• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.265-275
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• 2012

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution patterns and exposure concentrations of biological hazards in waste handling industries. Methods: We selected 3 recyclable waste sorting plants(RWS), 2 food recycling plants(FR), 1 landfill area(LA) and 1 waste incineration plant(WI). Total airborne bacteria and fungi were measured with single stage impactor and gelatin filters. Endotoxin and glucan were measured with polycarbonate filters in total and respirable dust. Results: The geometric mean of airborne bacterial concentration was the highest in FR($3,273CFU/m^3$), followed by LA, RWS, and WI as 1,334, 934, and $860CFU/m^3$. The fungal concentrations were 6,031, 5,052, 3,307, and $713CFU/m^3$ in RWS, WI, FR, and LA, respectively. By process, WI pit showed the highest concentrations of bacteria, fungi, and endotoxin, followed by inside of bulldozer in LA. The indoor to outdoor ratios of bacteria, fungi, endotoxin and glucan were 2.3, 4.0, 2.3, and 5.0 in RWS, 29.5, 4.9, 7.6, and 5.0 in FR, 5.3, 8.7, 26.8, and 9.5 in WI, respectively. Conclusions: We found that biological hazards, specifically bacteria in FR, fungi in RWS and endotoxin in WI pit and bulldozer at LA, should be controlled to prevent worker's respiratory diseases.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.480-488
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• 2016

Soil microbes are widely well known to play an important role for sustainable agriculture in terms of crop healthy cultivation and environmental conservation. In this context, the distributional characteristics of soil microbes according to cropping systems were investigated under rice (R)-rice (R), rice (R)-barley (B)-rice (R), and soybean (S)-barley (B)-soybean (S) cropping condition to get basic informations for sustainable agriculture, where barley was grown for winter, in mid-mountainous loam paddy located at the altitude of 285 m above sea level in Sangju area from 2014 to 2015. Estimating from microbial communities by fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) method, a total biomass of bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi in R-B-R plot was 37% and 40% higher than that in S-B-S and R-R plots, respectively (p < 0.05). In especial, bacteria and fungi were more in R-B-R plot than those in any other ones. B. japonicum, AMF, and mesophilic Bacillus sp. were also greater in S-B-S plot than those. In the community distribution, however, bacteria and actinomycetes showed comparatively high values in S-B-S plot relative to either R-R or R-B-R plot including rice, in which fungi outstanding. In the correlation between microbial biomass and soil properties changed by the cropping, bacteria was positively correlated with C:N ratio; actinomycetes with exchangeable Ca; fungi with available $P_2O_5$ (p < 0.05). While these microbes showed negative response to water stable aggregates of soil.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.120-126
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• 2005

To assess exposure of allergy patients to a biological environment, measurements were made of levels of airborne bacteria and fungi, house dust endotoxin and mite allergens in homes of 7 allergy patients and 12 healthy families. Concentrations of airborne total bacteria and the ratio of indoor and outdoor concentrations(I/O) in allergy patient's homes were high compared to non-allergy houses. But no significant differences could be shown for the concentration of spores of viable fungi and staphylococcus in indoor air between the homes of allergic patients and healthy families. The results of investigation on house dust mites, Dermatophagoids farinae were detected in all mattress samples and the levels in the allergy patient's homes were generally high, with individual measurements exceeding $2{\mu}g/g$ dust found in $30\%$ samples. In contrast with, Dermatophagoids pteronyssinus were detected in only $60\%$ samples and the concentrations were very low. The levels of endotoxin in dust samples collected from the allergy patient's home mattresses were higher than those of control houses. There was a positive correlation between the endotoxin levels and the house dust mite allergens.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.76-81
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• 2017

Studies on the concentration of airborne microorganisms in human medicine as a part of a study on the nosocomial infections have been conducted properly, but in veterinary medicine, there has been rarely performed in Korea to the best of study's knowledge. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the distribution of airborne microorganisms and to identify their species in different places in the animal hospital to alert the necessity of thorough cleanliness management. This study evaluated the concentrations of airborne bacteria and fungi in hospital areas, such as patient waiting room, internal medicine ward, surgical ward and radiological diagnostic ward. The concentration of bacteria and fungi was significantly lower (p < 0.05) in two operating rooms and higher in the patient waiting room. The dominant species of bacteria were Micrococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., and fungi were Penicillium spp., Dermatophyte mold. Animal hospitals need to perform proper procedures for disinfection, sterilization, and environmental cleaning as well as appropriate employee training and monitoring in order to the maximum prevention of the risk of nosocomial and surgical infections.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2020

