• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1522-1528
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• 2008

The objective of this study was to develop a model for simulating gastric digestion in the pig. The model was constructed to include the chemical and physical changes associated with gastric digestion such as enzyme release, digestion product removal and gastric emptying. Digesta was collected from the stomach cannula of pigs to establish system parameters and to document the ability of the model to simulate gastric digestion. The results showed that the average pH of gastric digesta increased significantly from 2.47 to 4.97 after feed consumption and then decreased 140 min postprandial. The model described the decrease in pH within the pigs' stomach as $pH_t=5.182e^{-0.0014t}$, where t represents the postprandial time in minutes. The cumulative distribution function of liquid digesta was $V_t=64.509e^{0.0109t}$. The average pepsin activity in the liquid digesta was 317Anson units/mL. There was significant gastric emptying 220 min after feed consumption. The cybernetic dynamic system of gastric digestion was set according to the above data in order to compare with in vivo changes. The time course of crude protein digestion predicted by the model was highly correlated with observed in vivo digestion (r = 0.97; p = 0.0001), Model prediction for protein digestion was higher than that observed for a traditional static in vitro method (r = 0.89; p = 0.0001).

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.277-285
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• 2009

The nucleotide sequence of the Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus B-6 xyn10A gene, encoding a xylanase Xyn10A, consists of 3,828 nucleotides encoding a protein of 1,276 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 142,726 Da. Sequence analysis indicated that Xyn10A is a multidomain enzyme comprising nine domains in the following order: three family 22 carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs), a family 10 catalytic domain of glycosyl hydrolases (xylanase), a family 9 CBM, a glycine-rich region, and three surface layer homology (SLH) domains. Xyn10A was purified from a recombinant Escherichia coli by a single step of affinity purification on cellulose. It could effectively hydrolyze agricultural wastes and pure insoluble xylans, especially low substituted insoluble xylan. The hydrolysis products were a series of short-chain xylooligosaccharides, indicating that the purified enzyme was an endo-$\beta$-1,4-xylanase. Xyn10A bound to various insoluble polysaccharides including Avicel, $\alpha$-cellulose, insoluble birchwood and oat spelt xylans, chitin, and starches, and the cell wall fragments of P. curdlanolyticus B-6, indicating that both the CBM and the SLH domains are fully functioning in the Xyn10A. Removal of the CBMs from Xyn10A strongly reduced the ability of plant cell wall hydrolysis. These results suggested that the CBMs of Xyn10A play an important role in the hydrolysis of plant cell walls.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.308-323
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• 2009

생물활성탄 공정은 정수처리에서 획기적인 공정으로 평가받고 있으며, 전 세계적으로 많은 정수장에서 BAC 공정을 채택하여 운전하고 있다. BAC 공정의 장점은 활성탄에 흡착된 오염물질들이 활성탄 표면에서 서식하고 있는 다양한 미생물 집합체(생물막)에 의해 생물분해되어 자연적으로 활성탄의 재생이 이루어져 활성탄 사용기간의 연장을 유도하여 정수처리 비용을 감소시킬 수 있다는 것이다. 또한, 유입수중의 생분해 가능한 유기물질들을 제거하여 배 급수관망에서 미생물의 재성장을 억제하는데 탁월하다. 그러나 BAC 공정의 효율이 활성탄 표면에 형성되어 있는 생물막에 의해 제한되어지는 문제점도 있다. 본 논문에서는 GAC에서 BAC로의 전환, BAC 생물막의 특성, 오염물질의 제거 메카니즘, BAC 공정에 영향을 미치는 인자들, BAC 공정의 제어 및 BAC 공정의 모델링에 대해 크게 여섯 부분으로 상세하게 기술하였다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2009

The epididymis in the male reproductive tract is the site where spermatozoa produced from the testis become mature. The epididymis is divided into 4 different segments, initial segment and caput, corpus, and caudal epididymis, depending upon functional and morphological features. Aquaporins (Aqps) are water channel molecules, which are present in the epididymis and play a major role in removal of epididymal water, resulting in creation of microenvironment for sperm maturation and concentration of sperms. Nandrolone decanoate (ND) is a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid, which is used to treat clinical diseases and improve physical ability and appearance. Even though it is well determined that the ND causes the male infertility by affecting the testis, little is known the effect of the ND on the epididymis. The present study was focused to examine the effect of ND at different treatment doses and periods on expression of Aqp1 and Aqp9 genes in the epididymis of pubertal rats. Results showed that mRNA expression of Aqp1 and Aqp9 genes among the parts of the epididymis was differentially regulated by ND treatment doses. In addition, treatment periods of ND caused differential expression of Aqp1 and Aqp9 mRNAs among segments of the epididymis. Therefore, it is believed that male infertility induced by ND could be resulted not only from malfunction of the testis but also from aberrant gene expression of Aqp1 and Aqp9 in the epididymis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.901-908
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• 2002

