• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.234-239
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• 1993

The alginate degrading bacteria have been screened from the marine environment. Sodium alginate and NaCl were required for cell growth and enzyme production of 145-C strain and the adequate concentrations were 0.7 and 2.5%, respectively. The effective nitrogen source was peptone and adequate temperature was 28$\pm$2$^{\circ}C$. The 145-C strain was identified as Vibrio sp. from biochemical and biological experiment. The extracellular enzyme produced by Vibrio sp. was purified and the molecular weight was estimated to be 27, 000.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.197-202
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• 2003

Phosphorus is one of the major plant growth limiting nutrients, despite being abundant in soils in both inorganic and organic forms. Phosphobioinoculants in the form of microorganisms can help in increasing the availability of accumulated phosphates for plant growth by solubilization. Penicillium oxalicum CBPSTsa, isolated from paddy rhizosphere, was studied for its phosphate solubilization. The influence of various carbon sources like glucose, sucrose, mannitol and sorbitol and nitrogen sources like arginine, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, ammonium chloride and ammonium sulphate were evaluated using liquid media with tricalcium phosphate (Ca-P), ferric phosphate (Fe-P) and aluminium phosphate (Al-P). Maximum soluble phosphate of 824 mg/L was found in the amendment of sucrose-sodium nitrate from 5 g/L of Ca-P. Mannitol, sorbitol, and ariginine were poor in phosphate solubilization. While sucrose was better carbon source in solubilization of Ca-P and Al-P, glucose fared better in solubilization of Fe-P. Though all the nitrogen sources enhanced P solubilization, nitrates were better than ammonium In the amendments of ammonium chloride and ammonium sulphate, higher uptake of available phosphates by the fungus was found, and this resulted in depletion of available P in Fe-P amendment Phosphate solubilization was accompanied by acidification of the media, and the highest pH decrease was observed in glucose amendment Among the nitrogen sources, ammonium chloride favored greater pH decrease.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.338-343
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• 2017

Activated carbon has lower electrical conductivity and reliability than other carbonaceous materials because of the oxygen functional groups that form during the activation process. This problem can be overcome by doping the material with heteroatoms to reduce the number of oxygen functional groups. In the present study, N, F co-doped activated carbon (AC-NF) was successfully prepared by a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method, utilizing commercial activated carbon (AC-R) as the precursor and ammonium tetrafluoroborate as the single source for the co-doping of N and F. AC-NF showed improved electrical conductivity ($3.8\;S\;cm^{-1}$) with N and F contents of 0.6 and 0.1 at%, respectively. The introduction of N and F improved the performance of the pertinent supercapacitor: AC-NF exhibited an improved rate capability at current densities of $0.5-50mA\;cm^{-2}$. The rate capability was higher compared to that of raw activated carbon because N and F codoping increased the electrical conductivity of AC-NF. The developed method for the co-doping of N and F using a single source is cost-effective and yields AC-NF with excellent electrochemical properties; thus, it has promising applications in the commercialization of energy storage devices.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.52-59
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• 2002

Pilot-scale PSSBR(Phase Separated Sequencing Batch Reactor) was operated to evaluate requirement of external carbon sources(${\Delta}gCOD/{\Delta}gNO_3^{-}-N$) in denitrification. Methanol and fermented food waste were used as external carbon sources. Methanol and fermented food waste were fed to the anoxic state of first reactor and concentration were 50 and 40 mgCOD/L on the basis of concentration in reactor, respectively. In case that external carbon source was not used, average $NO_3^{-}-N$ concentration in effluent was 22.49 mg/L. When methanol and fermented food waste were fed, average $NO_3^{-}-N$ concentration in effluent were 10.13 mg/L and 6.3 mg/L, respectively and requirement of external carbon sources were 4.04 and 2.5 ${\Delta}gCOD/{\Delta}gNO_3^{-}-N$, respectively. Fermented food waste was better than methanol in denitrification efficiency. Therefore fermented food waste could be one of the excellent external carbon sources for nitrogen removal in biological nutrient removal process.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.317-320
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• 2000

The optimal temperature and pH for both mycelial growth and exe-biopolymer production by Cordyceps millitaris in shake flask culture were found to be $20^{\circ}C$ and 6.0, respectively. Sucrose (4%) and corn steep powder (1%) were the most suitable carbon and nitrogen source for mycelial growth and exo-biopolymer production. The maximum specific growth rate $(0.142h^{-1})$ was achieved when sucrose was used as the sole carbon source. Exo-biopolymer production was increased with the increase in C/N molar ratio concentration, probably due to the facilitated carbon uptake. Under the optimal culture conditions, the maximum mycelial growth exe-biopolymer concentration were reached to around 13.3 g dry cell weigh/l and 3.33 g/l, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.97-102
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• 2017

