• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.126-133
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• 2021

In this study, we investigated the effect of solid culture medium on the production of cordycepin in Cordyceps militaris. The regression equation was expressed as follows: Y₁ = 755.3-58.6625X₁+4.79432E-14X₂-46.6625X₃-5.66269E-14X₁X₂-0.025X₁X₃+1.62475E-14X₂X₃-160.6625X₁²+0.0125X₂²-206.9625X₃², where, Y represents the value of cordycepin content (㎍/g), X₁ corresponds to the weight of M. alternatus in solid culture medium (g/bottle), X₂ to the water content of the solid culture medium (%), and X₃ to the culture period (day). The solid culture medium was optimized using the response surface methodology, and the optimal medium composition was as follows: the weight of M. alternatus in solid culture medium and water content were 16.2% and 100.7% (20.14 mL water/20 g solid culture medium), respectively, with a culture period of 39 days. Under these conditions, the cordycepin content of the fruiting bodies reached 150.0 ㎍/g (actual value). The supplementation of M. alternatus in solid culture for improved cordycepin content of C. militaris seems to be a promising alternative to wild and solid cultivation.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2022

Purpose: This study sought to compare the characteristics of patients with pathogen-positive and negative cultures, and to investigate factors predicting pathogen-positive culture results in patients of acute poisoning with suspected aspiration. Methods: Consecutive patients with acute poisoning admitted to an intensive care unit between January 2016 and December 2018 were retrospectively studied. Respiratory specimens were collected from the enrolled patients at the time of the suspected aspiration. We compared the characteristics of patients with pathogen-positive and negative culture results and analyzed the causative pathogens. Results: Among the 526 patients, 325 showed no clinical features that could be attributed to aspiration, and 201 patients had clinical features suggestive of aspiration. Of these, 113 patients had pathogen-positive culture, 61 were negative, and the specimens of 27 patients contained poor-quality sputum. In univariate analysis, patients with a positive culture showed a longer time to culture from ingestion (p=0.01), faster heart rate (p=0.01), and higher partial pressure of arterial oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO₂/FiO₂) (p=0.02) than patients with negative culture. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that PaO₂/FiO₂ (adjusted odd ratio, 1.005; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.002-1.008; p=0.005) was a significant risk factor for pathogen-positive culture. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of PaO₂/FiO₂ was 0.591 (95% CI, 0.510-0.669, p=0.05). Gram-negative pathogens (GNPs) were predominant and at least one GNP was observed in 84 (73.3%) patients among those with pathogen positive culture. Conclusion: We failed to find any clinical factors associated with positive culture results. Antibiotics that cover GNPs could be considered when deciding the initial antibiotic regimen at the time of suspected aspiration.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.36-44
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• 2024

This study attempted to improve the growth of the freshwater microalgae, Parachlorella kessleri, through the sequential optimization of culture conditions. This attempt aimed to enhance the microalgae's ability to fixate atmospheric CO₂. Culture temperature and light intensity appropriate for microalgal growth were scanned using a high-throughput photobioreactor system. The supplied air flow rate varied from 0.05 to 0.3 vvm, and its effect on the growth rate of P. kessleri was determined. Next, sodium phosphate buffer was added to the culture medium (BG11) to enhance CO₂ fixation by increasing the availability of CO₂(HCO₃^-) in the culture medium. The results indicated that optimal culture temperature and light intensity were 20℃-25℃ and 300 μE/m²/s, respectively. Growth rates of P. kessleri under various air flow rates highly depended on the increase of the culture's flow rate and pH which determines CO₂ availability. Adding sodium phosphate buffer to BG11 to maintain a constant neutral pH (7.0) improved microalgal growth compared to control conditions (BG11 without sodium phosphate). These results indicate that the CO₂ fixation rate in the air could be enhanced via the sequential optimization of microalgal culture conditions.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.525-536
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• 2022

Photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) attract considerable interest as useful microorganisms; nevertheless, a generalized culture technique has not been previously reported owing to difficulty in their cultivation. Therefore, a simple culture technique suitable for public use was investigated. Among the PSB tested, the strain Rhodobacter azotoformans EBN-7 was the most suitable for scale-up production because it showed the highest specific growth rate (0.20 h^-1) on basal medium. In scale-up cultivation (500 L), R. azotoformans EBN-7 showed 4.50 × 10¹⁰ colony-forming units mL^-1 (number of viable cells), dry cell weight of 26.8 g/L, and a specific growth rate of 0.15 h^-1. Cultivation using this final culture broth (as seed culture) in a 15 L simple reactor was successful, with maintenance of cell activity evident. For use as seed culture, the maximum allowable preservation period of R. azotoformans EBN-7 at 4℃ was 3 months. When R. azotoformans EBN-7 cultivated in a simple technique was applied to shrimp aquaculture water, NH₄⁺-N was reduced from 0.61 mg/L to 0.24 mg/L (by 60.7%) in 4 days in comparison with the control. Thus, this simple culture technique using R. azotoformans EBN-7 has the potential for a good removal efficiency of NH₄⁺-N, making seed culture easier and suitable for public use.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.673-679
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 재비늘버섯(Pholiota highlandensis)의 리그닌 분해 활성을 확인하고, laccase 생산을 위한 최적 배양 조건을 조사하였다. 재비늘버섯 균사체로부터 laccase를 생산하기 위한 배지조건을 조사한 결과, 다양한 합성 배지 중에서 Coriolus versicolor 배지(2% dextrose, 0.4% peptone, 0.6% yeast extract, 0.046% KH₂PO₄, 0.1% K₂HPO₄, 0.05% MgSO₄·7H₂O)가 가장 높은 laccase 활성을 나타내었다. Laccase생산에 대한 배양 조건을 최적화하기 위하여 Coriolus versicolor 배지의 조성 중에서 탄소원, 질소원, 인산원, 무기염에 대한 영향을 조사하였다. 탄소원, 질소원, 인산원, 무기염은 각각 2% fructose, 0.4% peptone 및 0.6% yeast extract, 0.05% NaH₂PO₄, 0.05% MgSO₄·7H₂O의 경우에 가장 높은 효소활성을 나타내었다. 본 균주는 몇 가지 방향족 화합물에 의해 laccase 생산이 유도되었고, guaiacol을 첨가할 경우 25℃에서 11일 동안 배양하였을 때 효소의 활성이 최대치(114.1 U/ml)에 도달하였다. 또한 본 균주의 laccase 생산을 위한 최적 pH와 온도는 각각 8.0과 35℃를 나타내었다. 최적 조건에서 배양된 균사체 배양 상등액을 Native-PAGE로 전기영동한 후 ABTS를 기질로 사용하여 활성염색을 수행한 결과, 약 90 kDa 부근에서 laccase 활성을 가지는 1개의 밴드를 확인하였다.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.1165-1174
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• 2014

The research was conducted on 238 marine sports participants by clarifying the relationship among self-efficacy, sociality, and organization culture, to eliminate the organizational(home, school, club, workplace, etc.) culture maladjustment phenomenon which is caused by personal stress, the lack of physical activity, and the lack of sociality due to the rapid change of modern society and enhance sociality, adjustment to society and the lack of creativity due to the rigid hierarchy and contribute to organization culture through marine sports among sports which we enjoy with nature. Firstly, according to general self-efficacy, and social characteristics of the organizational culture and the gender differences in higher than women in all sub-variables of the sub-factors of self-efficacy and self-regulation, sociability, organizational culture, sub-culture and develop cultural factors agreed man showed that in the sub-factors of organization culture showed that the development of high culture and hierarchical culture in the age of 20s. Secondly, in terms of the effect of self-efficacy of marine sports participants on sociality, it is found that self-regulation and level of difficulty positively influence on the culture of agreement, the culture of development and the culture of hierarchy. Lastly, in terms of the effect of self-efficacy of marine sports participants on organizational culture, it is shown that self-regulation has positive influence on the culture of agreement, the culture of development and the culture of hierarchy.

• 약학회지
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• 제24권3_4호
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• pp.143-150
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• 1980

The effect of ginseng saponin on chick embryonic dorsal root ganglia organ culture and brain, spinal cord, muscle dissociation cultures was studied. The fiber outgrowth in explanted chick embryonic dorsal root ganglia was markedly induced by water and alcohol extracts of ginseng, total ginseng saponin, protopanaxadiol and protopanaxatriol glycosides as well as ginsenosides R/sub b1/, R/sub d/, R/sub 0/+R/sub a/+R/sub b1/, and R/sub b2/+R/sub c/+R/sub e/ mixtures. The life span of the cultured chick embryonic dorsal root ganglia and potentiation of nerve cell density were also observed with all of these ginseng saponins. The effect of ginseng saponin on chick embryonic dorsal root ganglia organ culture was more marked in the absence of the chick embryonic extract which was known to contain nerve growth factor-like material in the culture media. However, the ginseng saponin did not influence the cultured central nervous system such as brain and spinal cord cells and cultured skeletal muscle cells with respect to the morphological changes, maturation and life span of these cells.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.558-569
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• 2020

