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Isolation and Characterization of Soil Microorganism Producing Acyl CoA Synthetase Inhibitor (Acyl CoA 합성효소 억제제를 생산하는 토양균의 분리 및 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Ja;Kim, Tae-Sung
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.713-719
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    • 1996
  • Identification of soil microorganism strain B-6. a producer of acyl CoA synthetase inhibitor, based on its morphological, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomical charact eristics was performed. The strain B-6 was identified as Bacillus subtilis. Ihe acyl CoA synthetase inhibitor produced by this strain was highly achieved in fermentation medium that contained glucose 1.0%, soluble starch 1.0%, NH$_4$Cl 0.3%, oatmeal 1.0%, pharmamedia 1.0%, basic magnesium carbonate 0.5%. pH 7.5 at 30$^{\circ}$C for 7 days. The optimal pH and temperature for growth were 9.0 and 30$^{\circ}$C, respectively. Butanol extract of culture filterate of strain B-6 in acyl CoA synthetase inhibitor production medium containing corn steep liquor exhibited high acyl CoA synthetase inhibitor activity and antimicrobial activity against C. albicans. But chloroform extract of culture filterate of strain B-6 in medium containing NH$_4$Cl, ($NH_4)_2SO_4$ or urea instead of corn steep liquor exhibited higher antimicrobial activity against C. albicans than that of butanol extract.

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Effects of Feeding Egg Yolk Prepared from Quails Fed Winged Bean Oil on Plasma and Liver Cholesterol and Fatty Acid Composition of Rats

  • Mutia, R.;Uchida, S.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.192-196
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this experiment was to study the effects of feeding egg yolk prepared from quail fed winged bean oil on plasma and liver cholesterol and fatty acids composition in rats. Eggs were collected from laying quails that had been fed diets containing 5% of either animal tallow, soybean oil, corn oil or winged bean oil. Yolk powders (referred to as winged bean yolk, soybean yolk, etc.) were prepared and fed at the 15% level to weanling female Wistar rats for 28 days. Rats fed winged bean yolk had significantly lower body weight gain than did rats fed soybean yolk or animal tallow yolk. There are no significant effects on plasma total cholesterol, liver cholesterol and triglyceride concentration due to feeding yolk powder containing different oil. However, LDL-cholesterol increased and HDL-cholesterol decreased in rats fed winged bean yolk. Liver lipid of rats fed with winged bean yolk had a higher linoleic but a lower linolenic content than did those fed animal tallow yolk. However, rats fed with winged bean yolk had a lower linoleic content than did rats fed soybean yolk or corn yolk. In conclusion, winged bean yolk seemed to have had an adverse effect on rats.

Effect of Choice Feeding on Performance, Gastrointestinal Development and Feed Utilization of Broilers

  • Yao, Junhu;Tian, Xiaoyan;Xi, Haibo;Han, Jincheng;Xu, Ming;Wu, Xiaobing
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2006
  • The experiment was conducted to study the effect of choice feeding on growth performance, carcass quality, gastrointestinal development and feed utilization of 22-49 days old broilers. One hundred and forty four 22-day-old broilers were randomly allocated to 3 treatments with 4 replicates per treatment and 12 birds per replicate. Three feeding regimes are complete diet (control), ground corn and protein concentrate (treatment I), and soybean meal and balancer (treatment II). Protein concentrate is the residue part of complete diet without corn, and balancer is the residue part of complete diet without soybean meal. Treatment I and II are designed for the broilers to freely choose the two parts of diet. The results showed that: (1) broilers under choice feeding (treatment I and II) had lower performances compared with the control; (2) gastrointestinal development and the efficiency ratios that broilers converted dietary crude protein and lysine to body weight gain were improved in treatment I (p<0.05); (3) there were no significant differences in the apparent metabolizabilities of dietary dry matter, crude protein and gross energy, and deposition ratios of dietary nitrogen and energy, and carcass quality among three feeding regimes (p>0.05).

