• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.895-898
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• 2005

In the course of searching for potent chitin synthase 1 inhibitors from natural resources, Streptomyces sp. A6705 was found to exhibit potent inhibitory activity against the chitin synthase 1 from C. albicans (CaCHS1p). As a result, the inhibitor was isolated and identified using a series of chromatographies. Through chemical analyses with UV spectrophotometry, MS spectrometry, and various NMR techniques, the inhibitor was identified as N,N-bis(2-phenylethyl)urea. The compound exhibited strong inhibitory activity against the chitin synthase 1 from C. albicans with an $IC_{50}$ of 14 ${\mu}g$/ml, representing a similar inhibitory activity to that of the well-known chitin synthase inhibitor, polyoxin D ($IC_{50}$ 15 ${\mu}g$/ml). However, the compound showed no inhibitory activity against the chitin synthase 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae up to 280 ${\mu}g$/ml, which is structurally and functionally analogous to CaCHS 1 p. In addition, the compound exhibited weak antifungal activities against Cryptococcus neoformans and Rhizoctonis solani.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.69-73
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• 2003

병원에서 분리한 azole계 항진균성 항생물질에 대한 내성을 가지고 있는 Candida albicans에 대해 강한 활성을 가지는 항진균성 물질을 Bacillus subtilis LAM 97-44의 배양액으로부터 분리 정제한 후 그 특성을 조사하였다. 원심분리한 배양상등액을 butanol 추출, Diaion HP-20과 Dowex-50 adsorption chromatography, silica gel flash chromatography와 HPLC로 정제하였고 TLC와 HPLC로 확인하여 그 물질을 LAM-44A라 명명하였다. LAM-44A는 pH와 열에 매우 안정하였으며 Candida sp., Cryptococcus sp. 등에 대해 강한 활성을 나타낸 반면에 독성은 매우 적었다. 분리한 물질은 273 m에서 최대흡광도를 가진 융점 $202^{\circ}C$의 무색분말이었으며 ninhydrin 반응결과 음성이었고 $^1H-NMR$, $^{12}C-NMR$, IR spectrum, 원소분석 등의 결과로 볼 때 분자량 282의 $C_{14}H_{34}O_5$의 화학식을 가진 물질로 동정되었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.98-105
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• 2016

강원도를 비롯한 전국에서 발효식품 44점으로부터 유해균에 대한 생육억제 활성이 우수한 고초균주를 분리 및 동정하였으며, 생육억제 활성이 가장 우수하였던 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MBE1283로 명명된 균주의 유해균에 대한 생육억제 활성, 전분분해 효소활성 및 생육특성을 조사하였다. Escherichia coli O157:H7 KCCM40406을 비롯한 8종류의 유해균에 대한 생육억제 활성을 평가한 결과, 막걸리에서 분리된 B. amyloliquefaciens MBE1283 균주는 다른 B. amyloliquefaciens 균주들에 비해 유의적으로 높은 유해균 생육억제 활성을 나타내었다. B. amyloliquefaciens MBE1283 균주의 ${\alpha}$-amylase 효소활성은 대조구 균주들과 비교하였을 때 현저히 낮았으나 glucoamylase 효소활성은 대조구로 사용한 균주와 유사한 수준이었다. B. amyloliquefaciens MBE1283 균주의 최적 생육온도는 $45^{\circ}C$로서 대조구 균주보다 온도에 대한 내성이 있는 것으로 판단되었으며, 균체 성장에 적합한 최적 배지는 pH 6이었다. 본 연구를 통하여 막걸리로부터 분리된 B. amyloliquefaciens MBE1283 균주는 여러 종류의 유해균에 항균활성을 지니며 높은 온도와 낮은 pH에 대하여 내성을 지닌 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.1010-1022
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• 2017

