• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1560-1568
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• 2013

Salmonella, a main cause of foodborne diseases, encounters a variety of environmental stresses and overcomes the stresses by multiple resistance strategies. One of the general responses to hyperosmotic stress is to import or produce compatible solutes so that cells maintain fluid balance and protect proteins and lipids from denaturation. The ProP and ProU systems are the main transport systems for compatible solutes. The OsmU system, recently identified as a third osmoprotectant transport system, debilitates excessive growth as well by reducing production of trehalose. We studied a fourth putative osmoprotectant transport system, YehZYXW, with high sequence similarity with the OsmU system. A Salmonella strain lacking YehZ, a predicted substrate-binding protein, did not suffer from hyperosmolarity but rather grew more rapidly than the wild type regardless of glycine betaine, an osmoprotectant, suggesting that the YehZYXW system controls bacterial growth irrespective of transporting glycine betaine. However, the growth advantage of ${\Delta}yehZ$ was not attributable to an increase in OtsBA-mediated trehalose production, which is responsible for the outcompetition of the ${\Delta}osmU$ strain. Overexpressed YehZ in trans was capable of deaccelerating bacterial growth vice versa, supporting a role of YehZ in dampening growth. The expression of yehZ was increased in response to nutrient starvation, acidic pH, and the presence of glycine betaine under hyperosmotic stress. Identifying substrates for YehZ will help decipher the role of the YehZYXW system in regulating bacterial growth in response to environmental cues.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.457-465
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• 2019

MonA is a subunit of a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that is important for vacuole passing and autophagy processes in eukaryotes. In this study, we characterized the function of MonA, an orthologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mon1, in the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans and a toxigenic fungus A. flavus. In A. nidulans, the absence of AnimonA led to decreased fungal growth, reduced asexual reproduction, and defective cleistothecia production. In addition, AnimonA deletion mutants exhibited decreased spore viability, had reduced trehalose contents in conidia, and were sensitive to thermal stress. In A. flavus, deletion of AflmonA caused decreased fungal growth and defective production of asexual spores and sclerotia structures. Moreover, the absence of monA affected vacuole morphology in both species. Taken together, these results indicate that MonA plays conserved roles in controlling fungal growth, development and vacuole morphology in A. nidulans and A. flavus.

• Mycobiology
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.258-266
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• 2021

The velvet regulators VosA and VelB are primarily involved in spore maturation and dormancy. Previous studies found that the VosA-VelB hetero-complex coordinates certain target genes that are related to fungal differentiation and conidial maturation in Aspergillus nidulans. Here, we characterized the VosA/VelB-inhibited developmental gene vidD in A. nidulans. Phenotypic analyses demonstrated that the vidD deleted mutant exhibited defect fungal growth, a reduced number of conidia, and delayed formation of sexual fruiting bodies. The deletion of vidD decreased the amount of conidial trehalose, increased the sensitivity against heat stress, and reduced the conidial viability. Moreover, the absence of vidD resulted in increased production of sterigmatocystin. Together, these results show that VidD is required for proper fungal growth, development, and sterigmatocystin production in A. nidulans.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.119-125
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• 1988

Cellulomonas sp. CS1-1 생성의 $\beta$-glucosidase는 cell-bound 효소이었으며, Avicelase와 Carboxymethyl-cellulase (CMCase)는 extracellular 효소로 존재함을 확인하였다. Cellobiose나 CMC 최소배지에서의 균의 생장은 cellobiose보다 glucose 첨가시에 현저히 증가하였다. Cellobiose나 CMC 최소배지에서의 $\beta$-glucosidase 생합성은 glucose 첨가로 현저히 억제되었으나, CMC 최소배지에 cellobiose를 첨가하였을 경우, glucose에 의한 억제 효과와는 반대로, 효소의 생성은 오히려 촉진되었다. 그 외의 탄소원에 관한 영향을 조사한 결과 CMC, 전분, maltose 등의 첨가도 glycerol, arabinose, xylose, trehalose의 첨가시 보다 효소의 생성이 증가되었다. 이상의 결과로 $\beta$-glucosidase 생합성은 glucose에 의하여 catabolite repression을 받았으며, cellobiose, CMC, starch등은 다른 당류보다 효소생성을 현저히 유도하였으므로, 이 효소는 inducible enzyme임을 알 수 있었다. 효소생성에 미치는 질소원을 조사한 결과는 yeast extract가 peptone이나 ammonium sulfate보다 효소생성을 증가시켰다. 효소의 특성을 조사한 결과, 50mM MgCl$_2$가 포함된 10mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0)에서 효소의 역가가 증가하였고, 최적 pH는 6.0이었고 최적온도는 42$^{\circ}C$ 이었다. p-nitrophenyl-$\beta$-D-glucoside의 농도에 대한 glucose의 Km값은 0.265mM 이었고 $\beta$-D(+)-glucose에 대한 Ki값은 9.0 mM 이었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.676-685
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• 2021