The relationship between the layered structure of granules in UASB reactors and microbial resistance to toxicity was investigated using disintegrated granules. When no toxic materials were added to the media, the intact and disintegrated granules exhibited almost the same ability to decrease COD and to produce methane. However, when metal ions and organic toxic chemicals were added to a synthetic wastewater, he intact granules were found to be more resistant to toxicity than the disintegrated granules, as determined by the methane production. The difference in resistance between the intact and disintegrated granules was maximal, with toxicant concentrations ranging from 0.5 mM to 2 mM for trichloroethylene with toluene and 5 mM to 20 mM for metal ions (copper, nickel, zinc. chromium, and cadmium ions). The augmented COD removal rate by granulation compared to disintegrated granules was also measured in the treatment of synthetic and real wastewaters; synthetic wastewater, $-2.6\%$; municipal wastewater, $2.8\%$; swine wastewater, $6.4\%$; food wastewater, $25.0\%$; dye works wastewater, $42.9\%$; and landfill leachate, $61.8\%$. Continuous reactor operation also demonstrated that the granules in the UASB reactor were helpful in treating toxic wastewater, such as landfill leachate.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1193-1201
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• 2012

The analysis and quantification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) is crucial, as they initiate the biological removal of ammonia-nitrogen from sewage. Previous methods for analyzing the microbial community structure, which involve the plating of samples or culture media over agar plates, have been inadequate because many microorganisms found in a sewage plant are unculturable. In this study, to exclusively detect AOB, the analysis was carried out via denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis using a primer specific to the amoA gene, which is one of the functional genes known as ammonia monooxygenase. An AOB consortium (S1 sample) that could oxidize an unprecedented 100% of ammonia in 24 h was obtained from sewage sludge. In addition, real-time PCR was used to quantify the AOB. Results of the microbial community analysis in terms of carbon utilization ability of samples showed that the aeration tank water sample (S2), influent water sample (S3), and effluent water sample (S4) used all the 31 substrates considered, whereas the AOB consortium (S1) used only Tween 80, D-galacturonic acid, itaconic acid, D-malic acid, and $_L$-serine after 192 h. The largest concentration of AOB was detected in S1 ($7.6{\times}10^6copies/{\mu}l$), followed by S2 ($3.2{\times}10^6copies/{\mu}l$), S4 ($2.8{\times}10^6copies/{\mu}l$), and S3 ($2.4{\times}10^6copies/{\mu}l$).

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.688-694
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• 2009

PCB의 먼지 제거용 세정제로 사용되는 스프레이형 세정제를 선정하여 이에 대한 청정도를 평가하였다. 친환경적인 대체 세정제를 채택하기 위해서는 세정제의 세정성, 환경성, 경제성을 평가하여 체계적인 선정절차에 의거하여 도입 및 적용하여야 한다. 객관적이고 효율적인 세정성 평가방법의 정립이 현시점에서 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 여러 세정성 평가 방법들 중 표면관찰평가법인 SEM-EDX(Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy-Dispersive X-ray) 분석과 적외선열화상카메라(THERMOVISION A20 model)를 이용하여 청정도를 평가하였다. CT-2770 모델의 사운드카드를 $2{\times}2cm$로 잘라내어 스프레이 세정 전과 후의 청정도를 SEM의 이미지 분석을 통해 관찰할 수 있었고 EDX의 성분분석을 통해 먼지의 제거율을 정량화할 수 있었다. 컴퓨터의 P4T-E 모델의 마더보드와 IPC-A-36 모델의 기판을 사용, 오염물로 먼지와 철가루를 사용하여 열화상카메라로 세정 전, 후의 상온과 $50^{\circ}C$ Oven에 방치된 시간의 차이에 따른 온도의 변화를 비교하였다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.259-265
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• 2008

