• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.547-554
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• 2012

Chromium is generated from several industrial processes. It occurs in different oxidation states, but Cr(III) and Cr(VI) are the most common ones. Cr(VI) is a toxic, soluble environmental contaminant. Some bacteria are able to reduce hexavalent chromium to the insoluble and less toxic Cr(III), and thus chromate bioremediation is of considerable interest. An indigenous chromium-reducing bacterial strain, Rb-2, isolated from a tannery water sample, was identified as Ochrobactrum intermedium, on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The influence of factors like temperature of incubation, initial concentration of Cr, mobility of bacteria, and different carbon sources were studied to test the ability of the bacterium to reduce Cr(VI) under variable environmental conditions. The ability of the bacterial strain to reduce hexavalent chromium in artificial and industrial sewage water was evaluated. It was observed that the mechanism of resistance to metal was not due to the change in the permeability barrier of the cell membrane, and the enzyme activity was found to be inductive. Intracellular reduction of Cr(VI) was proven by reductase assay using cell-free extract. Scanning electron microscopy revealed chromium precipitates on bacterial cell surfaces, and transmission electron microscopy showed the outer as well as inner distribution of Cr(VI). This bacterial strain can be useful for Cr(VI) detoxification under a wide range of environmental conditions.

• BioChip Journal
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.257-267
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• 2018

Inertial microfluidics has attracted significant attention in recent years due to its superior benefits of high throughput, precise control, simplicity, and low cost. Many inertial microfluidic applications have been demonstrated for physiological sample processing, clinical diagnostics, and environmental monitoring and cleanup. In this review, we discuss the fundamental mechanisms and principles of inertial migration and Dean flow, which are the basis of inertial microfluidics, and provide basic scaling laws for designing the inertial microfluidic devices. This will allow end-users with diverse backgrounds to more easily take advantage of the inertial microfluidic technologies in a wide range of applications. A variety of recent applications are also classified according to the structure of the microchannel: straight channels and curved channels. Finally, several future perspectives of employing fluid inertia in microfluidic-based cell sorting are discussed. Inertial microfluidics is still expected to be promising in the near future with more novel designs using various shapes of cross section, sheath flows with different viscosities, or technologies that target micron and submicron bioparticles.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.34-38
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• 2000

In the screening of phenol-degrading bacteria, a strain showing good growth in media containing phenol was isolated by using enrichment culture from various sample and identified as genus Klebsiella pneumoniae. The optimal temperature and pH for cell growth of Klebsiella pneumoniae was $35^{\circ}C$ and 8.0, respectively. When phenol was added to the minimal media as a sole source of carbon and energy, the concentration of maximum and optimum for cell growth was 1,200ppm and 1,000ppm, respectively. It was observed that Klebsiella pneumoniae was able to degrade 98% of phenol (1,000ppm) after 40hr in culture. The isolated could utilize various kinds of aromatic compounds and showed good growth in presence of phenol, m-cresol and 3-methyl catechol.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1689-1692
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• 2013

Food is a common source of chromium (Cr) exposure. However, it is difficult to analyze Cr in complex food matrices by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) because the major isotope, $^{52}Cr$, is masked by interference generated by the sample matrix and the plasma gas. Among the systems available to minimize interference, the recently developed collision-reaction interface (CRI) has a different structure relative to that of other systems (e.g., collision cell technology, octopole reaction system, and dynamic reaction cell) that were designed as a chamber between the skimmer cone and quadrupole. The CRI system introduces collision or reaction gas directly into the plasma region through a modified hole of skimmer cone. We evaluated the use of an CRI ICP-MS system to minimize polyatomic interference of $^{52}Cr$ and $^{53}Cr$ in various foodstuffs. The $^{52}Cr$ concentrations measured in the standard mode were 2-3 times higher than the certified values. This analytical method based on an ICP-MS system equipped with a CRI of helium gas was effective for Cr analysis in complex food matrices.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.28-35
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• 2013

태양광 산업에서 폐기물로 발생하는 Si/SiC 혼합슬러지를 재활용하는 것은 환경과 경제적인 측면에서 중요하다. 이러한 재활용을 위해서 Si/SiC 혼합물의 소결특성을 분석하는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 SiC함량에 따른 소결특성을 살펴보기 위해서 공기분급기를 이용하여 Si/SiC 혼합물에서 SiC 함량을 변화시켰다. SiC 함량이 변화된 Si/SiC 혼합물에 카본블랙, 점토 및 수산화알루미늄을 첨가하여 소결하였다. Si/SiC 혼합물의 특성분석 및 첨가제 변화에 따른 Si/SiC 혼합물 소결체의 특성변화를 SEM, XRD, 입도분석 및 겉보기 밀도변화를 측정하여 분석하였다. SEM 및 입도분석결과, SiC 95% 시료의 경우에는 원시료 및 SiC 75% 시료와 비교하여 1 ${\mu}m$ 크기 이하의 미립입자가 크게 감소하여 공기분급을 통한 미세입자 제거가 SiC 함량 제어에 효과가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 수산화알루미늄을 첨가함에 따라서 ${\beta}$-Cristobalite 가 감소하고 mullite 생성량이 증가하였으며, 카본블랙의 첨가가 소결특성 향상에 영향을 주는 것을 확인하였다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2013

