• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
• /
• 제27권4호
• /
• pp.278-285
• /
• 1999

In order to use heat shock promoter for the detection of toxic substances, dnaK promoter was amplified from E. coli genomic DNA by using a polymerase chain reaction(PCR) followed by sequencing and sub-cloning into the multi-cloning site of the plasmid, pUCD615. The pUCD615 is a broad-host-range vector containing promoterless lux operon originated from V.fischeri. The recombinant plasmid was transfered to E. coli DH5$\alpha$ through electroporation. The recombinant E. coli showed several patterns of bioluminescent responses to ethanol stress. The bioluminescent E. coli also showed responses to other toxic substances including FeK3(CN)6, CdCl2, p-nitrophenol and HgCl2. The increases of RLU(Relative Light Unit) were observed at 100ppm of FeK3(CN)6, 10ppm and 100ppm and 100ppm of CdCl2, 1ppm of 10ppm of p-nitrophenol and at 1ppm of HgCl2.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제16권7호
• /
• pp.1125-1131
• /
• 2006

A kan'::luxCDABE fusion strain that was both highly bioluminescent and responsive to benzoic acid was constructed by transforming E. coli strain W3110 with the plasmid pUCDK, which was constructed by digesting and removing the 7-kb KpnI fragment from the promoterless luxCDABE plasmid pUCD615. Experiments using buffered media showed that this induction was dependent on the pH of the media, which influences the degree of benzoic acid protonation, and the expression levels seen are likely due to acidification of the cytoplasm by uncoupling of benzoic acid. Consequently, the sensitivity of this strain for benzoic acid was increased by nearly 20-fold when the pH was shifted from 8.0 to 6.5. Benzoic acid derivatives and several phenolics also resulted in significantly increased bioluminescent signals. Although these compounds are known to damage membranes and induce the heat-shock response within E. coli, bacterial strains harboring mutations in the fadR and rpoH genes, which are responsible for fatty acid biosynthesis during membrane stress and induction of the heat-shock response, respectively, showed that these mutations had no effect on the responses observed.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
• /
• 제11권5호
• /
• pp.43-50
• /
• 2006

Bioreporter 균주는 복잡한 환경매체의 특정 오염원 탐지를 위해 유용하게 사용되고 있다. 특히 발광 유전자 재조합 균주는 민감하고 배경에 의한 영향을 받지 않는 장점이 있다. 사용한 유전자 재조합 균주(Pseudomonas putida mt-2 KG1206)는 TOL 플라즈미드와 pUCD615 벡터에 $P_{m}\;promoter$가 삽입된 재조합 플라즈미드를 함유하고 있으며, 톨루엔 계열 및 중요 분해산물에 대해 분해와 함께 발광을 생산하는 특성을 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는 균주 동결 및 동결건조 준비 및 적용과정에 필요한 다양한 조건들을 조사하여, 향후 환경매체에 적용하기 위한 최적 방법에 대한 프로토콜을 작성하였다. 조사한 최적 조건들은 다음과 같다. 동결보호시약(24% sucrose), 동결건조 시간(12시간), 균주 농도($OD_{600}=0.6$), 동결균주 활성회복($35^{\circ}C$에서 빠르게 해동), 동결건조 균주 활성회복(LB배지에 $3{\sim}6$시간 노출), 현장 운반 조건(활성 회복 후 $20^{\circ}C$ 정도의 실온). 본 연구 결과는 재조합 균주 환경 적용을 위해 필요한 균주 동결 및 동결 건조에 대한 중요한 자료들을 제시하고 있다.