Generally speaking, there are two widely used methods of Nitrogen removal from waste water: 1) nitrification using autotrophic microorganisms, and 2) denitrification using heterotrophic microorganisms. The C/N ratio is an important factor of the denitrification process. In this case, if methanol is added to increase the lacking organic matter, a high economic cost is incurred and methanol is left in the processed water. In an effort to fix these issues, autotrophic denitrification through the use of Hydrogen, Iron and Sulfur is being studied, and among those Sulfur is cheaper and carries out denitrification effectively, and therefore is being studied the most. In this study, after cultivating T. denitrificans, the presence of T. denitrificans was determined and the effectiveness of denitirification via T. denitrificans was studied. In order to find out about the inhibition of T. denitrificans from the loading of organic matter, this shows that the greater the loading of organic matter, the more the denitrification ability of T. denitrificans is hindered. In order to research the hindrance of T. denitrificans resulting from the loading of $NO_3{^-}-N$, these results show that concentrations less than 100mg/L per 100mL of gel volume do not hinder T. denitrificans. In order to research the optimization of denitrification resulting from T. denitrificans, three 500mL samples of Sulfur granules were prepared: 1) one with only T. denitrificans attached (Mode I), 2) one with both T. denitrificans and active sludge attached (Mode II), and 3) one with only active sludge attached (Mode III). The results showed that autotrophic denitrification using S from Mode I was the most active.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2003년도 제10차 국제학술회의 및 추계정기 학술발표회
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• pp.2-3
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• 2003

A method for rapid propagation of mature Jack fruit was developed. Four types of explants (mature embryos, apical meristems of young seedlings, apices from mature plants and nodal segments) were used. It has been found 88% of young apical meristems produced shoots in Campbell and Durzan (CD) medium compared to 60% in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium. Only 1/3 of them produced multiple shoots. Shoot initiation from nodal segments was very rare. Mature apices produced callus. Although removal of the sheathing cover around mature buds enhanced the shoot initiation but success rate was low in growth regulator free medium. Embryos respond to the CD medium but not to the MS medium. Embryos from seeds soaked in water for 24 hours produced shoots after 8 weeks of incubation and the success rate was 70% while embryos from dry seeds only produced roots. There was no significant effect of cold storage (refrigeration) for 7 days on shoot initiation from mature embryos (65%) but the ability for shoot induction declines with storage time (55% after 21 days of cold storage). Mature axillary buds were established in Modified Campbell and Durzan (CD) medium supplemented with 0.5mg/1 and IBA. There was a significant difference in the growth performance of shoots according to the period of the year in which explants were collected. Highest (60%) was observed in November-January period. It was only 30% when the explants were collected in February-April or May-July and decreased to 20% in August-October. The shoots produced in November-January showed a higher vigor than those produced in other months. Since Jak fruit show seasonal changes in fruit bearing and shedding of leaves, it can be suggested that the difference in growth performances of tissues cultured in artificial culture media would have been affected by endogenous rhythms.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 1983

실험실 조건에서 몇 개의 다른 종류의 토양에 의한 일산화탄소 소모를 측정했다. 시료로는 유기질이 많은 부식토 및 도로변의 토양과 실험에서 이미 사용한 높은 농도의 일산화탄소와 접했던 부식토 및 도로변의 토양을 택했다. 높은 CO농도 조건에서 CO의 소모성을 조사하기 위해서 18.2l 반응용기에서 CO의 농도를 2,000ppm에서 24,000ppm으로 변화시켰다. 토양의 CO 제거는 기체크로마토그래피법으로 측정하였다. 본 실험에서 시행한 조절실험의 결과를 보면 CO를 주로 제거하는 것은 화분용 토양임을 지적하고 있다. 부식토의 CO소모속도는 도로변의 흙에 비하여 월등히 크고, 실험에서 재사용된 부식토는 새로운 부식토에 비하여 약 15% 높은 소모속도를 나타냈다. 대기로부터 CO를 제거하는 토양의 능력은 $9,000{\sim}24,000ppm$의 CO농도 범위에서는 13,000ppm 근처일때 최대치에 도달했다. 스트렙토마이신의 첨가는 토양의 CO제거능력에 큰 영향을 미치지 못하지만, 10%의 소금물은 부식토의 CO제거능력을 현저하게 억제시켰다.