• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1565-1572
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• 2011

쥐노래미(Hexagrammos otakii) 눈 조직의 젖산탈수소효소(EC 1.1.1.27, lactate dehydrogenase, LDH) eye-specific $C_4$ 동위효소를 affinity chromatography 및 continuous-elution electrophoresis system으로 정제하였다. 정제된 eye-specific LDH $C_4$ 동위효소의 분자량은 154.8 kDa이었다. 효소반응의 최적 pH는 8.5로 나타났다. 피루브산을 기질로 하였을 때 eye-specific LDH $C_4$ 동위효소의 $K^{PYR}_m$ 값은 $1.88{\times}10^{-5}$ M로 나타났다. 본 실험결과 eye-specific LDH $C_4$ 동위효소의 활성 측정 시 pH를 고려해야만 하고 eye-specific LDH $C_4$ 동위효소는 LDH A4 동위효소보다 피루브산에 대한 기질결합친화성이 큰 것으로나타났다. 생성된 eye-specific LDH $C_4$ 동위효소에 대한 항체는 사람에서의 병증진단 및 어류에서의 비교생리학적 연구에 폭 넓게 사용될 것이라고 생각된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.50-60
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• 2022

The concentration levels and distribution characteristics of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated and evaluated for total 100 soil samples as a part of the survey on soil contamination in Gwangju. The results (median and range) of T-PAHs (sum of 16 PAH concentrations), C-PAHs (sum of carcinogenic PAH concentrations) and T-TEQs (sum of 16 TEQ concentrations) were 20.8 (7.6~1158.1), 2.2 (N.D~509.6), and 0.3 (N.D~424.6) ㎍/kg, respectively. There was a positive correlation between C-PAHs/T-PAHs and T-TEQs/T-PAHs except one point where the concentration of benzo(a)pyrene was high. The ratios of the C-PAHs/T-PAHs were 31.7% for low molecular weight-PAHs and 68.3% for high molecular weight-PAHs, suggesting that PAHs generation mainly arose from combustion sources. The ratio of isomers of individual PAHs, Phe/Ant, Flu/Pyr, Ant/(Ant+Phe), Flu/(Flu+Pyr), and BaA/(BaA+Chr), also confirmed the predominance of PAHs from combustion activities. Statistical tracing of the source of PAHs through principal component analysis indicated that the main sources of combustion were automobile fuel and coal. The overall results of this study suggested HMW-PAHs, T-PAHs, C-PAHs and T-TEQs should be separately evaluated to better assess the toxicity and environmental behavior of individual PAHs.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.127-138
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• 2020

코끼리조개 성패 및 유생으로부터 잠재적 병원성 세균 분리 및 동정을 수행하였다. 분리된 균주는 분자생물학적 기법 및 생화학적 검사를 통해 동정하였으며, 명확한 동정 및 계통수 분석을 위해 16S rDNA와 하우스키핑 유전자 (pyrH, recA, rpoA)를 결합하여 분석하는 MLSA를 적용하였다. 총 141개의 균주가 분리되었으며, 건강한 성패에서는 10개, 수포 병변을 보이는 빈사 상태의 성패에서 52개, 유생에서 79개가 분리되었다. 이 중 빈사상태의 성패에서 46개, 유생에서 39개의 균주가 Vibrio 속 세균으로 동정되었으며, 나머지 균주들은 모두 일반해양세균으로 동정되었다. Vibrio 속 세균 중에서는 수포 병변을 보이는 성패에서 Vibrio splendidus가 가장 많이 분리되었으며 기존의 V. splendidus와 함께 동일한 클러스터를 형성하였다. 하지만, 인위감염실험을 실시하지 않았고 건강한 유생에서도 V. splendidus가 분리되어 성패에서 나타난 수포와 V. splendidus와의 관계는 확실하지 않으며, 차후 추가 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.210-216
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• 2006