Simulation for Irrigation Management of Corn in South Texas

  • Ko, Jong-Han;Piccinni, Giovanni
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.161-170
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    • 2008
  • Interest is growing in applying simulation models for the South Texas conditions, to better assess crop water use and production with different crop management practices. The Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model was used to evaluate its application as a decision support tool for irrigation management of com (Zea mays L.) in South Texas of the U.S. We measured actual crop evapotranspiration (ETc) using a weighing lysimeter, soil moisture using a neutron probe, and grain yield by field sampling. The model was then validated using the measured data. Simulated ETc using the Hargreaves-Samani equation was in agreement with the lysimeter measured ETc. Simulated soil moisture generally matched with the measured soil moisture. The EPIC model simulated the variability in grain yield with different irrigation regimes with $r^2$value of 0.69 and root mean square error of $0.5\;ton\;ha^{-1}$. Simulation results with farm data demonstrate that EPIC can be used as a decision support tool for com under irrigated conditions in South Texas. EPIC appears to be effective in making long term and pre-season decisions for irrigation management of crops, while reference ET and phenologically based crop coefficients can be used for inseason irrigation management.

Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of DHA-Enriched Structured Lipid (Docosahexaenoic acid 함유 재구성지질의 효소적 합성 연구)

  • Cho, Eun-Jin;Cho, Kyung-Hyun;Lee, Ki-Taek
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.709-712
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    • 2005
  • Structured lipid (SL) was synthesized by enzymatic interesterification of algae oil and corn oil in stirred tank batch reactor, The reaction, performed for 15hr at $65^{\circ}C$, was catalyzed by sn-1,3-specific lipase RM IM from Rhizonucor miehei without organic solvent. DHA, oleic acid, and linoleic acid contents of SL were 14.9, 17.3, and 31.8 mol%, respectively. ${\alpha}-,\;{\gamma}-,\;and\;{\delta}-tocopherol$ contents and physiochemical property of SL were evaluated. During 15 hr reaction, most reaction occurred within 6 hr, and highest relative production rate was observed between 3 to 6 hr.

Ethanol Fermentation of Corn Starch by a Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Having Glucoamylase and $\alpha$-Amylase Activities

  • Lee, Dae-Hee;Park, Jong-Soo;Ha, Jung-Uk;Lee, Seung-Cheol;Hwang, Yong-Il
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.206-210
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    • 2001
  • Starch is an abundant resource in plant biomass, and it should be hydrolyzed enzymatically into fermentable sugars for ethanol fermentation. A genetic recombinant yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae GA-7458, was constructed by integrating the structural gene of both $\alpha$-amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus and the gene (STA1) encoding glucoamylase from S. diastaticus into the chromosome of S. cerevisiae SH7458. The recombinant yeast showed active enzymatic activities of $\alpha$-amylase and glucoamylase. The productivity of ethanol fermentation from the pH-controlled batch culture (pH 5.5) was 2.6 times greater than that of the pH-uncontrolled batch culture. Moreover, in a fed-batch culture, more ethanol was produced (13.2 g/L), and the production yield was 0.38 with 2% of corn starch. Importantly, the integrated plasmids were fully maintained during ethanol fermentation.

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Utilization of Robinia pseudoacacia as Sawdust Medium for Cultivation of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms

  • Chai, Jung-Ki;Lee, Sung-Jin;Kim, Yoon-Soo
    • Plant Resources
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.42-48
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    • 1999
  • This study was undertaken to examine the feasibility of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) as substrates for several edible mushrooms. For the cultivation of several edible and/or medicinal fungi on black locust, optimum bulk densities, synthetic or semisynthetic additives, natural additives and pretreatment methods were investigated. Fruit body yields of the fungi on various sawdust media composed of different wood species were also analyzed for testing the capability of black locust as a substrate for mushroom production. Mycelial growths decreased proportional when the bulk density increased. The most suitable carbon and nitrogen sources as additives to promote the mycelial growth were sucrose (2%, w/w) and ammonium phosphate (0.2%, w/w) respectively. When corn-powder and beer-waste as natural additives were added to sawdust of black locust showed the significant growth of mycelia. And the optimum mixing ratio was 10:2:1 (sawdust: corn-powder: beer-waste, w/w). Black locust after cold water treatment showed the outstanding mycelial growths. Any significant changes of pH, moisture content (%) and dry-weight losses (%) could not be found among culture substrates (sawdust of black locust, oak and poplar wood) examined before and after harvesting of fruit bodies. Yield of fruit bodies on black locust culture media were comparable with those culture media composed with oak and poplar wood. The present work indicated strongly the potentiality of black locust as raw materials for edible and medicinal mushrooms.