Catechol type siderophore different from 2, 3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB) was produced from Acinetobacter sp. B-W grown in medium containing L-glutamic acid as both carbon and nitrogen sole sources at $28^{\circ}C$. Optimal concentration of glutamic acid for siderophore production was 3% and production of siderophore was decreased above 3% glutamic acid. In previous report, siderophore, 2, 3-DHB was produced from strain B-W grown in medium containing glucose as carbon source and glutamic acid as nitrogen source. Rf value of siderophore produced from strain B-W grown in medium glutamic acid as both carbon and nitrogen sole sources at $28^{\circ}C$ was 0.32, while 2, 3-DHB was 0.84 in butanol-acetic acid-water (12:3:5) as developing solvent. Antioxidative activity of 2, 3-DHB was not detected in that siderophore produced from glutamic acid. Catechol nature of siderophore was detected by Arnow test. Although in iron-limited media optimal cell growth was identified at $36^{\circ}C$, significant quantities of siderophore were produced only at $28^{\circ}C$. Biosynthesis of siderophore was strongly inhibited by growth at $36^{\circ}C$. Production of siderophore was completely inhibited by $10{\mu}M\;FeCl_3$.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.141-147
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• 1978

In order to increase the productivity of cellulolytic enzymes, medium composition and culture conditions were studied. When cellulose powder (Avicel) supplemented with rice straw was used as carbon source, productivity of ${\beta}-glucosidase$ was increased by about 3 times compared with the runs with only cellulose powder as a carbon source. In this case no negative effects on the production of CMC enzyme activity and filter paper activity was found. For the production of celulolytic enzymes using T. reesei QM 9414, casitone was found to be a good nitrogen source compared with other sources studied, such as peptone, yeast extract, tryptone, and casein. The highest cellulase activity was attained when 0.3% glucose and 0.01% Tween 80 were supplemented to the standard medium of Rese. An adequate oxygen transfer rate was also found to be important to the cellulase fermentation and about 50 mmole of oxygen/liter/hour supported good cellulase biosynthesis during cellulase fermentation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.397-401
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• 1996

A bacterial strain CFCl, which produced an extracellular cycloinulooligosaccharide fructanotransferase(CFTase), was isolated from soil. The isolated strain was identified as a strain of Bacillus sp. The synthesis of CFTase by the bacterium was found to be induced by inulin which was added to the culture medium as a carbon source. The highest activity of CFTase was observed at pH 7.5 and $37^{\circ}C$ in the medium containing 4% inulin and 0.5% peptone as a carbon source and a nitrogen source, respectively. Under the optimal conditions, the enzyme activity in the culture supernatant reached the highest level of 85 munits/ml after 96 h cultivation.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.31 no.2 s.83
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• pp.99-106
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• 2005

The removals of organic matter, nitrogen and phosphate in wastewater were investigated with Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR). Glucose and sodium acetate were Used for organic carbon source so as to know nutrient removal efficiency in proportion to MLSS concentration. In the case of glucose, the COD removal rate was $74\%,\;41\%\;and\;66\%$ in MLSS 5000, 3000 and 1000, respectively. On equal terms, the BOD was $57\%,\;21\%\;and\;38\%$, the T-N was $24\%,\;13\%\;and\;44\%$, and the T-P was $12\%,\;21\%\;and\;33\%$. As a result, the removal rate of organic materials showed the finest remove when MLSS was 5000, but the nutrient removal rate appeared as was best when MLSS was 1000. In the case of sodium acetate, the COD removal rate was $83\%,\;81\%\;and\;86\%$ in MLSS 5000, 3000 and 1000, respectively. On equal terms, the BOD was appeared by $76\%,\;82\%\;and\;92\%$, the T-N $57\%,\;42\%\;and\;78\%$, and the T-P $48\%,\;52\%\;and\;38\%$. As a result, organic and T-N removal rates were best when MLSS was 1000. But, the T-P removal rates were best when MLSS was 3000. Glucose was shown fast removal in reaction beginning, but screened by more efficient thing though sodium acetate removes organic matter, nitrogen and phosphate. Form of floc was ideal in all reactors regardless of carbon source and MLSS concentration. And its diameter was about $200\~500{\mu}m$.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.81-91
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• 1993

This paper was carried out to isolate and identify Aeromonas caviae which can degrade Sodium Dodecyl Benzene Sulfonate(SDBS) effectively. And the affecting factors for the ability of bacterial degradation were also studied. Frm October 1991 to February 1992, two hundred samples from sweage in Taegu area and Nakdong river waters in Talsung Gun area were tested. Minimal salt medium which contain SDBS only as a carbon source was used as a culture medium. The isolated new strain was identified as Aeromonas caviae Kim & Kweon. The optimal pH for SDBS degradation were 7.0 and temperature, $32^{\circ}C.$ It was taken 24 hours to degrade SDBS of 20mg/l completely under the optimal pH and temperature. And in the case of 30 mg/l of SDBS, it was taken 36 hours. The nitrogen sources were added to the minimal salt media containing 20mg/l of SDBS, and they were incubated at $32^{\circ}C$ for 14 hours. 86.9% SDBS were degraded after addition of 0.03% peptone as a organic nitrogen source. And 70.5% SDBS after addition of 0.05% ammonium sulfate as a inorganic nitrogen source. In the case of metal compounds(0.015%), the degradation rate for SDBS were 3.5 fold increased in the media containing magnesium chloride and calcium chloride than in the media that were not containing these metal compounds. And where the media containing magnesium chloride was 0.05%, the degradation rate was 65.8%. And above 0.3% NaCI, the degradation rate was decreased slowly.