• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.121-127
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• 2005

A heterotrophic nitrifying bacterium was isolated from the compost and analyzed for its characteristics. This bacterium was found to be a Gram positive rod, catalase positive, and motile. Nitrite production was detected on the ammonium acetate medium through the violet color formation. BBL test showed that this strain has high homology with Bacillus strains. Phylogenetic analysis using 16S rDNA revealed that the bacterium has 94% of similarity with Mycobacterium smegmatis strain.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.81-83
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• 1978

The effect of bentazon(3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazine-(4)-3H-one-2,2-dioxide) at 50, 200ppm on nitrification of 100ppm applied $NH_4-N$, and on the numbers of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, and on total bacterial and fungal populations were studied in a soil for six weeks. The herbicide retarded nitrification with increasing its treatment, which was coincident with the decrease of nitrite-oxidinzing bacterial populations. Bentazon treatment in a soil caused the decrease of total bacterial populations and inversely the increase of fungal populations for 2 weeks.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.138-144
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• 2005

This study was carried out to investigate the changes of nitrifying bacterial populations including Nitrosomonas sp. and Nitrobacter sp. in $A^2/O$ pilot plant with the configuration of anaerobic-anoxic-oxic reactors. The suspended nitrifying bacterial populations in mixed liquor and those of attached populations on granular carrier surface made by molded waste tire were analyzed by Fluorescent in situ Hybridization(FISH) method. The nitrification rate of a pilot plant showed the value of $1.97{\sim}2.98\;mg\;N/g$ MLVSS hr. The ratios of suspended ammonia oxidizer including Nitrosomonas sp. (NSO) to total bacteria in each reactor were oxic < anoxic < anaerobic. On the contrary, the ratios of suspended nitrite oxidizer including Nitrobacter sp. (NIT) were anaerobic < anoxic < oxic. The thickness, dry density and mass of the attached biomass on granular carriers were $180{\sim}188\;{\mu}m$, $38.5{\sim}43.9\;mg/cm^3$, $29.4{\sim}32.5\;mg/g$, respectively. Also, the ratios of attached nitrifier to total bacteria on granular carriers were similar regardless of ammonia/nitrite-oxidizer (NSO; 3.2%, NIT; 2.8%) and very low compared to those(NSO; $22.8{\sim}28.4%$, NIT; $17{\sim}26%$) of suspended nitrifier.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.321-327
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• 2013

In the present work, the reactors that harbor bacterial biofilms including ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and heterotrophic bacteria were treated with a continuous dose of chlorite ($0.66{\pm}0.01mg/L$) either with or without monochloramine at $1.77{\pm}0.03mg/L$. Both chlorite alone and combined chlorite-monochloramine applications effectively reduced biofilm and bulk AOB levels to near or below the detection limit ($0.6MPN/cm^2$ and 0.2 MPN/ml). The combined chlorite-monochloramine application exhibited greater AOB inactivation than chlorite alone. Unlike AOB, heterotrophic plate count (HPC) was unaffected by chlorite alone. In contrast to chlorite-only application, a combination of chlorite and monochloramine resulted in a significant reduction in HPC levels with log reductions of 3.1 and 3.0 for biofilm and bulk water, respectively. The results demonstrate that the combined chlorite-monochloramine application can provide an effective treatment for the inhibition of AOB and heterotrophic bacteria in a drinking water distribution system.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.146-153
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• 2000

To elucidate succession of bacterial populations, especially nitrifying bacteria during the composting of cattle manure with apple pomace, fluorescent in situ hybridization(FISH) using rRNA targeted oligonucleotide probes were applied. The density of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria was ranged from $3,3{\times}10^6cells/g$ dw to $13,4{\times}10^6cells/g$ dw with the peak value after 26 composting days whereas that of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria varied between $6.0{\times}10^6cells/g$ dw and $17.2{\times}10^6cells/g$ dw with the peak value after 7 composting days. And the tendency that the numbers of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria were higher than those of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, and the peak-time of their densities were the same as that of data determined by the ratio of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria to eubacteria. The peak of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria followed the peak of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, at the late phase of composting process could be probably caused by the depletion of volatile ammonia of composting materials. Besides these results indicate that FISH method is a useful tool for detection of slow growing nitrifying bacteria.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.377-379
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• 2005