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Effects of Aspergillus Oryzae Culture and 2-Hydroxy-4-(Methylthio)-Butanoic Acid on In vitro Rumen Fermentation and Microbial Populations between Different Roughage Sources

  • Sun, H.;Wu, Y.M.;Wang, Y.M.;Liu, J.X.;Myung, K.H.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.27 no.9
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    • pp.1285-1292
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    • 2014
  • An in vitro experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of Aspergillus oryzae culture (AOC) and 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid (HMB) on rumen fermentation and microbial populations between different roughage sources. Two roughage sources (Chinese wild rye [CWR] vs corn silage [CS]) were assigned in a $2{\times}3$ factorial arrangement with HMB (0 or 15 mg) and AOC (0, 3, or 6 mg). Gas production (GP), microbial protein (MCP) and total volatile fatty acid (VFA) were increased in response to addition of HMB and AOC (p<0.01) for the two roughages. The HMB and AOC showed inconsistent effects on ammonia-N with different substrates. For CWR, neither HMB nor AOC had significant effect on molar proportion of individual VFA. For CS, acetate was increased (p = 0.02) and butyrate was decreased (p<0.01) by adding HMB and AOC. Increase of propionate was only occurred with AOC (p<0.01). Populations of protozoa ($p{\leq}0.03$) and fungi ($p{\leq}0.02$) of CWR were differently influenced by HMB and AOC. Percentages of F. succinogenes, R. albus, and R. flavefaciens (p<0.01) increased when AOC was added to CWR. For CS, HMB decreased the protozoa population (p = 0.01) and increased the populations of F. succinogenes and R. albus ($p{\leq}0.03$). Populations of fungi, F. succinogenes (p = 0.02) and R. flavefacien (p = 0.03) were increased by adding AOC. The HMB${\times}$AOC interactions were noted in MCP, fungi and R. flavefacien for CWR and GP, ammonia-N, MCP, total VFA, propionate, acetate/propionate (A/P) and R. albus for CS. It is inferred that addition of HMB and AOC could influence rumen fermentation of forages by increasing the number of rumen microbes.

Characterization and Xylanase Productivity of Streptomyces sp. YB914 (Xylanase를 생산하는 Streptomyces sp. YB914의 특성과 효소 생산성)

  • Yoon, Ki-Hong
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.383-388
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    • 2009
  • A strain YB914 was isolated from soil as a producer of the extracellular xylanase, which catalyzes the hydrolysis of oat spelt xylan. The strain YB914 was identified as Streptomyces sp. on the basis of its morphological, cultural and biochemical properties. The xylanase of culture filtrate was the most active at $55^{\circ}C$ and pH 5.5, and retained 80% of its maximum activity at the range of pH 4.5~7.0. In order to optimize the culture medium for xylanase production, ingredients of G.S.S medium were replaced by several carbohydrates. The carbohydrates such as oat spelt xylan, corn cob xylan, wheat bran and lactose increased the xylanase productivity of Streptomyces sp. YB914. However, xylanase production was greatly repressed by galactose or arabinose. The maximum xylanase productivity was reached to 48 U/mL in the modified medium containing 1% oat spelt xylan and 1.5% lactose.

Development and Product Quality of High Nutrition-Low Cost Supplementary Foods for the Children for Wonseong Country Comprehensive Nutrition Program in Korea -Part I : Formulation and production performance of Proposed Supplementary Foods- (원성군 시범종합영양사업을 위한 어린이용 고영양보충식품의 개발에 관한 연구 -제 1 보 : 제품의 조제 및 생산시험-)

  • Cheigh, Hong-Sik;Pyun, Yoo-Ryang;Ryu, Chung-Hee;Kwon, Tai-Wan
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.199-206
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    • 1980
  • Formulation and production performance of proposed high nutriton-low cost (HNLC) supplementary foods for children in Korea were studied for Wonseong County Comprehensive Nutrition Program. The basic formulas recommendable from the experimental results on the nutritional value, organoleptical qualities and mechanical performance using MFM-KIST extrusion cooking system were considered as CSS-3, CSS-4 and BSS-4. Initial priority of application soybean was with CSS-4(68% corn flour, defatted soybean flour 20%, sesame 2%, corn oil 4%, sugar 4%, salt 1%, vitamins, mineral and other additives 1%). All these formulas as on rioted snack type-HNLC supplementary foods were found in the acceptable range of mechanical, organoleptical and economical point of view.

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