• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.339-346
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• 2007

The MJP1 bacterial strain, which possesses antifungal activity, was isolated from meju and identified as Bacillus subtilis based on its morphological and biochemical properties, as well as its 16S rRNA sequence. Antimicrobial activity was found against various species of Gram-positive bacteria, yeasts, and molds, including food-spoilage microorganisms. The antifungal activity was found to be stable after heat and proteolytic enzyme treatment, and in the pH range of $6.0{\sim}10.0$. The antibacterial activity was stable in the pH range of $6.0{\sim}10.0$, but about 50% of the activity was lost after 24 hr at $30^{\circ}C$. The antibacterial compound was also inactivated by proteolytic enzyme treatment, indicating its proteinaceous nature. The apparent molecular masses of the partially purified antifungal and antibacterial compounds, as indicated by using the direct detection method in Tricine-SDS-PAGE, were approximately 2.4 kDa and 4.5 kDa, respectively. These studies suggest that B. subtilis MJP1 produces two bacteriocin-like substances with antifungal and antibacterial activities.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.230-236
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• 1988

The distributions of bacterial numbers and activities were studied bimonthly in 1987, at 3 sites in Lade Paro for elucidating the changes by disturbance of aquatic ecosystem. The total bacterial number was $0.3\times 10^{5}-13.1\times ^{5}$ cells/ml. The geterotrophic bacterial number had the variance from $1.9\times 10^{3}$ CFUs/ml to $3.1\times 10^{4}$CFUs/ml and the variation trend was similar to that of the total bacterial number. The proportions of alpha-glucosidase or beta-glucosidase releasing bacteria showed temporal changes rather than spatial changes. The proportions of phosphatase releasing bacteria had the maximum values, 22.7-83.0%, in July. The electron transpory system activity revealed the variation from $480{\mu}gO_{2}$/l/day to $1696{\mu}gO_{2}$/l/day and hagher values at upper stream and in summer. The degradation fraction by phosphatase was 0.4-9.1%/h and increased with temperature. The maximum value of heterotrophic activity was 8.2%/h in summer. Eventhough the distributions of total bacteria and heterotrophic bacteria were affected by the water disturbance but microbial activities and proportions of the specific enzume releasing bacteria were not affected.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.50-54
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• 1997

이 글에서는 호수생태계에서 일어나는 변화 중 .betha.-glucosidase 활성도를 중심으로 생화학적인 분석과정을 통하여 유기물질의 분해, 생성, 소비등에 대한 과정을 설명하고자 한다. .betha.-glucosidase효소는 비교적 기질특이성이 넓고, glucose, celluhexose, carboxy-methylcellulose등의 .betha.고리를 가수분해시켜 monomer로 분해시키는 효소로서 수환경에서는 매우 중요하다. 즉 cellobiohydrolase에 의해 분해된 oligomer나 dimer를 세균의 세포막을 통과할 수 있는 크기로 분해시키는 효소이고, 이 효소의 분해 산물인 포도당은 세균에 의하여 바로 이용되고, catabolite inhibitor로 작용하므로, 이 효소 활성도의 높고 낮음은 수중생태계에서 탄소의 흐름과 세균 군집의 성장을 이해하는데 매우 중요하다(3).

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.35 no.4 s.100
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• pp.266-272
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• 2002

For analyzing function of a microbial ecosystem which was created under the artificial vegetation island (AVI) installed at Lake Paldang, zooplankton and bacterial numbers and exoenzyme activities (${\beta}$-glucosidase and phosphatase) were measured biweekly from 3 November 2()()1 to 20 April 2002 at AVI site and control site. Under the AVI, the water quality was worse than control site in term of comparing the environmental parameters. But, zooplankton number of AVI site was 25 times higher than that of control site. Respiratory active bacterial numbers were 3-8 times higher at AVI site. In addition, enzymatic activities were higher at AVI site than those of control site. These results suggest that the zooplankton-phytoplankton-bacteria relationships are closely coupled with each other and organic materials are eliminated by respiration of zooplankton and bacterial activities.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.101-110
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• 2021

Interactions between microalgae and heterotrophic bacteria are common in natural environments. This study investigated the effect of heterotrophic bacteria on the activity of the photosynthetic eukaryotic alga Chlorella sp. MF1907 when cocultured. A total of 31 heterotrophic bacterial isolates belonging to different genera were cocultured with MF1907. Interactions of the alga with Agromyces, Rhodococcus, Sphingomonas, Hyphomicrobium, Rhizobium, and Pseudomonas were positive, while those with Burkholderia, Paraburkholderia, Micrococcus, Arthrobacter, Mycobacterium, Streptomyces, Pedobacter, Mucilaginibacter, Fictibacillus, Tumebacillus, Sphingopyxis, and Erythrobacter were negative (p < 0.05). A turnover experiment demonstrating a switch from heterotrophic to autotrophic activity of MF1907 was performed using 16 isolates exhibiting apparent effects (positive, negative, or neutral). Compared with the results of the coculture experiment, eight isolates exhibited the same outcomes, while the others did not. Consistently, Pseudomonas and Agromyces showed a remarkable positive effect on MF1907 activity, and Burkholderia, Streptomyces, and Erythrobacter had a marked negative effect. Our results suggest that it may be possible to use the isolates for controlling populations of microalgae in natural and engineered environments.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2023.04a
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• pp.71-71
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• 2023