Hybrid histidine kinase is part of a two-component system that is required for various stress responses and pathogenesis of pathogenic fungi. The Tco1 gene in human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans encodes a hybrid histidine kinase and is important for pathogenesis. In this study, we identified a Tco1 homolog, UmTco1, in the maize pathogen Ustilago maydis by bioinformatics analysis. To explore the role of UmTco1 in the survival of U. maydis under environmental stresses and its pathogenesis, ${\Delta}umtco1$ mutants were constructed by allelic exchange. The growth of ${\Delta}umtco1$ mutants was significantly impaired when they were cultured under hyperosmotic stress. The ${\Delta}umtco1$ mutants exhibited increased resistance to antifungal agent fludioxonil. In particular, the ${\Delta}umtco1$ mutants were unable to produce cytokinesis or conjugation tubes, and to develop fuzzy filaments, resulting in impaired mating between compatible strains. The expression levels of Prf1, Pra1, and Mfa1, which are involved in the pheromone pathway, were significantly decreased in the ${\Delta}umtco1$ mutants. In inoculation tests to the host plant, the ${\Delta}umtco1$ mutants showed significantly reduced ability in the production of anthocyanin pigments and tumor development on maize leaves. Overall, the combined results indicated that UmTco1 plays important roles in the survival under hyperosmotic stress, and contributes to cytokinesis, sexual development, and virulence of U. maydis by regulating the expression of the genes involved in the pheromone pathway.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.259-269
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• 2017

대전광역시 하천들의 효모 종 다양성을 조사하기 위하여 먼저 대전광역시 동남부와 시내를 흐르는 대전천과 서남부의 갑천에 있는 물과 주변 토양들을 2016년 8월과 2017년 2월에 각각 148점을 동일 장소에서 채취하여 야생효모들을 분리, 동정하였다. 여름 채취 물과 주변 토양 74점에서 23종 37균주의 야생효모들이 분리된 반면에 겨울 채취 시료들에서는 약 2배 이상 많은 34종 83균주가 분리되었다. 이들 3대 하천에서 가장 많이 분리된 야생효모는 Candida속 균으로 전체 42%이었고 Cryptococcus속 균과 식품에서 주로 분리되는 Saccharomyces속 균들이 각각 7%와 6%로 많이 분리되었다. 종 수준에서는 Candida tropicalis가 25균주로 가장 많았으며 여름 시료와 겨울 시료에서 공통으로 분리된 효모들은 Aureobasidium pullulans 등 13종이었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.93-98
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• 1995

저자들은 양측성 결절성 부신피질 증식증으로 양측 부신절제술을 받은환자에서 스테로이드 유지요법중 폐효모균증이 발견되어 약물치료후 호전된뒤 수개월내에 다시 폐결핵이 병발된 1예를 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.528-543
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• 1993

Vitamin E, which has its advocates in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. autoimmune disease, cancer and peripheral vascular and thromboembolic disease, has now been alleged to have a powerful antioxident effect and to affect various biological activities such as fertility factor, inhibition of human platelet aggregation and stabilization of biological membranes. The present study was designed to test whether vitamin I(alpha-tocopherol) can : (1) enhance the hemagglutinin response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC), (2) modulate Arthus and delayed type hypersensitivity(DTH) to SRBC and contact hypersensitivity to dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB). (3) enhance the mitogenic response of murine splenocyte, (4) decrease the recovery of Cryptococcus neoformans from brain, lung, liver, spleen and kidney of infected mice and (5) have an inhibitory or enhancing effect on the induction of active systemic anaphylaxis(ASA) induced by chicken-gamma globulin (CGG) in mice. Mice were given either intramuscular injections of 0.3ml (300mg) of vitamin I before immunization or were infection for 10 consecutive days or were given by vitamin I esophageal intubation, 0.1ml(100mg), for 20 days before sacrifice for the mitogenic response experiments. It was found that vitamin E treated mice showed a significant enhancement in hemagglutinin response, Arthus reaction and DTH to SRBC and contact hypersensitivity to DNFB. There was no significant difference in the mitogenic response to phytohemagglutinin(PHA), but the response to concanavalin A(ConA) or pokeweed mitogem(PWM) was increased in vitamin E-treated mice. Interestingly, the vitamin E administration before C. neoformans infection decreased significantly the recovery of C. neoformans from brain lung, liver, spleen and kidney of the infected mice as compared with that of the control mice, strongly suggesting that vitamin E pretreatment may increase the resistance of mice to the fungal infection. Unexpectedly, vitamin E administration enhanced the production of CGG -induced ASA. Taken together, it can be concluded that vitamin I administration may in-crease the humoral and cellular immune response and resistance. to C. neoformans infection, but enhance the induction of ASA to CGG. Further studies are necessary to clarify the underlying mechanism accounting for these effects.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2017