Ancient cultural heritage made up of wood and organic fibers have been easily disintegrated or decomposed by various microorganisms like bacteria and fungi. Here, we demonstrate the effectiveness of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) system to sterilize the microorganisms in tangible cultural heritage. We collected several specimens from the surface of ancient documents and wooden artifacts. Finally, two bacteria and two fungi were prepared and sterilized using the APPJ treatment. The APPJ system is beneficial to its simple apparatus, quick operation time, and cost-effectiveness. Bacteria were almost sterilized within only 1 min treatment using 15 % O2 and applied bias voltage of 100 V. In case of the fungi, sterilization rate reached over 83 % but difficult to reach over 90 % even 10 min treatment. According to the plasma diagnostics using optical emission spectroscopy, it was found that the reactive oxygen species such as OH groups are critical for sterilization of microorganisms. Although further efforts should be performed, we believe that efficient sterilization could be realized by the simple, quick, and portable APPJ treatment system.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.727-734
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• 2013

본 연구는 치즈 숙성 중 오염원인 곰팡이균 제거기술 개발의 일환으로 수행하였다. 치즈 및 치즈 숙성실에서 자생하는 곰팡이를 분리하고, 지역별 김치로부터 유산균을 분리하여 치즈 곰팡이에 대한 항진균 활성을 측정한 결과는 다음과 같다. 치즈와 치즈 숙성실에 분리된 곰팡이는 총 8종으로Penicillium과 Cladosporium으로 동정되었다. 지역별 김치로부터 분리된 유산균은 총 44종이고 이 중 항진균 활성을 보인 유산균 22종을 동정한 결과 Lactobacillus와 Pediococcus로 확인되었다. 동정된 김치 분리 유산균 22종 중 항진균 활성도가 높은 유산균 6종(L. sakei subsp. ALJ011, L. sakei subsp. ALI033, L. sakei subsp. ALGy039, P. pentosaceus ALJ015, P. pentosaceus ALJ024, P. pentosaceus ALJ026)을 선발하여, 치즈 곰팡이균 8종에 대하여 항진균 활성을 측정한 결과 전주지역 김치에서 분리한 유산균인 P. pentosaceus ALJ015, P. pentosaceus ALJ024과 임실지역 김치에서 분리한 유산균인 L. sakei subsp. ALI033 균주가 치즈 곰팡이에 대한 항진균 활성이 높게 나타났다. 치즈 곰팡이에 대한 유산균 배양액의 최소저해 농도를 측정해 본 결과, 생육저지환으로 알아본 항균활성 실험과 동일하게 분리 곰팡이균 8종에 대하여L. sakei subsp. ALI033 유산균의 항진균 활성이 가장 크게 나타났다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.793-800
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• 2005

We isolated and identified microorganisms from the aerial environment of domestic museums. The fungi, Penicillium spp., Alternaria spp., and Cladosporium spp. were isolated in many museums. It seems that these fungi are related to biological degradation of textile remains. A total of 14 kinds of bacterial strains were isolated: Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas spp., Neisseria spp., Alcaligenes spp., Shigella spp., Klebsiella spp., Corynebacterium spp., Aerococcus spp., Bacillus spp., Micrococcus spp., Citrobacter spp., Erwinia spp., Salmonella spp., and Providencia spp. Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas spp., Neisseria spp., and Alcaligenes spp. were the predominate bacteria found in samples with a variety of bacteria. This suggests that there is a relationship between bacteria and the damage of textile remains. In the museum, we isolated Alternaria spp, Geotrichum spp., Penicillium spp. Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas spp., Alcaligenes spp. from the entrance, exhibit hall and storage, but they were found in smaller number and species in the exhibit cases and paulownia cases. We concluded that paulownia cases were not influenced by the microorganisms because of quality of care provided by the museum staff. Corynebacterium spp., and Bacillus spp. were not detected at the entrance and exhibit hall but were detected in paulownia cases. It is presumed that those bacteria did not flow in from outside, but resulted from contaminants in paulownia cases. In the distribution of microorganisms associated with textile remains, more fungi were detected than bacteria. Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas spp., and Neisseria spp., were isolated from silk items. Penicillium spp. and Cladosporium spp. were isolated in the silk and hump items. Aspergillus spp. and Penicillium spp. were isolated from the cotton items. On the other hands, there were no fungi strains in the wool items. Most of the isolated strains from textile remains were aerial microorganisms from the museum environment. These results suggest that textile remains were apt to contaminated by contact with the air.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2001