RNA-binding proteins are involved in RNA metabolism and posttranscriptional regulation of various fundamental biological processes. The PUF family of RNA-binding proteins is highly conserved in eukaryotes, and its members regulate gene expression, mitochondrial biogenesis, and RNA processing. However, their biological functions in Aspergillus species remain mostly unknown in filamentous fungi. Here we have characterized the puf genes in the model organism Aspergillus nidulans. We generated deletion mutant strains for the five putative puf genes present in the A. nidulans genome and investigated their developmental phenotypes. Deletion of pufA or pufE affected fungal growth and asexual development. pufA mutants exhibited decreased production of asexual spores and reduced mRNA expression of genes regulating asexual development. The pufE deletion reduced colony growth, increased formation of asexual spores, and delayed production of sexual fruiting bodies. In addition, the absence of pufE reduced both sterigmatocystin production and the mRNA levels of genes in the sterigmatocystin cluster. Finally, pufE deletion mutants showed reduced trehalose production and lower resistance to thermal stress. Overall, these results demonstrate that PufA and PufE play roles in the development and sterigmatocystin metabolism in A. nidulans.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2007

제주지역 양식 넙치의 주요 세균성 질병의 일종인 연쇄구균증 원인균 Streptococcus iniae 및 Streptococcus parauberis에 대한 생물학적 특성을 시험하였다.온도별 성장 시험결과 S. parauberis 균주는 10℃ 배양조건에서 성장이 이루어졌으나 S. iniae 균주의 경우는 10℃에서는 성장이 확인되지 않았으며, 용혈성 시험결과에서는 S. iniae 균주의 경우에만 β용혈성을 나타내었다.생화학적특성 시험결과 acetoin production test (VP test), hippurate hydrolysis test (HIP test)에서는 S. parauberis 균주의 경우에만 양성반응을 보여 두 균주사이에 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다.또한 α-D-glucose, D-mannose, D-psicose, D-trehalose, pyruvatic acid methyl ester, glycerol은 두 균주 모두 기질로 이용하였으나 L-lactic acid는 S. iniae 균주만이 이용하였고, β-methyl-D-glucoside의 경우는 S. parauberis 균주만이 기질로 이용하는 것으로 나타났다.병원성 시험결과, S. iniae는 급성감염 형태를 보인 반면에 S. parauberis는 만성 감염형태를 보임으로써 차이를 나타내었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2000

남해안 유류 오염지역으로부터 유류분해능이 우수한 균주를 선별하여 동정한 결과 Pseudomonas aeruginosa로 동정되었으며, Pseudomonas aeruginosa BYK-2로 명명하였다. 균 성장 및 생물 유화제 생산을 위한 최적배양온도, 시간, pH, NaCl 농도는 각각 $25^{\circ}C$, 48시간, 7.0 이었으며, NaCl은 첨가하지 않았을 때 가장 많은 양의 생물유화체가 생산되었다. 본 균주의 경우, 1%(w/v) arabian light 원유와 bunker C oil을 기질로 7일간 배양한 결과 92.1%(w/w)와 76.2%(w/w)가 생분해되었다. n-hexadccane 에 대한 세포부착능이 실험에서는 탄화수소화합물들(arabian light 원유, kuwait 원유, bunker C 유, n-paraffine, n-hexadecane, n-tetradecane)을 기질로 배양했을때는 모두 80% 이상의 높은 세포부착능을 나타냈으며, 지방산들(oleic acid, olive oil, lecithin)중에는 lecithin을 기질로 배양했을 때 91.5%로 가장 높은 세포부착능을 나타냈어다. 또한 당들(arabinose, trehalose, dextrose, galactose, lactose, fructose, maltose, sorbitol, sucrose)을 기질로 했을 경우 arabinose, galactose, sorbitol, sucrose를 제외하고는 대부분 70%이하의 세포부착능을 나타냈다.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2005년도 2005 Annual Meeting & International Symposium
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• pp.154-164
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• 2005

