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Characterization of Streptomyces sp. AMLK-135 Producing Anti- MRSA Antibiotics

  • Lee, Min-Jeong;Lim, Dae-Seog;Lee, Myung-Sub;Yoon, Won-Ho;Kim, Chang-Han
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제7권6호
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    • pp.397-401
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    • 1997
  • The present research program was conducted to characterize a strain of actinomycetes producing an anti methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) antibiotic. Soil samples were collected from various sites in Korea and a number of actinomycetes were isolated from the soil samples by applying selective agar for actinomycetes. Among over 400 isolates, a strain (AMLK-135) producing anti-MRSA antibiotic against S. aureus TK 784 was selected. According to the morphological and physiological characteristics, the strain AMLK-135 was confirmed to belong to the genus Streptomyces. From the results of species identification with the TAXON program, the strain AMLK-135 was shown to belong to major cluster 5 (Streptomyces exfoliatus), but it had a low simple matching coefficient ($S_{SM}$ SM/) value to member organisms of major cluster 5. Percentage ($\%$) of strain further away of the strain AMLK-135 was low (1.9400) and it was placed further away than the outer-most members in major cluster 5. Therefore, the strain AMLK-135 was identified as a new species of the genus Streptomyces.

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STAR FORMING ACTIVITY OF CLUSTER GALAXIES AT z~1

  • KIM, JAE-WOO;IM, MYUNGSHIN;LEE, SEONG-KOOK;HYUN, MINHEE
    • 천문학논총
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    • 제30권2호
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    • pp.503-505
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    • 2015
  • The galaxy cluster is an important object for investigating the large scale structure and evolution of galaxies. Recent wide and deep near-IR surveys provide an opportunity to search for galaxy clusters in the high redshift universe. We have identified candidate clusters of 0.8< z <1.2 from the $25deg^2$ SA22 field using an optical-near-IR dataset from merged UKIDSS DXS, IMS and CFHTLS catalogs. Using these candidates, we investigate the star forming activity of member galaxies. Consequently, at z ~1, the star forming activity of cluster galaxies is not distinguishable from those of field galaxies, which is different from members in local clusters. This means the environmental effect becomes more important for $M_{\ast}>10^{10}M_{\odot}$ galaxies at z <1.

Multiband photometry of globular clusters toward the central region of the Fornax cluster: Radial variation of GC color distributions

  • 김학섭;윤석진;손상모;정철;이상윤
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제37권2호
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    • pp.84.2-84.2
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    • 2012
  • We present wide-field multiband photometry of globular cluster (GC) systems toward the central region of the Fornax cluster of galaxies, including NGC 1399, NGC 1404, and NGC 1387. Observation was carried out through four optical passbands (U, B, V, and I) with the Mosaic II CCD imager mounted on the 4-m Blanco telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). This marks one of the widest U-band photometric studies on GC systems. GC candidates are selected among point sources based on their two color diagrams together with a magnitude cut. We investigate the radial variation of color distributions for the GC systems, focusing on the fundamental parameters that characterize bimodal distributions; the number ratio between blue and red GCs, the mean colors of the groups, and their color dispersions. We discuss the implication of our result regarding the origin of GC color bimodality.

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Functional Roles of the Aromatic Residues in the Stabilization of the [$Fe_4S_4$] Cluster in the Iro Protein from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

  • Zeng, Jia;Liu, Qing;Zhang, Xiaojian;Mo, Hongyu;Wang, Yiping;Chen, Qian;Liu, Yuandong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제20권2호
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    • pp.294-300
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    • 2010
  • The Iro protein is a member of the HiPIP family with the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster for electron transfer. Many reports proposed that the conserved aromatic residues might be responsible for the stability of the iron-sulfur cluster in HiPIP. In this study, Tyr10 was found to be a critical residue for the stability of the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster, according to site-directed mutagenesis results. Tyr10, Phe26, and Phe48 were essential for the stability of the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster under acidic condition. Trp44 was not involved in the stability of the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster. Molecular structure modeling for the mutant Tyr10 proteins revealed that the aromatic group of Tyr10 may form a hydrophobic barrier to protect the [$Fe_4S_4$] cluster from solvent.

K-means based Clustering Method with a Fixed Number of Cluster Members

  • Yi, Faliu;Moon, Inkyu
    • 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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    • 제17권10호
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    • pp.1160-1170
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    • 2014
  • Clustering methods are very useful in many fields such as data mining, classification, and object recognition. Both the supervised and unsupervised grouping approaches can classify a series of sample data with a predefined or automatically assigned cluster number. However, there is no constraint on the number of elements for each cluster. Numbers of cluster members for each cluster obtained from clustering schemes are usually random. Thus, some clusters possess a large number of elements whereas others only have a few members. In some areas such as logistics management, a fixed number of members are preferred for each cluster or logistic center. Consequently, it is necessary to design a clustering method that can automatically adjust the number of group elements. In this paper, a k-means based clustering method with a fixed number of cluster members is proposed. In the proposed method, first, the data samples are clustered using the k-means algorithm. Then, the number of group elements is adjusted by employing a greedy strategy. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed clustering scheme can classify data samples efficiently for a fixed number of cluster members.