광양만 연안 표면 퇴적토를 대상으로 미국 EPA가 선정한 유해성 우선물질 16종 PAHs 화합물에 대한 특성 및 모니터링 조사를 수행하였다. 선정된 23개 지점에 대한 PAHs 조사결과 농도 수준은 최소 0.01에서 최고 171.39 mg/kg 수준이었으며, 평균값은 $8.13{\pm}24.8mg/kg$ 이었다. 광양만 PAHs의 주요 유입원은 광양제철 옆 태인도, 수어천, 그리고 여수산업단지 내의 월래천이었으며, 오염수준은 각각 114.81 mg/kg, 38.37 mg/kg, 19.05 mg/kg로 측정되었다. 또한, 세부분으로 나뉜 퇴적토 입자크기에 따른 PAHs 분석결과 입자크기가 작고 퇴적토 내 유기물함량과의 관계에서는 함량이 높을수록 PAHs의 오염도도 증가하는 양의 상관관계를 보였다. LMW/HMW, Phe/Ant, Fle/Pyr PAHs 농도비를 이용한 PAHs 발생원에 대한 연구 결과는 광양만 전역에서 열분해 산물의 특성을 나타냈고, 일부 지역에서 열분해 산물과 유류산물의 혼합된 구성형태를 관찰할 수 있었다. 이외에 광양만 PAHs 고정 유입원으로 보이는 세 지점에대한 저서생태계에 미치는 독성영향평가에서는 발암가능성이 높은 PAHs가 주로 축척된 태인도가 ERM 수준이상으로 나타났고, 수어천과 월래천은 ERL 수준이었다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제26권
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• pp.4.1-4.6
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• 2011

Objectives: This study was carried out to determine whether or not pine needles can be used as passive samplers of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using the correlation between accumulated PAH concentrations in air (Ca, ng/$m^3$) and those deposited on pine needles (Cp, ng/g dry). Methods: PAHs in ambient air was collected using low volume PUF sampler and pine needles was gathered at same place for 7 months. Results: A good correlation ($R^2$=0.8582, p<0.05) was found between Ca and Cp for PAHs with a higher gaseous state in air (AcPy, Acp, Flu, Phen, Ant, Flt, Pyr, BaA and Chry), but there was a poorer correlation ($R^2$=0.1491, p=0.5123) for the PAHs with a lower gaseous state (BbF, BkF, BaP, DahA, BghiP and Ind123). A positive correlation ($R^2$=0.8542) was revealed between the logarithm of the octanol-air partitioning coefficient ($logK_{oa}$) and Cp/Ca for the PAHs with a higher gaseous state in air, but there was a negative correlation ($R^2$=0.8131) for the PAHs with a lower gaseous state. The Ca-Cp model could not be used to estimate PAHs concentrations in air using deposited PAHs concentrations on pine needles, but the logKoa-Cp/Ca model could be used. Conclusions: It was found that pine needles can be used as passive samplers of atmospheric PAHs.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2002

In vivo expression technology (IVET) has been developed to study bacterial gene expression in Salmonella typhimurium during host infection. The expression of selected genes by IVET has been elevated in vivo but not in vitro. The selected genes turned out to be important for bacterial virulence and/or pathogenicity. IVET depends on a synthetic operon with a promoterless transcriptional fusion between a selection marker gene and a reporter gene. The IVET approach has been successfully adapted in other bacterial pathogens and plant-associated bacteria using different selection markers. Pseudomonas putida suppresses citrus root rot caused by Phytophthora parasitica and enhances citrus seedling growth. The WET strategy was adapted based on a transcriptional fusion, pyrBC'-lacZ, in P. putida to study the bacterial traits important far biocontrol activities. Several genes appeared to be induced on P. parasitica hyphae and were found to be related with metabolism and regulation of gene expression. It is likely that the biocontrol strain took a metabolic advantage from the plant pathogenic fungus and then suppressed citrus root rot effectively. The result was parallel with those from the adaptation of IVET in P. fluorescens, a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). Interestingly, genes encoding components for type III secretion system have been identified as rhizosphere-induced genes in the PGPR strain. The type III secretion system may play a certain role during interaction with its counterpart plants. Application of IVET has been demonstrated in a wide range of bacteria. It is an important strategy to genetically understand complicated bacterial traits in the environment.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2014

