• 미생물학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.181-187
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• 1988

Using a Tn5-Mob system, pEA9 was characterized as a self-transmissible plasmid carrying a kanamycin resistance marker. The self-transfer frequencies of pEA9 varied greatly depending on pH values. The transfer frequency was about $4\times 10^{-5}$ at pH 5, that was 10 times higher than one at pH 6.5. With a helper plasmid, transfer frequencies were increased about $10^{4}$ times than the frequencies obtained without it.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.51-55
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• 1989

TOL 플라스미드와 NAH 플라스미드는 n-알칸을 자화하는 P. putida KCTC 2405에 접합에 의해 각각의 이동은 가능하나 두 플라스미드는 불화합성에 기인하여 본 균주내에 공존할 수 없었다. TOL plasmid에서 불화합성 체계는 남겨두고 tol 유전자만 이 CAM plasmid내로 transposition 되어 형성된 CAM::TOL* 플라스미드는 NAH 플라스미드와 P. putida KCTC 2405에서 공존할 수 있어 m-toluate, naphthalene, camphor 및 n-alkane(C8-C24)를 분해할 수 있는 P. putida 3SK 균주를 육종하였다. CAM::TOL* 플라스미드는 선택성 배지에서 안정하였으나 비선택성 배지에서는 불안정하였다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.303-313
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• 1989

To investigate the epidemiological trait of intestinal diseases of animals caused by thermophilic Campyllobacter spp., isolation of etiological agent was carried out and the profiles of plasmids and the transfer of resistance plasmid in the isolated Campylobacter spp. were examined. The results were as follows. 1. A total of 110 isolates of C jejuni and C coli were subjected to the test for the presence of plasmid DNA. Of the isolates examined, 60% of the isolates were noted to harbor plasmid DNA. Plasmid occurrencer ate from pigs, chickens and cattle were 76.2%, 61.7% and 37.7%, respectively. The plasmids of a large molecular weight, ranging from 36 Md to 86Md, were identified with the strains of tetracycline resistant. 2. Transfer frequency of tetracycline resistant plasmids was higher in the case of the filter mating method than in the broth mating method by the factor of 10~1,000. 3. Tetracycline resistant plasmids of C jejuni were transferrable to C jejuni and C coli by conjugation. In a low frequency, the transfer of tetracycline plasmid was also possible to Vibrio parahemolyticus. However, it was impossible to transfer to Streptococcus fecalis, E coli and Vibrio cholerae. 4. Tetracycline resistant plasmids of C jejuni were impossible to transfer to Campylobacter spp. and related bacteria by transformation.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.286-291
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• 1993

수계환경에서 세균의 접합에 의해 나타난 conjugant 에서 plasmid 의 재배열과 $Km^{r}$ 유전자의 행방을 조사하기 위하여 자연계 분리균주와 유전공학적 변형균주(GMM)의 $Km^{r}$ 유전자의 전이빈도를 조사하는 동시에 3.9 kb 의 $Km^{r}$ 유전자를 DNA probe 로 사용하여 Southern analysis 를 실시하였다. $Km^{r}$ 유전자의 전이빈도는 실험실 환경에서 GMM 균주가 자연계균주(DK1) 보다 100배 더 높게 나타났으나, 무심천에서는 균주에 따라 차이가 없었다. 실험실환경에서 DK1 균주를 donor 로 하여 LB 나 FW 에서 얻은 conjugant 들은 모두 같은 수의 plasmid 를 가지고 있었으나 크기는 다르게 재배열하였다으며, $Km^{r}$ 유전자는 donor 의 R plasmid 인 pDK101 과 비슷한 위치에서 발견되었다. GMM 균주가 donor 일 때에는 180 kb 의 plasmid 가 새로 나타났으며, 특히 FW 수질에서 donor 가 DKC600 일 때는 $Km^{r}$ 유전자가 염색체에 삽입되어 있었다. 무심천의 자연계 수질환경에서는 DK1 이나 DKB701 이 donor 일 때 4개 및 8개의 plasmid 가 새로 나타났으며, $Km^{r}$ 유전자는 재배열된 4개의 plasmid 와 염색체에서 발견되었다. DKC600 이 donor 일 때는 recipient 의 작은 plasmid 가 모두 소실되었으나, $Km^{r}$ 유전자는 새로 나타난 plasmid 와 염색체에서 발견되었다. 그러므로 자연환경에서의 수질에서는 plasmid 의 재배열이 더 다양했으며, $Km^{r}$ 유전자도 다양한 크기로 재배열된 plasmid 에서 발견되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1711-1715
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• 2017

In this study, we characterized the $bla_{NDM-5}$-bearing plasmid in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate that had lost the plasmid during serial passage. We determined the complete sequences of the plasmid pCC1410-2, which was extracted from a K. pneumoniae ST709 isolate collected at a Korean hospital from which two NDM-5-producing K. pneumoniae isolates were subsequently isolated. As a result, the pCC1410-2 plasmid had a backbone structure that was similar to those of two plasmids previously reported from the same hospital, but lacked some antibiotic resistance genes ($bla_{TEM-1}$, rmtB, mphR(A), mrx(A), and mph(A)). A 9-bp repeating unit encoding three amino acids (Gln-Gln-Pro) was inserted in TraD in pCC1410-2. Thus, the pCC1410-2 plasmid might be transferred from the previously identified carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae, but some delections and inversions might have occurred during the process. We compared the transfer frequency and stability of the plasmids. The relative frequency of conjugative transfer and stability in the host were significantly lower in pCC1410-2 than in previously reported $bla_{NDM-5}$-bearing plasmids in Korea. A low transfer frequency and instability in the host may cause underestimation of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the clinical setting and in surveillance studies.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.911-916
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• 2012

