• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.883-892
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• 2018

Probiotics, including Enterococcus faecium, confer a health benefit on the host. An Enterococcus strain was isolated from healthy chicken cecum, identified as E. faecium by 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis, and designated as E. faecium L11. To evaluate the potential of E. faecium L11 as a probiotic, the gastrointestinal tolerance, immunomodulatory activity, and lifespan extension properties of the strain were assayed. E. faecium L11 showed >66% and >62% survival in artificial gastric juice (0.3% pepsin, pH 2.5) and simulated small intestinal juice (0.5% bile salt and 0.1% pancreatin), respectively. Heat-killed E. faecium L11 significantly (p < 0.05) increased immune cell proliferation compared with controls, and stimulated the production of cytokines (IL-6 and $TNF-{\alpha}$) by activated macrophages obtained from ICR mice. In addition, E. faecium L11 showed a protective effect against Salmonella Typhimurium infection in Caenorhabditis elegans. In addition, feeding E. faecium L11 significantly (p < 0.05) extended the lifespan of C. elegans compared with the control. Furthermore, genes related to aging and host defense were upregulated in E. faecium L11-fed worms. In conclusion, E. faecium L11, which prolongs the lifespan of C. elegans, may be a potent probiotic supplement for livestock.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.323-327
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• 2014

새싹채소로부터 분리된 E. faecium의 temperate phage 특성을 mitomycin C를 이용하여 E. faecium으로부터 D-19 phage와 F6 phage를 각각 분리하였다. 분리된 temperate phage는 형태학적 특성을 확인한 결과 모두 Siphoviridae에 속하는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고, 숙주 저해 범위는 55개의 숙주중에서 D-19 phage는 5주, F6 phage는 3주의 E. faecium만을 용균시킬 수 있는 것으로 확인하였다. 다양한 ethanol 농도에서의 안정성은 고농도에서도 매우 안정한 것으로 확인되었으며, pH의 안정성도 pH 4까지 안정한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 아직 연구가 많이 이루어지지 않은 E. faecium의 temperate phage는 host spectrum이 넓지 않은 것으로 나타났고 pH, 온도 등의 환경인자에 상당히 강한 안정성을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.172-179
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• 2017

본 연구는 몽골 마유로부터 분리한 유산균 Enterococcus faecium SA5의 이화학 특성을 파악하고 유산균 E. faecium SA5의 ${\beta}$-glucosidase의 활성과 이를 통한 ginsenoside 전환을 확인하는 것을 목표로 진행되었다. E. faecium SA5는 내산성, 내담즙성을 나타내었으며 4종의 병원성 미생물(Salmonella typhimurium KCTC 3216, Listeria monocytogenes KCTC 3710, Bacillus cereus KCTC 1012, Staphylococcus aureus KCTC 1621)에 항균 활성을 가질 뿐만 아니라 항생물질 colistin, gentamycin, neomycin에 내성을 나타내었다. 또한, E. faecium SA5는 bile salt hydrolase 활성을 나타내어 혈액 내 콜레스테롤 수준 감소 효과가 있다고 사료되며 10% skim milk에서 배양하였을 때, pH가 감소하고 산도 및 생균수가 증가하는 것으로 보아 발효유 스타터로써의 활성을 갖는 것으로 판단되었다. 또한 E. faecium SA5의 ${\beta}$-glucosidase에 의해 ginsenoside $Rb_1$이 ginsenoside $Rg_3-s$와 $Rg_3-r$으로 전환되었음을 TLC 분석을 통해 확인하였다. 따라서 E. faecium SA5는 잠재적인 probiotics로 이를 이용하여 발효유 제조 및 ginsenoside 전환 관련 건강기능식품 개발에 응용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.83-85
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• 2012

Vancomycin-resistant (VR)-E. faecium and VR-E. faecalis were isolated simultaneously from a rectal swab of a patient diagnosed with pneumonia in an intensive care unit (ICU). The patient was treated with various antibiotics including vancomycin. Only VR-E. faecium was continually isolated from the rectal swab at one and two weeks of the treatment. Identical vanA, IS1216V, and IS1542 genes were detected in both VR-E. faecium and VR-E. faecalis isolates which showed equal resistance against vancomycin and teicoplanin, but IS1251 was not detected. VR-E. faecium showed stronger multi-drug resistance than VE-E. faecalis. This result supports the reason why VR-E. faecium is one of the major pathogens in nosocomial infections.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.581-586
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• 2004

The growth characteristics and the properties of the Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) isolated from intestine of slaughting pig were examined in order to confirm whether it will be used practically as probiotics or not. E. faecium was identified by morphological and biochemical tests including of final confirming by API strep kit. Among 264 samples, 44 isolates (16.7%) of E. faecium were observed as an exellent growth as a range of $1{\times}10^7CFU/ml{\sim}3.3{\times}10^9CFU/ml$ in viable bacterial count on MRI medium. All isolates were shown non-haemolysis on the blood agar exception of 28 isolates shown ${\alpha}$-haemolysis and were identified as E. faecium by biochemical test using API strep enzyme kits. Eight strains (18.2%) were finally selected from which they were excellent sensitivity in showing of the acid-tolerance and the bile-tolerance in compare with reference strain.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.116-120
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• 2001