Objectives: This study was carried out in order to estimate atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations and sources using pine needles as a passive air sampler (PAS) in urban (Pyeongtaek), semirural (Anseong) and rural (Jincheon) sites. Methods: One-year-old pine needles were collected for analysis of their PAH concentrations ($C_{p,n}g/g$ dry) at the end of December. PAHs concentrations in the ambient air ($C_a$, $ng/m^3$) were calculated with a $Log(C_p/C_a)-LogK_{oa}$ correlational equation. Results: PAHs concentrations in ambient air ($C_a$) were high, in the order of urban ($114.03ng/m^3$), semirural ($105.17ng/m^3$) and rural ($61.91ng/m^3$) sites. However, distributions of PAH isomer concentrations were very similar. PAHs of which molecular weight is smaller than 228.30 (AcPy, Acp, Flu, Phen, Ant, Flt, Pyr, BaA, Chry) made up most of the PAHs in the ambient air (96.6-98.5%). Conclusion: At urban, semirural and rural sites, it was concluded that the main source of PAHs in the ambient air ratio of each PAH isomer concentration was cars, especially diesel vehicles.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권18호
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• pp.8605-8611
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• 2016

The reliability of using diagnostic binary ratios of particulate carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as chemical tracers for source characterisation was assessed by collecting PM10 samples from various air quality observatory sites in Thailand. The major objectives of this research were to evaluate the effects of day and night on the alterations of six different PAH diagnostic binary ratios: An/(An + Phe), Fluo/(Fluo + Pyr), B[a]A/(B[a]A + Chry), B[a]P/(B[a]P + B[e]P), Ind/(Ind + B[g,h,i]P), and B[k]F/Ind, and to investigate the impacts of site-specific conditions on the alterations of PAH diagnostic binary ratios by applying the concept of the coefficient of divergence (COD). No significant differences between day and night were found for any of the diagnostic binary ratios of PAHs, which indicates that the photodecomposition process is of minor importance in terms of PAH reduction. Interestingly, comparatively high values of COD for An/(An + Phe) in PM10 collected from sites with heavy traffic and in residential zones underline the influence of heterogeneous reactions triggered by oxidising gaseous species from vehicular exhausts. Therefore, special attention must be paid when interpreting the data of these diagnostic binary ratios, particularly for cases of low-molecular-weight PAHs.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.137-141
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• 2000

A causal fungus of turfgrass blight was isolated from the infected leaves of zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.) and identified as Nigrospora sphaerica (Sacc.) Mason by using a light misroscope. Its conidia are large (14-20 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ diameter), shiny, black, aseptate, and smooth-walled spheres. The fungus caused typical blighting symptoms on the two turfgrass plants of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.) and bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.). The fungus was found to produce a phytotoxic subtance to be associated with the pathogenic mechanism. A phytotoxin was isolated from the liquid cultures of N. sphaerica by repeated silica gel column chromatography and its structure was determined to be 5, 6-dihydro-5-hydroxy-6-propenyl-2H-pyr-2-one (T-3 compound). It was not a host-specific toxin showing phytotoxic effects to various plants inclusing turfgrasses in the leaf-wounding assay, the whole plant test, and the cellular leakage test. The compound caused leaf tip dieback symptoms in turfgrass plants similar to those caused by the pathogen. Thus, T-3 compound is thought to be involved in the development of Nigrospora blight.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.359-366
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• 2016

The health of Alaska pollock Theragra chalcogramma seedlings was monitored during February and April 2015. After microscopic examination for parasites, 20 samples sets were made by pooling 50 individuals for each sample set. Then, they were homogenized and examined for viral and bacterial pathogens. No parasites or viruses were detected using either microscopy or PCR. Colonies suspected of belonging to the genus Vibrio were isolated from Tryptic Soya Agar and Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose Agar plate incubations, and identified as Vibrio anguillarum based on biochemical and physiological examinations and PCR amplification of the 16S rDNA, recA, and pyrH genes. Although there was no mortality during the sampling period, 65.0% (13/20) of the pooled samples were PCR-positive for V. anguillarum. To prevent possible outbreaks, the pathogenic potential of V. anguillarum should be investigated in the future.