• Advances in environmental research
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.109-121
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• 2020

Phenol is frequently present as the hazardous pollutant in petrochemical and pesticide industry wastewater. Because of its high toxicity and carcinogenic potential, a proper treatment is needed to reduce the hazards of phenol carrying effluent before being discharged into the environment. Phenol biodegradation with microbial consortium offers a very promising approach now a day's. This study focused on the formulation of phenol degrading bacterial consortium with three bacterial isolates. The bacterial strains Bacillus cereus strain VCRC B540, Bacillus cereus strain BRL02-43 and Oxalobacteraceae strain CC11D were isolated from detergent contaminated soil by soil enrichment technique and was identified by 16s rDNA sequence analysis. Individual cultures were degrade 100 μl phenol in 72 hrs. The formulated bacterial consortium was very effective in degrading 250 μl of phenol at a pH 7 with in 48 hrs. The study further focused on the analysis of the products of biodegradation with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT/IR) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS). The analysis showed the complete degradation of phenol and the production of Benzene di-carboxylic acid mono (2-ethylhexyl) ester and Ethane 1,2- Diethoxy- as metabolic intermediates. Biodegradation with the aid of microorganisms is a potential approach in terms of cost-effectiveness and elimination of secondary pollutions. The present study established the efficiency of bacterial consortium to degrade phenol. Optimization of biodegradation conditions and construction of a bioreactor can be further exploited for large scale industrial applications.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.601-607
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• 1994

This study was carried out to investigate the potential of phenol to induce embryotoxicity in the Sprague-Dawley rat. Seventy mated rats were distributed among three treated troups, a vehicle control group and a negative control group. Phenol was at dose levels of 20, 60 and 180mg/kg/day adminsistered by gavage to pregnant rats three times per day from days 7 to 12 of gestation. All dams were subjected to the caesarean section on day 20 of gestation. At 120mg/kg, dams exhibited decreased locomotivity. In addition, both weight reduction and retarded ossification of fetuses were observed. There were no signs of maternal toxicity or embryotoxicity at 20 and 60mg/kg. The results show that phenol induces fetal growth retardation at maternally subtoxic dose in rats.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.541-546
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• 2012

The biodegradation of phenol in laboratory-contaminated soil was investigated using the Gram-positive soil bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum. This study showed that the phenol degradation caused by C. glutamicum was greatly enhanced by the addition of 1% yeast extract. From the toxicity test using Daphnia magna, the soil did not exhibit any hazardous effects after the phenol was removed using C. glutamicum. Additionally, the treatment of the phenol-contaminated soils with C. glutamicum increased various soil amino acid compositions, such as glycine, threonine, isoleucine, alanine, valine, leucine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine. This phenomenon induced an increase in the seed germination rate and the root elongation of Avena sativa (oat). This probably reflects that increased soil amino acid composition due to C. glutamicum treatment strengthens the plant roots. Therefore, the phenol-contaminated soil was effectively converted through increased soil amino acid composition, and additionally, the phenol in the soil environment was biodegraded by C. glutamicum.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.87-97
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• 1995

연안 천해에 서식하는 근저성 (epibenthic) 동물플랭크톤의 일종인 곤쟁이, A. kokuboi를 수온 $25^{\circ}C$와 염분 16, 24 및 $32\%o$에서 Artemia sp. 부화유생을 먹이로 공급하면서 성체와 치하에 대한 페놀의 급성 및 만성독성 영향을 조사하였다. 전 실험구에서 시간경과별 반수치사농도는 성체의 경우 31.31-l.49ppm 페놀도 범위였으며, 치하에서는 6.90-0.26ppm범위였다. 페놀에 의한 폐사율은 염분이 낮을수록 증가하였다. 성체에 대한 페놀의 96hr-반수치사농도는 염분 16, 24 및 $32\%o$에서 각각 1.49, 2.71 및 4.53ppm였으며 치하에서는 동일 염분에서 각각 026, 0.56 및 0.71ppm였다. 치하에 대한 성체의 96시간-반수치사농도의 비는 염분 16, 24 및 $32\%o$에서 각각 5.73, 4.84 및 6.38로서 성체에 비해 치하가 훨씬 더 민감했다. 성체와 치하의 반수치사시간 $(LT_50)$을 비교하면, 성체는 페놀실험농도 1.7-12.7ppm 범위에서 반수치사시간은 384.7-29.0 시간의 범위를 나타내었으며, 치하의 경우 페놀실험농도 0.5-6.0ppm 범위에서 반수치사시간은 132.2-18.7 시간의 범위였다. 성체와 치하에서 가장 낮은 반수치사시간값은 페놀의 실험최고농도와 최저실험염분의 조합구에서 나타났으며, 성체보다 치하가 훨씬 낮은 값을 보였다. A kokuboi 성체에 대해 아치사영향농도와 그 반농도에서 행한 장기생존영향을 보면, 염분 $32\%o$에 폭로된 개체들이 16 또는 $24\%o$ 염분구에 폭로된 개체들보다 높은 생존율을 나타내었다. 성체의 산소소비율은 페놀의 농도가 증가하고 폭로시간이 경과할수록 현저히 감소하였으며, 동일한 페놀 농도에서도 염분이 낮을수록 현저히 감소하였다. 결론적으로 곤쟁이, A kokuboi는 페놀독성에 대해 매우 민감한 생리적 반응을 보였다. 따라서 생물검정을 위한 지표생물로서의 가능성이 기대된다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제39권4호통권118호
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• pp.445-449
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• 2006