Saccharomyces cerevisiae KNU5377 is a thermotolerant strain, which can ferment ethanol from wasted papers and starch at 40$^{\circ}C$ with the almost same rate as at 30$^{\circ}C$. This strain showed alcohol fermentation ability to convert wasted papers 200 g (w/v) to ethanol 8.4% (v/v) at 40$^{\circ}C$, meaning that 8.4% ethanol is acceptable enough to ferment in the industrial economy. As well, all kinds of starch that are using in the industry were converted into ethanol at 40$^{\circ}C$ with the almost same rate as at 30$^{\circ}C$. Hyperthermic cell killing kinetics and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) revealed that exponentially growing cells of this yeast strain KNU5377 were more thermotolerant than those of S. cerevisiae ATCC24858 used as a control. This intrinsic thermotolernace did not result from the stability of entire cellular components but possibly from that of a particular target. Heat shock induced similar results in whole cell DSC profiles of both strains and the accumulation of trehalose in the cells of both strains, but the trehalose contents in the strain KNU5377 were 2.6 fold higher than that in the control strain. On the contrary to the trehalose level, the neutral trehalase activity in the KNU5377 cells was not changed after the heat shock. This result made a conclusion that though the trehalose may stabilize cellular components, the surplus of trehalose in KNU5377 strain was not essential for stabilization of whole cellular components. A constitutively thermotolerant yeast, S. cerevisiae KNU5377, was compared with a relatively thermosensitive control, S. cerevisiae ATCC24858, by assaying the fluidity and proton ATPase on the plasma membrane. Anisotropic values (r) of both strains were slightly increased by elevating the incubation temperatures from 25$^{\circ}C$ to 37$^{\circ}C$ when they were aerobically cultured for 12 hours in the YPD media, implying the membrane fluidity was decreased. While the temperature was elevated up to 40$^{\circ}C$, the fluidity was not changed in the KNU5377 cell, but rather increased in the control. This result implies that the plasma membrane of the KNU5377 cell can be characterized into the more stabilized state than control. Besides, heat shock decreased the fluidity in the control strain, but not in the KNU5377 strain. This means also there's a stabilization of the plasma membrane in the KNU5377 cell. Furthermore, the proton ATPase assay indicated the KNU5377 cell kept a relatively more stabilized glucose metabolism at high temperature than the control cell. Therefore, the results were concluded that the stabilization of plasma membrane and growth at high temperature for the KNU5377 cell. Genome wide transcription analysis showed that the heat shock responses were very complex and combinatory in the KNU5377 cell. Induced by the heat shock, a number of genes were related with the ubiquitin mediated proteolysis, metallothionein (prevent ROS production from copper), hsp27 (88-fold induced remarkably, preventing the protein aggregation and denaturation), oxidative stress response (to remove the hydrogen peroxide), and etc.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1677-1680
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• 2010

The harmful effects of succinic acid and oxidative stress on cell growth were determined during batch fermentation with Mannheimia succiniciproducens LPK7, a powerful succinic acid-producing strain, and conditions were optimized to minimize these effects. In terms of toxicity, the cell concentration decreased as the concentration of succinic acid increased. By changing the pH from 6.5 to 7 during fermentation, the cell concentration increased by about 10%, and the level of succinic acid production was 6% higher than that of the control. In addition, by introducing protectants, the cell concentration increased by about 10%, and the level of succinic acid produced was increased by 3%.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1142-1149
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• 2009

Several bioactive metabolites, including pyrrolnitrin, N-acylhomoserine lactones, and polyhydroxyalkanoates were isolated from Burkholderia sp. O33. Effects of various nutrients, including sugars, gluconolactone, glycerol, tryptophan, chloride, and zinc were investigated in relation to the production of these metabolites. Logarithmic increase of pyrrolnitrin was observed between 2-5 days and reached a maximum at 7-10 days. Tryptophan concentration reached the maximum at 3 days, whereas 7-chlorotryptophan was gradually increased throughout the studies. Among various carbon sources, gluconolactone, trehalose, and glycerol enhanced pyrrolnitrin production, whereas strong inhibitory effects were found with glucose. Relative concentrations of pyrrolnitrin and its precursors were in the order of pyrrolnitrin$\gg$dechloroaminopyrrolnitrin or aminopyrrolnitrin throughout the experiments. Among three N-acylhomoserine lactones, the N-octanoyl analog was the most abundant quorum sensing signal, of which the concentrations reached the maximum in 2-3 days, followed by a rapid dissipation to trace level. No significant changes in pyrrolnitrin biosynthesis were observed by external addition of N-acylhomoserine lactones. Polyhydroxyalkanoates accumulated up to 3-4 days and decreased slowly thereafter. According to the kinetic analyses, no strong correlations were found between the levels of pyrrolnitrin, N-acylhomoserine lactones, and polyhydroxyalkanoates.