Recently, antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in the environment are emerging as pollutants, since these genetic contaminants can eventually be transferred to human pathogens. The aim of this study was to develop the experimental model of antibiotic resistant gene (ARG) plasmid transfer as a function of various environmental conditions. For this purpose, the multi drug resistant plasmid pB10, which is known to be originally isolated from a wastewater treatment plant, was selected as a model transfer plasmid and Escherichia coli $DH5{\alpha}$ containing pB10 was used as a model donor. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen, was selected as the recipient for the conjugation experiment. When the donor and recipient were exposed to various stressors including antibiotics and heavy metal as a function of the concentrations (10, 100 and, 1000 ppb), statistically increased plasmid transfer rate was observed at a concentration of 10 ppb of tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole compared to control (no antibiotic exposure). Accordingly, the developed experimental ARG model by various stressor is a promising tool for evaluating the dissemination of ARGs by micro-contaminants in aquatic environment.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.95-99
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• 1987

When tetracycline resistancy were cured by ethidium bromide treatment, some of the cured strains lost the tetracycline resistance plasmid while other strains kept the plasmids. Both strains of lost and remained plasmids were digested with restriction endonuclease Hind III and these cleaved plasmids were compared with that of parent strains, two plasmid remained strains showed same cleavage patterns between parent and cured strains, however, one plasmid lost strain showed dissimilarity with parent strain, but in the other one strain, among 4 plasmid lost colonies, 2 showed same but other 2 showed different patterns compared to parent strain. Tetracycline was transfered by conjugation in on set(Staphylococcus aureus donor versus Staphylococcus epidermidis, recipient) with relative high frequency but the other 2 sets showed a low degree of frequency and the other 2 sets exhibited no transfer.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.418-423
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• 1998

Cellular transfections with cationic liposomes are widely empolyed for gene and oligonucleotide transfer in vitro because of their safety and ease of use. However, they still suffer from the low transfection efficiency comparing with viral vectors. Substantial effort shave been focused on increasing transfection efficiency by supplementing the liposome/DNA complexes(lipoplex) with various components. In this work, we tired three kinds of supplements, Poly-L-lysine(PLL), transferrin and a mixture of anionic lipids(PS/PE/PC), to study their effects on gene transfer yield and gene expression efficiency. PLL, a polycationic polymer, enhanced gene transfer yield by 3 times but the gene expression efficiency was increased only by 1.5 times. this result implies that PLL can enhance the transfection efficiency mainly by increasing the rate of outermembrane transport of lipoplex into the cells. On the other hand, transferrin which can facilitate the gene transfer via ligand-receptor interaction gave not only increased gene transfer yield but also enhanced gen expression efficiency by 2.8 times. Transferrin seems to contribute to the escape of plasmid from endosomes through ligand-receptor recycle mechanism. When the cells were treated with a mixture of anionic lipids for 3 hours before the transfection, gene transfer yield was slightly decreased but the gene expression efficiency was enhanced by 1.9 times. This is presumably due to the accelerated liposome-plasmid dissociation by the anionic lipids, and the increased delivery of plasmid to the nucleus. According to these results, it is clear that the supplementation to ameliorate transfection efficiency with cationic liposomes should be contrived in the direction of increasing delivery of plasmid.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.317-321
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• 1990

본 연구는 유산균발효유 제조에 많이 사용되는 Lactobacillus casei YIT 9018에 광범위 숙주영역을 갖고 있는 Streptococcus faecalis DS5 의 plasmid pAM $\beta_1$ DNA를 이용하여 전이, 도입하고자 유당발효능결손변이주를 이용하여 원형질체융합, 접합, 형질전환을 검토하였던 바 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다. L.casei와 S.faecalis 균주의 conjugation 은 membrane filter mating(Milipore, 0.45$\mu \textrm m$, front side)의 경우 $6.9\times 10^7$으로 가장 높은 전이율을 나타냈으며 protoplast fusion이나 transformation에 의해서는 fusant나 transformant를 선별할 수 없었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 1993

오랜 세월 동안 저온환경으로 유지된 남극생태계에서 원유분해능을 나타내는 저온성 세균을 24균주 분리하여 그 중 분해능이 우수한 균주를 선발하였고, 그 중 활성이 가장 높은 A1-1을 선발하여 동정한 결과 Acinetobacter calcoaceticus로 밝혀졌다. A.calcoaceticus A1-1에는 분자량 약 110Md인 plasmid 하나만이 확인됐으며 mitomycin에 의한 plasmid curing은 transfer를 계속할수록 또는 온도를 상승시킬수록 curing의 빈도가 높았다. plasmid가 제거된 균주의 탄화수소 분해능 실험결과 저온성 세균 A. calcoaceticus A1-1의 alkane 화합물 이용능력은 plasmid에 유전정보가 있음을 시사했다. 또한 본 균주의 plasmid 안정성은 세 번째 transfer 후에도 90%정도의 안정성을 보여주었고 항생제 중 ampicillin에 대한 내성을 나타내었고 streptomycin, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, tetracycline에 대해서는 감수성을 나타내었다. 이와같은 결과들은 A. calcoaceticus A 1-1가 매우 안정적이며 항새제 내성과 관련이 있는 유류이용에 관여하는 프라스미드를 갖고 있음을 시사한다.