• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.109-111
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• 2010

Recent studies have described various microorganisms that can degrade PAH, however, there are currently limited methods available to screen for PAH-degrading microorganisms. To screen for PAH-degrading microorganisms, a sublimation method (Alley, Jeremy F. and Lewis R. Brown. 2000. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66, 439-442) was modified to produce a simple screening system. In our results, there were several bacterial species capable of pyrene degradation including genera, Coryenbacterium, Gordonia, Rhodococcus, and Streptomyces, which have been screened from 350 bacterial isolates of commercial gasoline and oil-spilled sediment by the sublimation method. The main advantage of this method is that it (i) safely deposits an even, thin and visible layer of PAH onto the agar surface without the use of solvents and (ii) the quantity of PAH sublimed onto the agar can be easily controlled. Overall, this sublimation method may be an effective and simple technique to screen for PAH-degrading microorganisms.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.62 no.5
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• pp.344-351
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• 2018

The IR spectra of gaseous phenanthrene, phenathrenols, phenanthrenyl radicals, and hydroxylphenanthrene radicals have been obtained using the BLYP/6-311++G(d,p) method. A comparison of these spectra shows that the measurements of IR spectra can be valuable to identify the reaction pathway(s) of the phenanthrene decomposition reaction by ${\cdot}OH$. We have found that the H atom abstraction reaction process can be easily identifiable from the $650-850cm^{-1}$ (CH out-of-plane bending) region and the ${\cdot}OH$ addition reaction process from the CH stretching and bending modes region of IR spectra. In addition, the calculated IR spectra of all five phenanthren-n-ols (n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 9) have also given in this work.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.135-145
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• 2013

Epoxy resin compositions were studied on the view of self-extinguishing properties without retardant additives and suitability as materials of eco-friendly EMC (Epoxy molding compound). Cured epoxy and phenolic resin composition having conjugated double bond of aromatic structure exhibited self-extinguishing properties and low heat release capacity. In this study, the structure of long conjugated double bond of hetero-atom type azomethyne group between conjugated double bonds of aromatic structure showed lower heat release capacity. Low heat release capacity seemed to be related with high reaction enthalpy, $T_g$ and reactivity affected by hetero-atom structure in azomethyne group.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.68-74
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• 2009

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), one of ubiquitous organic pollutants in marine environments, are major toxic components of petroleum and are produced during the incomplete combustion of organic materials. As shipyards are located inside of natural or artificial semi-enclosed bay, even a relatively weak environmental disturbance by ship-building activity can cause severe damage to marine ecosystem in the bay. Many studies of pollution in shipyard area have been focused on the antifouling agent, like tributyltin. This study aimed to investigate the effect of ship-building activity on PAH contamination. Total PAHs concentration was higher nearby and inside shipyard area than outside, implying that shipyard could be one of major source area of PAH contamination to pose harmful effects to surrounding environments. Through PAH profile and source recognition index, the source of PAHs inputs in this area was estimated to originate from both petrogenic and pyrogenic origin. PAH levels showed a significant correlation with total butyltins, indicating that ship-building activity influenced PAH concentration and distribution. Vertical distribution of PAHs historically confirmed the correlation between shipbuilding activity and PAHs contamination.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.690-696
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• 2005

The characteristics of hydrospheric concentration and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Lake of Sihwa were investigated on this study. Sediment and Surface water samples were collected from upstream and downstream in Lake of Sihwa. The total PAHs concentrations of surface water were $21.9{\sim}49.6\;ng/L$ at upstream and $19.4{\sim}99.7\;ng/L$ at downstream, respectively. Most of the PAHs existed in the dissolved phase with average 87%. In the case of sediment samples, total PAHs concentrations were $51.7{\sim}325\;ng/g-dry$ at upstream and $13.4{\sim}72.3\;ng/g-dry$ at downstream, respectively. Low-and-middle molecular weight of PAHs were dominated in dissolved phase of the surface water, while middle-and-high molecular weight compounds were predominantly present in the particular phase of the surface water and sediment. The average slope obtained from the plots of log-log scaled dissolved/solid partition coefficient vs. octanol/water partition coefficient was $0.73{\pm}0.12$ and the slope from the water/sediment partition coefficient was $0.59{\pm}0.10$. These results indicated that distribution of PAHs between the dissolved phase and the solid phase was not at equilibrium as well as between water and sediment.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.289-292
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• 2018

Using pyrene as the enrichment nutrient, a bacterial strain 10PY1A, was isolated by enrichment culture from oil-contaminated sea sand of Arabian Gulf in Saudi Arabia, and this strain belongs to the species Idiomarina piscisalsi, based on 16S RNA gene sequence analysis. The genome of I. piscisalsi strain 10PY1A contains 2,346 protein-coding sequences and an average GC content of 47.4% in its chromosome (2.59 Mbp). Genes encoding proteins related to the degradation of pyrene were existed in the strain 10PY1A genome, indicating that this strain can be used to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in oil-contaminated marine flora and soil.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.22
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• pp.38-46
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• 2004

Effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the community structure of indigenous microorganisms in Gwangyang Bay sediments was investigated in Mar. & Aug.,2000. Microbial community structure was analyzed using 5'-terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) method. Microbial community structure based on T-RFLP method revealed that community differentiated by sampling period except station 1 located near the stream discharge site from Yeosu Industrial Complex. Even, microbial diversity was higher at stations showed relatively high concentrations of PAHs. The microbial community structure was severely changed during the enrichment culture with 1,000 ppm of PAHs mixture. It was also different between cultivated at 8$^{\circ}C$ and 30$^{\circ}C$. The results implied that temperature, poyosity, organic content and etc were more responsible than PAHs on the microbial community structure.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.81-90
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• 1993

나무로부터 발생되는 유기물질이 자연상태에서 어떻게 변화되는가를 탄소-13 핵자기 공명 스펙트럼에 의하여 분석하였다. Litter를 구성하는 주요탄소의 형태는 지방족 탄화수소, 탄수화물, 그리고 방향족 탄소들이었으며, 메톡실, 카르복실과 카르보닐형 탄소들은 부후의 정도가 커짐에 따라 리그닌의 농도가 litter 중에서 증가하므로 점차 증가한다. Hydrophobic과 hydrophilic형 유기탄소가 litter의 자연 여과액(leachates)에 많이 존재하며, 그들의 탄소의 구조는 산성, 염기성 그리고 중성으로 분류되었을 때 서로 특이한 탄소의 형태를 갖는다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.197-198
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.79-80
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• 2008