Phenolic compounds are manufacturing by-products commonly found in industrial wastewater. The toxicity of high level phenolic compounds in wastewater threatens not only the aquatic organisms, but also many components of the adjacent ecosystem. One of the major light harvesting pigments in cyanobacteria is phycocyanin which can be rapidly and specifically degraded by external stimuli such as nutritional depletion or environmental stress. We employed the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 as an indicator organism in estimating the pollution level by phenolic compounds. The phycocyanin content of the cyanobacterium decreased without significantly altering the total chlorophyll as the phenol concentration in a medium increased. We examined the phenol contamination level using the correlation of the phycocyanin content and the phenol concentration. Our results indicated that no significant pollution by phenolic compounds was found in several waterbodies in the vicinity of Daegu, South Korea.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 1994

With the rapid industrialization, an ever-increasing quantity and kind of new organic compounds pose environmental problems due to their toxicity and physiological effect. However, research on the biodegradation of these compounds under anaerobic condition is very limited inspite of its efficiency and economical advantage. In this research, the pH effect on the ring cleavage of phenol under anaerobic condition was investigated, and the theory of phase separation was applied to the degradation of phenol for investigating the role of acidogenic bacteria. Results, obtained from biochemical methane potential(BMP) assay for 15.5 days of incubation, showed that acidic condition was more desirable for phenol degradation than alkaline condition. By both unacclimated methanogenic granular sludge and two mixed cultures, phenol was completely removed within six weeks of incubation with a gas conversion rate of over 86% of theoretical one. However, phenol was not degraded by unacclimated acidogenic culture, and thus it is considered as a syntrophic substrate. In case of phase separated biochemical methane potential(PSBMP) assay, in which acidogenic and methanogenic culture were seeded separately and consecutively, those that had been subjected to normal acidogens for 3 to 4 weeks showed higher gas production than those seeded with sterile or frozen culture.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2019

This study presents a technical perspective to the fate characteristics of phenol and m-cresol, which represent some of the most common organic chemicals found in chemical spill accidents, and likely to persist in soil and groundwater due to their highly stable physicochemical properties. Some cases of domestic and foreign chemical accidents linked to phenol and m-cresol contamination were compiled. Due to their low organic carbon-water partitioning coefficient (Koc), phenol and m-cresol tend to migrate into groundwater and remained as dissolved phase. On the other hands, phenol and m-cresol can be readily decomposed by microbes in soil and groundwater under appropriate conditions. Therefore, the fate characteristics of these chemicals are highly contingent on environmental conditions. Thus, if a great quantity of leakage is occurred by chemical accidents, the up-to-date and correct information about fate characteristics taking into account both the chemical and environmental conditions is greatly needed to minimized the potential hazards from these chemicals.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2003

Aromatic compounds are of major concern among environmental pollutants due to their toxicity and persistence. To monitor aromatic compounds in a real time with a better sensitivity, a new method of SPR (surface plasmon resonance) based on DNA chip (Biacore 3000) was developed here. It is thought that CapR regulatory protein as a complex with phenol, could bind to their corresponding promoter, Po. Biotinylated DNA oligomers for the promoter was synthesized by PCR and coupled onto streptoavidin-linked CM5-chip. CapR regulatory proteins were purified after cloning their genes in pET21a (+) vector and expressing proteins. The interaction was assessed by the system where the regulatory proteins flowed with or without phenol through the cells of DNA chip. CapR regulatory protein even in the presence of phenol had no response to its promoter, Po, suggesting that other factor(s) might be required for the activation of Po promoter. The present work reveals a promising possibility of the SPR-based DNA chip in monitoring specific environmental pollutants in a real time.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.59-62
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• 1999

The recombinant bacteria strain DPD2540, containing a fabA::luxCDABE fusion, was used to detect the toxicity of various chemicals in this study. Membrane damaging agents such as phenol, ethanol, and cerulenin induced a rapid bioluminescent response from this strain. Other toxic agents, such as DNA-damaging or oxidative-damaging chemicals, showed a delayed bioluminescent response in which the maximum peak appeared over 150 min after induction. This strain was also tested for measurement of toxicity in field samples such as wastewater and river water effluents.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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• pp.715-718
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• 2000

본 실험을 통하여 각 채널에서의 독성 농도에 따른 다양한 발광 패턴을 확보 할 수 있었으며 이를 바탕으로 본 시스템의 실제 현장 적용 시 나타나는 발광 패턴과 비교하여 독성을 분석하고 정성, 정량화 하는데 지표로 사용될 수 있다.