사람 장내세균은 그 개체가 100조 이상으로 알려져 있으며, 그 종류도 수 천 종에 이르러 건강에 지대한 영향을 미치고 있다. 이에 많은 연구를 통해 장내세균의 구성과 각종 질환과의 연관성이 밝혀지고 있으며, 장내세균 구성을 변화시켜 질환을 치료하려는 시도도 이어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 천연식의약소재의 활성 검토를 위해 피부염 동물모델을 구축하고, 장내세균과의 상관관계를 정립하기 위해 실험을 수행하였다. 실험동물의 등 부위를 제모하고 DNFB로 피부염을 유발시켰으며, 유도 전에 대변을 채취하였다. 피부염의 유발을 확인하기 위해 비장의 무게를 측정하였다. Arctigenin과 dexamethasone을 실험군으로 설정하여 동물에 투여하여 그 효과를 검증함과 동시에 대변을 채취하여 장내세균의 구성을 T-RFLP법으로 분석하였다. 또한, 실험동물의 장내세균을 납품회사 별로 분석하여 향후 연구에 활용하고자 하였다. 그 결과, 장내세균의 구성이 피부염의 유발에 직접적으로 영향을 주는 것이 확인되지 않았다. 하지만, 투여 성분의 채내 동태 등에 대한 연구를 실시하여 약물대사를 포함한 장내세균과의 상호작용 연구를 통해 질환과 약물, 그리고 장내세균과의 관계를 정립할 수 있는 기반을 마련하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.64-76
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• 2017

Biolgical activated carbon (BAC) processes are known to effectively remove organic pollutants in raw water, and biomass and attached bacterial species play an important role in removing process. In the present study, changes of bacterial biomass in granular activated carbon (GAC) process according to the depth and operating period were investigated. In addition, changes of bacterial biomass were also confirmed after UV exposure prior to the GAC process. Results from this this study showed that the bacterial biomass was decreased dependently according to the depth of GAC process. In case of UV pre-treatment, the bacterial biomass was declined significantly over the period of operation. However, changes in bacterial community were not shown during operation period without UV pre-treatment process. In conclusion, findings from this study may provide the useful information about the management of BAC process.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.143-148
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• 1983

The occurrence of PZ-peptidase in Streptococcus sanguis and other oral bacteria was investigated utilizing washed whole cells as the enzyme source and PZ-pentapeptide as its substrate. Under the culture conditions employed in the present study. Streptococcus sanguis strains, fresh isolates as well as laboratory strains, produced a broad range of the enzyme activity (0.5-7.9 unit/mg protein). The strains of both Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli showed low levels of activity (0-0.5 unit/mg protein for S. mutans). As compared with the enzyme activities of other bacteria, a moderate range of activity was produced by the strains of Strptococcus mitis nad Strptoccus salivarius. Actinomyces strains, like those of S. sanguis, produced a varying amount of activity (0-9.8 unit/ mg protein). A possible involvement of the oral bacterial PZ-peptidase in the metabolism of human saliva proteins is discussed.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.47-52
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• 1999

The study on the bacterial distribution was performed to evaluate the bacteriological safety in 4 deep confined aquifers drilled for drinking. All the investigated aquifers were oligotrophic, howevec bacterial densities and activities and the number of indicator bacteria in C-2 boreholes were much higher than those in other boreholes. Fecal pollution was observed in 3 boreholcs except C-1 borehole. The ratio of gram positive bacteria of the C-2 borehole was much lower than those 01 another boreholes. The numbers of total colifonns, fecal coliforms, and fecal Slreptococcus in the C-2 boreholes were 61, 33, 55 CFU (250 ml)$^{-1}$

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.204-209
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• 1990

The total and heterotrophic bacterial distributions, compositions and alkaline phosphatese actibities were analyzed in Lake Soyang from Sep. 1987 to Aug. 1988. The heterotrophic bacteria was small portion, 0.07-2.63% of total bacterial number which ranged from $3.2{\times}10^{5}$ to $3.2{\times}10^{6}$ cells/${\mu}\ell$. The composition of bacterial community was less diverse in summer and at the fish farm site and Peridinium blooming site. Pseudomonas and Flavo bacterium were the dominant genera in all sites. The highest proportion and activity of alkaline phsophatase was appeared in Flavobacterium, while Pseudomonas was the most predominant group.