실험실 규모의 토양컬럼을 사용하여 고농도의 암모니아성 질소의 질산화 영향을 실험한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1) 유입수 NH$_{4}$-N의 농도 50 mg/L와 100 mg/L인 경 우 HRT 48시간에서도 NH$_{4}$-N가 99%정도 제거되었으며 유출수 평균 NO$_{3}$-N의 농도는 각각 46.3 mg/L와 98.3 mgh로 유입수 NH$_{4}$-N는 대부분 NO$_{3}$-N로 전환되었다. 2) 유입수 NH$_{4}$-N의 농도 200 mg/L인 경우 HRT 48시간에서 NH$_{4}$-N의 평균제거율이74.8%에 머물렀으나 토양컬럼 내부에 폭기장치를 설치한 결과 NH$_{4}$-N의 평균제거율은 94.7%로 개선되는 효과를 나타냈으며, 유입수 NH$_{4}$-N의 농도 400 mg/L인 경우에는 HRT 72시 간에서도 질산화가 불안정하였으나 마찬가지로 강제 폭기를 실시 한 결과 질산화가 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 4) 실험종료 후 토양컬럼 내부의 암모니아 및 아질산 산화세균을 조사한 결과 각각 1.4${\times}$10$^{5}$과 2.3${\times}$ 10$^{6}$ MPN/g${\cdot}$soil까지 증가하였다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.50-59
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• 2016

Spatial and temporal changes in nitrification activities and distribution of microbial population of ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA) in paddy soils were investigated. Soil samples were collected in March and October 2015 from rice paddy with and without the presence of confined animal feeding operations. Incubation experiments and quantitative polymerase chain reaction showed that AOA's contribution to nitrification kinetics was much higher in locations where organic nitrogen in animal waste is expected to significantly contribute to overall nitrogen budget, and temporal variations in nitrification kinetics were much smaller for AOA than AOB. These differences were interpreted to indicate that different microbial responses of two microbial populations to the types and concentrations of nitrogen substrates were the main determining factors of nitrification processes in the paddy soils. The copy numbers of ammonium monooxygenase gene showed that AOA colonized the paddy soils in higher numbers than AOB with stable distribution while AOB showed variation especially in March. Although small in numbers, AOB population turned out to exert more influence on nitrification potential than AOA, which was attributed to higher fluctuation in AOB cell numbers and nitrification reaction rate per cells.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.29-36
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• 2008

Nitrogen is one of the major pollutants that should be removed by wastewater treatment systems. Biological nitrogen removal (BNR) is a key technology in advanced wastewater treatment systems operated by bacterial populations. Nitrification is the first step of microbiological processes in BNR system. Ammonia is oxidized to nitrite by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and then nitrite is subsequently oxidized to nitrate by nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB). The diversity of NOB in nitrification reactors of 3 BNR systems, Edited biological aerated filter system, Nutrient removal laboratory system, and the Rumination type sequencing batch reactor system, was investigated by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of 16S rRNA genes. Cluster analysis of T-RF profiles showed that communities of Nitrobacter group in each system were different depending upon the process of systems. However, the clusters of Nitrospira group were divided by the habitat of aqueous and solid samples.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.85-90
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• 1998

Pseudomonas sp. KH2-2 had the denitrifying ability adn was isolated from the denitrifier consortium in order to remove nitrogen compounds from waste water in aquaculture system. When this strain was reached stationary phase, it has the maxium denitrification activity. Denitrification activity of the isolated strain was shown the growth associated pattern. Optimal temperature for cell growth and denitrification activity was 40$\circ$C and optimal pH was 7.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2003.11b
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• pp.245-247
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• 2003

축산폐수에서 분리된 세균 S. sp1(S. capitis)와 S. sp2(3. xylosus)를 이용한 축산폐수 중 질소화합물 분해정도를 파악한 결과 1) 증식에 알맞은 조건은 LB broth, $27^{\circ}C$, pH7로 나타났다. 2) S. sp1은 배양 7일 초기 농도의 90.3%, 7일째 32.9%로 감소되어 14일까지 다소 증가하면서 유지되었다. 3) S. sp1과 S. sp2를 혼합배양한 결과 S. sp1과 S. sp2 단독배양보다 분해 효율이 높고 기간도 2일정도 단축되었다.