibility tests were tested with ketoconazole, griseofulvin, nystatin, and amphotericin B. Of these antifungal agents, ketoconazole and griseofulvin proved to be most effective and minimum inhibitory concentration was $10{\mu}g/ml,\;50 {\mu}g/ml$, respectively.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.140-145
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• 1993

Yeast strains were isolated from healthy women(36 isolates), infertile women(15 isolates) and women suffering from local morbidity(82 isolates). On the basis of 37 different physiological and morphological characteristics, the isolated 133 yeast strains were assigned to 10 species belonging to 5 genera. Four pathogenic species were identified. They were Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis and Trichosporon beigelii. Candida albicans was the dominant species, whereas Saccharomyces cerevisiae prevailed among the saprophytic species. The percentage occurrence as well as the pattern of yeast species differed in the diagnostic groups. It was higher in the women suffering from local morbidity than in the healthy and infertile women. Moreover, a wider spectrum of species was isolated from this group. Women with intrauterine contraceptive devices showed the highest percentage of yeast occurrence which reached 50% of those tested. Five different antifungal agents were tested fro their effects on the growth of the isolated yeast species in vitro. Nystatin was the most effective against the isolated yeast species, followed by pyrithion zink and ciclopiroxolamine, whereas micronazole and clotrimazole, showed a lesser effect.

• Mycobiology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.70-73
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• 2008

The antibacterial and antifungal activities of three schiff bases were evaluated against some pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Parallel experiments were also carried out with standard drugs (Kanamycin for bacteria and Nystatin for fungi). Two compounds [N-(1-phenyl-2-hydroxy-2phenylethylidine)-2',4' dinitrophenyl hydrazine, abbreviated as PDH and N-(2-hydroxy benzylidine)-2'-hydroxy imine, abbreviated as HHP] showed significant antimicrobial activities. The rest one [N-(l-phenyl 2-hydroxy-2 phenyl ethylidine) 2'-hydroxy phenyl imine, abbreviated as PHP] showed moderate activity. All these three compounds were found to possess pronounced cytotoxic effect. These compounds can be considered as potent antimicrobial agents.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.17-29
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• 2003

목적:천수근은 염증성 관절염과 염증성 장 질환 등에 사용되어왔다. 천수근이 중심회백질 신경세포에서 하행성 진통작용에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 방법: 중심회백질 신경세포를 분리하여 전위고정하에서 nystatin-perforated patch-clamp technique을 시행하였다. 결과: 천수근에 의하여 유발되는 이온전류는 GABA, glycine, 그리고 glutamate 수용체를 모두 활성화시켰다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.733-739
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• 2015

미세조류는 천연재생자원으로서 단순히 빛, 이산화탄소, 인 및 질소만이 존재하는 환경에서도 빠른 속도로 자라며 동시에 다양한 기본 화학물질(예를 들면 제약 및 식품산업에서 높은 부가가치를 창출 할 수 있는 비타민, 지방산, 카로티노이드 등)들을 생산한다. 본 연구에서는 생리활성물질을 생산하는 미세조류의 무균순수분리방법의 개발 및 미세조류 배양에 필요한 균체 생육도 측정법을 확립하고자 하였다. 미세조류에서 유용성분 추출을 위하여 항생제 혼합물 [ampicillin (100 ${\mu}g/ml$), streptomycin (10 ${\mu}g/ml$), chloramphenicol (10 ${\mu}g/ml$), penicillin (10 ${\mu}g/ml$), neomycin (50 ${\mu}g/ml$), gentamycin (50 ${\mu}g/ml$), kanamycin (10 ${\mu}g/ml$), nystatin (1.5 ${\mu}g/ml$)]을 이용한 결과 1-3%의 혼합 항생제의 농도범위에서 최적의 결과를 얻었으며 분광광도법을 이용한 균체생육도 측정법 또한 확립하였다. Haematococus lacustris 미세조류를 배양하여 astaxanthin을 추출하였으며, H. lacustris 배양액 1 ml로부터 얻은 astaxanthin의 농도는 $1.9{\times}10^{-3}{\mu}g/l$이었다. 따라서 개발된 무균 순수분리법을 이용하여 미세조류로부터 양질의 astaxanthin 및 유용성분들을 얻을 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.167-172
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• 1997

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mutant CH117, shows a drug-hypersensitivity (dhs) to cycloheximide, bleomycin, actinomycin D, 5-fluorouracil. nystatin, nigericin and several other antibiotics. CH 117 was also temperature-sensitive (ts). being unable to grow at $37^{\circ}C$ and secreted more invertase and acid phosphatase into the medium than the parent yeast. CH117 grows very slowly and the cell shape is somewhat larger and more sensitive to zymolyase than the wild type cells. Light microscopic and electron microscopic observation also revealed abnormality of the mutant cell wall. These characteristics indicate that CH117 has a defect in an essential component of the cell surface and that the cell wall which performs barrier functions has become leaky in the mutant. We screened a genomic library of wild type yeast for clones that can complement the mutation of CH117. A plasmid, pCHX1, with an insert of 3.6 kilobases (kbs) could complement the dhs and ts of CH117. Deletion and subcloning of the 3.6 kb insert showed that a gene for the complementation of mutant phenotypes was located in 1.9 kbs Puvll-Hindlll fragment.