We constructed and tested an airborne peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) monitoring system based on luminol chemiluminescence detection with fast gas chromatography. This system allowed for simultaneous measurement of PAN and nitrogen dioxide ($NO_2$) with a time resolution of <2 min. Actual sample masses within the fixed volume sample loop at various altitudes and temperatures were adjusted to standard atmosphere, using measured pressures and temperatures. The airborne PAN measurement system was evaluated during two field studies above the southern Korean Peninsula in August and October 2009. The detection limit based on the ISO approach was 0.035 ppbv PAN, well below the observed concentrations of 0.185-1.49 ppbv during these studies. Under these conditions, the PAN mixing ratios were positively correlated with $O_x$ ($O_x=O_3+NO_2$), with slopes varying between 0.014 and 0.033 and intercepts between 22.6 and 55.1 ppbv $O_x$. The intercepts corresponded roughly to background $O_x$ mixing ratios in central Europe; however, the slopes were above the range of slopes reported in other studies. We also enhanced the durability, safety, and ease of maintenance of the PAN monitoring system by redesigning the structure of the conventional luminol cell.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.186-191
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• 2002

장내바이러스(enterovirus),로타바이러스(rotavirus),그리고 아데노바이러스(adenovirus)등 물을 통해 전파되는 환경바이러스의 신속한 검출 및 1 차적인 분류를 위해 올리고뉴클레오티드 DNA chip을 이용한 분석 시스템의 유용성에 대하여 연구하였다. BGM 세포배양실험에서 바이러스성 세포병변효과(cytopathic effect) 양성으로 판정된 세포단층으로부터 접종배양 3 일 후 세포내 모든 RNA를 분리하여 중합효소연쇄반응과 DNA chip으로 검출여부 및 유전형을 비교 분석한 결과 세포배양에서 양성으로 판정된 10개의 시료 중 3개가 바이러스 음성으로, 7개가 바이러스 양성으로 나타났다. 중합효소연쇄반응과 DNA chip에 의해 양성으로 나타난 7개 시료의 유전형은 두 방법에 의해 모두 장내바이러스로 동정되어 DNA chip에 의한 1차 동정의 유용성도 증명하였다. 세포배양 후 전기영동분석 없이 일차적인 동정과정까지 불과 3∼4 시간 이내에 수행해낼 수 있는 DNA chip분석은 특이성, 신속성, 및 경제성을 고루 갖추어 환경바이러스 검출방법론의 새로운 영역을 구성할 것으로 사료된다.

• 환경생물
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2021

Cyanobium is a genus of picoprokaryotic cyanophytes, which includes species worldwide. The present study investigated the morphology, ultrastructure, and molecular phylogeny of the unrecorded genus Cyanobium Rippka & Cohen-Bazire 1983 and species Cyanobium gracile Rippka & Cohen-Bazire 1983. A C. gracile culture from a freshwater sample collected from the Adongji pond was established by single-cell isolation. Morphological data were analyzed using light and transmission electron microscopy. C. gracile lives as solitary cells without gelatinous envelopes and is ovate, oval, or shortly rod-shaped. Thylakoids are laid along the cell walls, with three thylakoid membranes parallel to each other. Nucleoplasm was observed in the center of the cell. Molecular phylogeny performed with data from 16S small subunit ribosomal DNA gene (SSU rDNA) sequences showed that the three strains of C. gracile, including the type strain (PCC6307) and a newly recorded strain (Adong101619), formed a distinct clade with a high supporting value (maximum-likelihood=100, pp=1.00). Based on morphology and molecular data, we report the newly recorded C. gracile in Korea.

• 생태와환경
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• 제33권2호통권90호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2000

부영양 상태의 연못에서 채취한 시료수에 규산질다공체(CellCaSi)를 첨가한 후 미세조류의 제거효과에 대하여 조사하였다. 규산질다공체는 입도의 크기(1, 2, 그리고 4 mm 이하) 및 첨가량(0, 1, 5, 그리고 10 g/l)에 따라서 수질에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 엽록소-a 농도는 1 mm 이하의 규산질다공체를 10 g/l로 첨가한 경우 처리 3일에 79%의 제거효율을 나타내었다. 즉, 규산질다공체의 조류제거 효과는 입자의 크기가 작을수록, 첨가량이 많을수록 효과가 높았다. 규산질다공체 첨가구의 우점조류종은 Chlorella ellipsoidea로 대조구와 차이가 없으나, 출현 조류종 및 현존량은 감소하였다. 규산질다공체의 첨가에 의하여 총질소 함량은 영향을 받지 않았으나, 총인 함량은 다소 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 규산질다공체의 첨가로 인하여 pH와 turbidity는 크게 영향을 받지 않았으나, conductivity는 첨가량에 따라 비례적으로 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 따라서, 대부분의 원수 및 음용수에 있어서 전기전도도의 상한값으로 알려진 500 ${\mu}$mhos/cm를 유지하기 위해서 규산질다공체의 첨가량은 6.6 g/l 이하로 제한하는 것이 바람직하다고 판단된다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.799-806
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• 2004

The filtration tests were made in cell with a low concentrated suspension. The suspension with a concentration of $C_{M}$=1.14～2.67$\cdot$$10^{-3}$ g/g consists of paper paint and water. The particles in the suspension have a particle size x<1${\mu}m$. The used depth filters consists of glass fibres, which are coated by polymer. The filtration in depth filters accorded in different mechanism, which were explained by physical models. The model which would be allows to make a promise of the filtration reaction. This filter media allows to get a high filtration time and a good separation rate. The Particle distribution is measured by a photon correlation spectroscopy(PCS). PCS measures particle sizes 0.03 ${\mu}m$${\mu}m$ in the suspension. The filtered suspension has a very low concentration Co{\le}5{\times}10_{-4}$ g/g of solid in sample. The PCS also informs us about the number of the particles in the suspension. The makes it possible to calculate the concentration of the in sample.