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating fungal disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The lack of genetic resources with stable FHB resistance combined with a reliable and rapid screening method to evaluate FHB resistance is a major limitation to the development of FHB resistant wheat germplasm. The present study utilized an immature wheat spike culture method to screen wheat spike culture derived variants (SCDV) for FHB resistance. Mycotoxin concentrations determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) correlated significantly (P < 0.01) with FHB severity and disease progression during in vitro spike culture. Selected SCDV lines assessed for FHB resistance in a Fusarium field disease nursery in Carman, Manitoba, Canada in 2016 showed significant (P < 0.01) correlation of disease severity to the in vitro spike culture screening method. Selected resistant SCDV lines were also crossed with an elite cv. CDC Hughes and the progeny of F₂ and BC₁F₂ were screened by high resolution melt curve (HRM) analyses for the wheat UDP-glucosyl transferase gene (TaUGT-3B) single nucleotide polymorphism to identify resistant (T-allele) and susceptible (G-allele) markers. The progeny from the crosses were also screened for FHB severity using the immature spike culture method and identified resistant progeny grouped according to the HRM genotyping data. The results demonstrate a reliable approach using the immature spike culture to screen for FHB resistance in progeny of crosses in early stage of breeding programs.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2016

퍼클로레이트(ClO₄⁻)는 지표수 및 토양/지하수에서 검출되는 신규 오염물이다. 이전 연구에서 저렴한 원소 황(elemental sulfur, S⁰) 입자와 쉽게 구할 수 있는 활성슬러지를 이용하여 독립영양방식으로 ClO₄⁻를 제거할 수 있다는 실험적 증거가 제시되었다. 또한 식종균으로서 농화배양 미생물을 사용했을 때 활성슬러지보다 제거효율과 시간면에서 우수한 결과를 나타내었다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 황을 산화하여 독립영양방식으로 ClO₄⁻를 분해하는 농화배양 미생물 군집을 PCR-DGGE로 분석하였다. 이 농화배양 미생물은 초기농도가 약 120 mg ClO₄⁻/l 일 때 7일 후 99.71% 이상의 ClO₄^- 제거 효율을 나타내었다. 농화배양 미생물과 그것의 식종균으로 부터 genomic DNA를 추출하여 16S rRNA 유전자의 PCR-DGGE 분석에 사용하였다. PCR-DGGE 분석결과 농화배양 미생물과 식종균 시료들이 다른 밴드패턴을 나타냄에 따라 이 두 시료의 군집조성이 다름을 확인하였다. 이는 농화배양되는 동안 식종된 미생물이 그 환경에 잘 생장하는 미생물로 군집조성이 변화한 것으로 여겨진다. 농화배양 미생물군집에는 β-Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, 그리고 Spirochaetes 강에 속하는 개체군들이 우점하는 것으로 나타났다. 향후 이 우점 개체군들의 순수분리와 더불어 황 산화를 통한 ClO₄⁻ 분해 환경에서 이들의 대사적 역할을 규명할 필요가 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.1244-1251
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• 2020

Phospholipase A₂ (PLA₂) from Streptomyces violaceoruber is a lipolytic enzyme used in a wide range of industrial applications including production of lysolecithins and enzymatic degumming of edible oils. We have therefore investigated expression and secretion of PLA₂ in two workhorse microbes, Pichia pastoris and Escherichia coli. The PLA₂ was produced to an activity of 0.517 ± 0.012 U/ml in the culture broth of the recombinant P. pastoris. On the other hand, recombinant E. coli BL21 star (DE3), overexpressing the authentic PLA₂ (P-PLA₂), showed activity of 17.0 ± 1.3 U/ml in the intracellular fraction and 21.7 ± 0.7 U/ml in the culture broth. The extracellular PLA2 activity obtained with the recombinant E. coli system was 3.2-fold higher than the corresponding value reached in a previous study, which employed recombinant E. coli BL21 (DE3) overexpressing codon-optimized PLA₂. Finally, we observed that the extracellular PLA₂ from the recombinant E. coli P-PLA₂ culture was able to hydrolyze 31.1 g/l of crude soybean lecithin, an industrial substrate, to a conversion yield of approximately 95%. The newly developed E. coli-based PLA₂ expression system led to extracellular production of PLA₂ to a productivity of 678 U/l·h, corresponding to 157-fold higher than that obtained with the P. pastoris-based system. This study will contribute to the extracellular production of a catalytically active PLA₂.