벼 생산력과 환경보전을 상호 보완할 수 있는 지속농업 체계를 구축하는데 필요한 기초자료를 제공함과 아울러 관리기술을 개발하고자 경남지역에 산재된 논토양 487개소의 화학성과 미생물상을 연구한 결과는 다음과 같다. 논토양의 평균 개체수는 호기성 세균 $298{\times}10^5$($4{\sim}3000{\times}10^5$), 사상균 $63{\times}10^3$($2{\sim}441{\times}10^3$), 방선균 $19{\times}10^5$($0.2{\sim}1250{\times}10^5$), Bacillus sp. $53{\times}10^4$($4{\sim}890{\times}10^4$), Pseudomonas sp. $198{\times}10^4$($4{\sim}1724{\times}10^4$)$CFU\;g^{-1}$였다. 토양 미생물 균수는 남부지방이 북부지방보다 많았으며 평균 B/F비는 473 이었다. 토양의 점토함량이 증가할수록 호기성 세균, 방선균, Pseudomonas sp.의 균수는 감소하였다. B/F비는 사양토와 식양토에서 각각 1554, 1144로 높았고 Bacillus sp./fungi 비율은 식양토, 양토에서 각각 11, 10 으로 높았다. 지형별 미생물 균수 변이는 하해혼성평탄지에서 호기성 세균과 Bacillus sp./fungi 비율이 높았으며 토양유형별로는 습답에서 미생물의 균수가 낮았다. 토양 무기성분중 EC, $P_2O_5$, K, Ca, $NO_3-N$ 함량은 호기성 세균, 방선균, 사상균, Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp. 균수와 정의상관이 있었고 토양 유기물과 Mg 함량은 호기성 세균, 방선균, 사상균, Bacillus sp.와 정의상관이 있었다.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2019년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.103-103
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• 2019

Glycyrrhizae radix, commonly known as licorice, is a perennial herb belonging to Leguminosae and also includes various components such as, glycyrrhizin, liquiritin, liquiritigenin and isoliquiritigenin etc. Licorice has been widely used in East Asia as a medicine having pharmacological effects like antioxidants, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and immune modulatory activities. Among various licorice, Glycyrrhiza (G.) uralensis G. glabra and G. inflata are used for pharmaceutical purposes in Korea. However, cultivation of licorice has some problems such as low quality, low productivity, and early leaf drop. Korea Rural Development Administration developed new cultivars Wongam and Sinwongam, which are improved in cultivation and quality. To register the newly developed cultivar (s) on Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in Korea as a medicine, it is necessary to prove the similarity and difference through the comparative studies between already-registered species and new cultivars. Some fungi and bacteria usually in the human oral cavity and intestines exist as harmless state in human body. Also, the skin and genital infections by fungi can lead to toxic systemic infections and are accompanied by flushing, rashes, burning or painful sensation. The influences of licorice varieties on fungi and bacteria might be an evidence to prove the outstanding effect of newly developed licorice variety. In this study, the antifungal and antibacterial activity was investigated using newly developed licorice varieties Wongam, and Sinwongam against various fungi and bacteria. These results means newly developed licorice could be used as a replacement of already-registered species in terms of antifungal and antibacterial application.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.1128-1139
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• 2020

최근 기후의 급속한 변화에 따라서 식품과 농산물에 Aspergillus, Fusarium 및 Penicillium속에 해당하는 곰팡이에 의한 오염이 빈번하고 이들에 의해 생성되는 aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxins, patulin, trichothecenes, zearalenone등의 곰팡이 독소로 인해서 인간의 건강에 위해를 끼치고 또한 경제적인 손실을 가져오게 하고 있다. 최근 건강에 대한 소비자의 관심으로 인하여 기존에 사용되고 있는 프로피온산 및 소브산과 같은 보존료에 대한 거부감이 증가하고 있어 천연의 소재로부터 이를 대체할 만한 항진균제의 개발이 필요한 상황이다. 본 총설에서는 곰팡이의 생육 및 독소 생성을 제어하기 위한 생물학적 방법으로 유산균의 역할에 대하여 살펴보고자 하였다. 최근의 연구에 의하면 유산균은 저분자 화합물인 유기산, reuterin, 단백질 유래 화합물, 하이드록시 지방산, 페놀 화합물과 같은 다양한 대사산물을 통하여 곰팡이의 생육을 효과적으로 억제시키고 있으며, 또한 유산균의 세포벽 구성성분과의 흡착, 곰팡이 독소의 분해 및 곰팡이 독소의 생산 저해 등을 통하여 곰팡이 독소의 생산을 감소시키고 있는 사실이 제시되고 있다. 유산균은 다양한 종류를 포함하고 있으며 다양한 대사산물을 생산하고 있으므로 이를 바탕으로 효과적으로 곰팡이의 생육 및 독소 생산을 제어할 수 있는 잠재력 갖추고 있으므로, 유산균은 식품에 있어서 곰팡이의 생육을 조절하는 소재로서 주목 받을 것으로 기대된다.