관개취약성 평가모형 및 군집분석을 활용한 용수공급 위험도 평가 (Water Supply Risk Assessment of Agricultural Reservoirs using Irrigation Vulnerability Model and Cluster Analysis)

  • 남원호;김태곤;홍은미
    • 한국농공학회논문집
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    • 제57권1호
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2015
  • Because reservoirs that supply irrigation water play an important role in water resource management, it is necessary to evaluate the vulnerability of this particular water supply resource. The purpose of this study is to provide water supply risk maps of agricultural reservoirs in South Korea using irrigation vulnerability model and cluster analysis. To quantify water supply risk, irrigation vulnerability indices are estimated to evaluate the performance of the water supply on the agricultural reservoir system using a probability theory and reliability analysis. First, the irrigation vulnerability probabilities of 1,346 reservoirs managed by Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) were analyzed using meteorological data on 54 meteorological stations over the past 30 years (1981-2010). Second, using the K-mean method of non-hierarchical cluster analysis and pre-simulation approach, cluster analysis was applied to classify into three groups for characterizing irrigation vulnerability in reservoirs. The morphology index, watershed area, irrigated area, and ratio between watershed and irrigated area are selected as the clustering analysis parameters. It is suggested that the water supply risk map be utilized as a basis for the establishment of risk management measures, and could provide effective information for a reasonable decision making on drought risk mitigation.

광주 한복산업 집적지의 특성과 최근 변화 (Characteristics and recent changes of the Hanbok industrial cluster in Gwangju, Korea)

  • 허승연;안명숙
    • 한국의상디자인학회지
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.161-172
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    • 2019
  • This study examines the characteristics and recent changes of the Hanbok industrial cluster in Gwangju Metropolitan City, in order to understand the problems in the activation of the Hanbok industry and to seek future policies. A total 32 companies comprise the 'Small Manufacturer Specialized Support Center of Hanbok' and were surveyed with a 41 questions with questions in four categories. The Gwangju Hanbok area has been in existence for more than 40 years and was composed of small groups of one or two manufacturers. They are experiencing the same difficulties as other Hanbok clusters, such as the aging of workers, the downturn of dress culture, and changing consumption paradigms. However, since 2015, various efforts have been made in order to seek countermeasures to cope with such difficulties, particularly with the foundation of the 'Small Manufacturer Specialized Support Center of Hanbok' with the support of the Ministry of Small Venture Business. This study focuses on the alterations in the current Hanbok industry due to the IT industrialization as well as the changes in the locations of the Hanbok clusters due to the revitalization of old towns by local governments., The results providing an opportunity to appreciate the problems therein and seek the solutions. Small manufacturers of the Hanbok cluster are trying to improve their entrepreneurship, digital technology application, and knowledge in accordance with the socio-economic trends, but they have limitations to practically apply it to business, barely keeping the minimum production base. The central government and the Gwangju should reinforce and expand the support for marketing and public relations for the Hanbok to foster the designer population, to establish mutual brands, to raise brand awareness, and to promote the technological perfection of the individual businesses, to allow them to cope with the current market trends, in order for the technological development and firm settlement of the local Hanbok industrial cluster.

JK PHOTOMETRY OF BRIGHT GIANTS IN NGC6712

  • KYEONG JAE-MANN;BYUN YONG-IK
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제31권2호
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    • pp.127-140
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    • 1998
  • With a large format near-infrared camera at the 2.2-m telescope on Mauna Kea Observatory, we performed J K near-infrared observations for the metal rich globular cluster NGC6712. This cluster lies near the galactic plane and therefore suffers heavy reddening. We present the near-infrared color-magnitude diagram and also derive the metallicity ([Fe/H] ${\~}-0.96{\pm}0.27$) as well as its distance modulus ((m - M) ${\~}13.42{\pm}0.12$).

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DISCOVERY OF NEW RR LYRAE STARS IN THE CENTER OF THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER M53

  • Sohn, Sang-Mo;Rey, Soo-Chang;Lee, Young-Wook;Byun, Yong-Ik;Chun, Mun-Suk
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.115-130
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    • 1999
  • We report the discovery of 17 new RR Lyrae variables in the central region ($\rleq1'$) of the globular cluster M53. There candidates were identified by using the Welch & Stetson (1993) technique and confirmed by checking individual light curves in both B and V bands. The color-magnitude diagram of the horizontal-branch stars in the central region is compared with that for stars observed in the outer region by Rey et al. (1998). Including the new data from this study, we estimate the fraction of c typeRR Lyrae variables, n(c)/n(ab + c), to be 0.43 which agrees well with the valuse of other Oosterhoff group II clusters.

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