BACKGROUND: Yeasts are used in a variety of industries. However, most industries are biased toward Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; so we sought to explore non-conventional yeasts (NCY). This study aimed to isolate yeasts from seawater collected from the East Sea of Korea and to analyze the NCY. METHODS AND RESULTS: We first collected seawater and performed pure isolation using four kinds of medium (GPY, DOB + CSM, DG18, and SCG). In total, 314 strains and 17 genera were isolated by ITS sequencing, including Aureobasidum pullulans (236 strains), Cryptococcus (19 strains), Cystobasidium (18 strains), and Rhodotorula (9 strains). Upon in-depth analysis, A. pullulans, the most dominant genus (236 strains), was divided into Group II (147 strains), Unknown I (8 strains), and Unknown II (49 strains). CONCLUSION: In this study, a total of 314 strains were isolated from seawater; many of these yeasts have been found and reported in seawater previously. In-depth analysis of A. pullulans, showed the dominance of Group I (21 strains) and Group II (147 strains) We also discovered Unknown I (8 strains) and Unknown II (49 strains), which have not been reported previously.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.69-72
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• 1975

어유에 대하여 독작용을 나타내는 본 물질의 항생작용, succinic dehydrogenase 활성에 대한 조해작용 및 가토의 혈구에 미치는 영향 등에 대한 실험결과는 Candida japonica에서 $GI_{50}$ (세포생육의 50% 조해농도)이 7.5ug/ml, C. utilis에서 10.2ug/ml, Cryptococcus neoformans 6.4ug/ml 등으로서 극히 일부의 균에서만 항균작용이 인정되었으나 전반적으로 균에 대한 항생작용이 인정되지 않았다. 또 Cyprinus carpio L.의 각 조직에 대한 succinic dehydrogenas 활성조해능을 측정한 결과 비교적 전 장기조직에서 그 활성을 조해하였으며 특히 아가미 조직에 대한 조해현상은 흥미있는 일이다. 또 가토의 혈액에 leukopenia및 leukocytosis 현상의 여부 등을 알고저 본 물질을 유맥주사후 혈구변화도를 검토해 보았으나 별로 영향을 나타내지 않았으며 neutropenia 및 Iymphopenia 현상도 일어나지 않았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2014

In the present study, a yeast species isolated from CETP, Vellore, Tamilnadu was identified as Cryptococcus sp. VITGBN2 based on molecular techniques and was found to be a potent producer of acidic diacetate sophorolipid in mineral salt media containing vegetable oil as additional carbon source. The chemical structure of the purified biosurfactant was identified as acidic diacetate sophorolipid through GC-MS analysis. This sophorolipid was used as a stabilizer for synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZON). The formation of biofunctionalized ZON was characterized using UV-visible spectroscopy, XRD, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The antimicrobial activities of naked ZON and sophorolipid functionalized ZON were tested based on the diameter of inhibition zone in agar well diffusion assay, microbial growth rate determination, protein leakage analysis, and lactate dehydrogenase assay. Bacterial pathogen Salmonella enterica and fungal pathogen Candida albicans showed more sensitivity to sophorolipid biofunctionalized ZON compared with naked ZON. Among the two pathogens, S. enterica showed higher sensitivity towards sophorolipid biofunctionalized ZON. SEM analysis showed that cell damage occurred through cell elongation in the case of S. enterica, whereas cell rupture was found to occur predominantly in the case of C. albicans. This is the first report on the dual role of yeast-mediated sophorolipid used as a biostabilizer for ZON synthesis as well as a novel functionalizing agent showing antimicrobial property.