The prevalence resistance genotype and antibiotic susceptibility of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were determined. Prevalence of VRE in chickens, healthy children and intensive care unit (ICU) patients was 43.0%, 12.7% and 24.1%, respectively. Forty out of 56 isolates from chicken intestines were identified as Enterococcus faecium, and 12 were E. faecalis. All the isolates contained the vanA gene. Nine out of 13 VRE isolates from patients and two out of 21 from healthy young children were identified as E. faecium. The resistance types of E. faecium, E. gallinarium and E. casseliflavus were VanA, VanCl, and VanC2, respectively. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of E. faecium, E. gallinarium, and E. casseliflavus to vancomycin were 512,8 and 4 g/ml, respectively. Specifically, E. faecium isolates were resistant to most of antibiotics except ampicillin and gentamicin. This is the first report of high VanA type VRE prevalence in nonhospitalized young children in Korea.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.435-439
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• 2008

The antimicrobial resistance of 160 strains of Enterococcus faecalis and 173 strains of E. faecium to 12 antimicrobial agents was investigated. The test strains were isolated from 126 wild seawater and farmed fish, including olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), black rock fish (Sebastes schlegeli), red sea bream (Pagrus major), and sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus), in 2005 and 2006. Overall, 91.9% of the E. faecalis isolates and 88.4% of the E. faecium isolates showed antimicrobial resistance to at least one antimicrobial agent. The pattern of antimicrobial resistance of the isolates differed little according to the species of fish. The percentage of E. faecalis and E. faecium with specific antimicrobial resistance differed according to the sample source. For the isolates from farmed fish samples, 66.7% of E. faecalis were tetracycline resistant and 54.5% of E. faecium were erythromycin resistant. By contrast, in the wild fish seawater samples, 92.0% of E. faecalis were rifampin resistant and 88.5% of E. faecium were tetracycline resistant.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.188-195
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• 2012

풍미가 강력하고 신속발효가 되는 청국장의 우점종인 젖산균 Enterococcus spp.를 발효종균으로 활용하여 재래식 간장모양의 풍미를 가지는 대두발효물을 제조하고자 하였다. 119종의 Enterococcus spp. 중에서 protease 활성이 높은 8종을 선발하여 E. faecium 4종, E. faecalis 3종, E. gallinarium 1종으로 동정하였다. 8종의 항생제에 내성이 낮았고, vancomycin 유전자도 없으며, 5% NaCl 함유 배지에서도 protease 분비가 우수한 E. faecium O24를 발효 종균으로 선정하였다. 증자한 대두 백태에서 생육이 우수하였으며, 발효생성 조미 아미노산 중 80 mg% glutamic acid, aspartic acid를 생성시켰으며, lactic acid와 여러 유기산을 생성하였다. Z. rouxii와 C. versatilis와의 혼합배양으로 간장 고유취인 maltol, guaiacol 등의 향기성분도 합성됨을 확인하였다. 그러므로 청국장 젖산균인 Enterococcus spp.는 신속하게 다양한 향미성분을 생산하여 간장태의 대두 발효의 종균으로 사용이 가능할 것으로 보인다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.294-299
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• 2007

서울시 가락동 수산물 도매시장에서 시판되는 건포류 164건에 대해 API strep kit를 사용하여 87주의 균주들을 분리하였고 이 가운데 28주에서 E. faecalis, and E. faecium가, 11주에서 Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis가 분리되었다. 28주의 E. faecalis와 E. faecium에서는 내성을 나타내는 항생제들이 streptomycin(95.6%), kanamycin(84.5%), gentamycin(66.7%), cephaloxin(97.8%), ampicillin/sulbactam(88.9%), ticarcillin(66.7%), amikacin(97.8%), sulfonamides(97.8%), ceftriaxone(75.6%), nalidixic acid(100.0%), 그리고 cefoxitin(100.0%) 등이었고, 감수성을 나타내는 항생제들은 amoxicillin/clavulanic acid(97.8%), chloramphenicol(95.6%), solfamethoxazole/trimethoprim(97.8%), 그리고 tetracycline(71.1%)등으로 나타났다. 또한, 이 가운데 가장 많은 다제내성 형태로는 10 균주의 E. faecalis에서 나타난 $S-K-GM-CF-SAM-TIC-An-S_3-CRO-NA-FOX$에 대한 것이었다. 결국, 건포류에서 분리한 E. faecalis 균주에서 항생제 다제내성이 분포함으로 나타나 probiotics로 사용되고 있는 이러한 균에 대한 항생제 내성의 결과가 의의가 있다고 사료된다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.246-253
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• 2004

The prevalence, genotype for antibiotic resistance and antibiotic susceptibility of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) were determined. And molecular typings of the Enterococcus faecium isolates were analyzed. Prevalence of VRE in chickens, healthy children and intensive care unit (ICU) patients was 41.6％,7.9％, and 20.4％, respectively. Forty out of 54 isolates from chicken intestines, and 9 out of 11 from ICU patients were identified as Enterococcus faecium. Eleven out of 13 isolates from non-hospitalized young children were E. gallinarium. Twelve strains of E. faecalis were isolated from chicken intestines. The gene for the antibiotic resistance in E. faecium, and E. faecalis was vanA, while that in E. gallinarium was vanC1. E. faecium isolates were resistant to most of antibiotics except ampicillin and gentamicin. Molecular typing of the E. faecium strains obtained by pulse field gel electrophoresis and repetitive sequence-based PCR suggest that VRE transmit horizontally from poultry to humans, especially young children, via the food chains in Korea.