• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.135-149
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• 2017

In order to obtain promising rice growth-promoting microbial strains that can be used as substitutes for chemical fertilizers, 172 bacterial strains were isolated from rice roots grown in Korean and Russian soils. Out of them, the strains KR076, KR083, KR181 and RRj228 showed plant growth-promoting activities on maize seedlings. Bacillus megaterium KR076 and Bacillus sp. KR083 showed both nitrogen-fixing and plant growth-promoting activities, while Rhizobium sp. KR181 and Pseudomonas sp. RRj228 appeared to support only plant growth-promotion, but not $N_2$ fixation. Especially, RRj228 showed high growth promoting activity at low concentrations. Inoculation studies with KR083 and RRj228 revealed a high affinity to the Japonica rice variety such as Junambyeo than the Korean Tongil type variety such as Arumbyeo. Both KR083 and RRj228 strains showed rhizoplane and/or endophytic colonization in Japonica and Tongil types rice when soaked with the bacterial suspension of $1.1{\times}10^5cfu\;ml^{-1}$ for six and twelve hours. However, the total bacterial cell numbers were higher in the roots of Japonica variety than in the Tongil type. In inoculation trials with Daesanbyeo rice variety, the seedlings inoculated with KR181 and RRj228 at the rate of $2.0{\times}10^6cfu\;ml^{-1}$ showed yield increment of 35% and 33% (p < 0.01), respectively, so that they contributed to the replacement of chemical fertilizer at half doses of N, $P_2O_5$, and $K_2O$ in pots. In Junambyeo rice seedlings, the strain RRj228, when inoculated with a cell suspension of $1.8{\times}10^6cfu\;ml^{-1}$, promoted 3.4% higher yield at 70% dose than at a full dose level of N $110kg\;ha^{-1}$ in field. These results suggest that the rhizobacteria KR181 and RRj228 are prospective strains for enhancing rice performance.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2012

Plant growth promoting traits like production of indoleacetic acid (IAA), ammonia, hydrogen cyanide (HCN), siderophore, and like the enzyme activities of catalase, ACC deaminase, cellulase, chitinase and protease were assayed in vitro for twenty one phosphorus solubilizing bacteria isolated from soil isolates. Except SPP-5 and SPP-15 strains, all the other isolated strains produced IAA in various amounts of 10 to $23{\mu}g\;ml^{-1}$. All strains showed positive response for ammonia production and ACC deaminase activity implying that they are capable of growing in a N-free basal medium. Catalase activity was found to be superior in SPP-2, SPP-7, SPP-12 and SPP-17 compared to the other strains tested. HCN production was detected by 15 strains and among them SPP-9, SPP-15, SAph-11, and SAph-24 were found to be strong HCN producers. Except the isolates SPP-10, SPP-12, SPP-13 and SPP-14, all the other isolates produced more than 80% siderophore units. None of the strains showed cellulose and chitinase activity. SAph-8, SAPh-11, SAPh-24 and SPP-15 strains showed 35.84, 50.33, 56.64 and 34.78 U/ml protease activities, respectively. SPP-1, SPP-2, SPP-3, SPP-11, SPP-17, SPP-18, SAph-11 and SAph-24 strains showed positive response for all the tested plant growth promotion traits except cell wall degrading enzyme activities. According to the results, all the tested phosphorus solubilizing isolates could exhibit more than three or four plant growth promoting traits, which may promote plant growth directly or indirectly or synergistically. Therefore, these phosphorus solubilizing strains could be employed as bio-inoculants for agriculture soils.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2007

Growth promotion of wild plants by some plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) was examined in the microcosms composed of soils collected separately from a grass-covered site and a nongrass-covered site in a lakeside barren area at Lake Paro, Korea. After sowing the seeds of eight kinds of wild plants and inoculation of several strains of PGPR, the total bacterial number and microbial activity were measured during 5 months of study period, and the plant biomasses grown were compared at the end of the study. Acridine orange direct counts in the inoculated microcosms, $1.3-9.8{\times}10^9\;cells{\cdot}g\;soil^{-1}$ in the soil from the grass-covered area and $0.9-7.2{\times}10^9\;cells{\cdot}g\;soil^{-1}$ in the soil from the nongrass-covered site, were almost twice higher than those in the uninoculated microcosms. The number of Pseudomonas sp., well-known bacteria as PGPR, and the soil dehydrogenase activity were also higher in the inoculated soils than the uninoculated soils. The first germination of sowed seeds in the inoculated microcosm was 5 days earlier than the uninoculated microcosm. Average lengths of all plants grown during the study period were 26% and 29% longer in the inoculated microcosms starting with the grass-covered soil and the nongrass-covered soil, respectively, compared with those in the uninoculated microcosms. Dry weights of whole plants grown were 67-82% higher in the inoculated microcosms than the uninoculated microcosms. Microbial population and activity and growth promoting effect by PGPR were all higher in the soils collected from the grass-covered area than in the nongrass-covered area. The growth enhancement of wild plants seemed to occur by the activities of inoculated microorganisms, and this capability of PGPR may be utilized for rapid revegetation of some barren lands.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 1996

식물(植物) 생육촉진(生育促進) 유용미생물(有用微生物)을 지리산 일대의 침엽수와 활엽수 밑의 부엽토(腐葉土)에서 선발하고, 고추묘에 접종하여 묘의 생장에 미치는 효과를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 분리된 8종의 균주를 동정한 결과 Micrococcus sp., Bacillus subtilis, Enterobacter agglomerans, Bacillus megaterium, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Xanthomonas maltophilia, Staphylococcus xylosus등 8종의 균주가 동정되었다. 2. 8종의 혼합균주 처리구의 고추묘의 초장(草長)은 무처리구에 비해 처리 10일 이후, 엽수(葉數)는 44일 이후부터 생육이 크게 진전되었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.442-449
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• 2021

Background: Panax ginseng is an important crop in Asian countries given its pharmaceutical uses. It is usually harvested after 4-6 years of cultivation. However, various abiotic stresses have led to its quality reduction. One of the stress causes is high content of heavy metal in ginseng cultivation area. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can play a role in healthy growth of plants. It has been considered as a new trend for supporting the growth of many crops in heavy metal occupied areas, such as Aluminum (Al). Methods: In vitro screening of the plant growth promoting activities of five tested strains were detected. Surface-disinfected 2-year-old ginseng seedlings were dipping in Rhizobium panacihumi DCY116^T suspensions for 15 min and cultured in pots for investigating Al resistance of P. ginseng. The harvesting was carried out 10 days after Al treatment. We then examined H₂O₂, proline, total soluble sugar, and total phenolic contents. We also checked the expressions of related genes (PgCAT, PgAPX, and PgP5CS) of reactive oxygen species scavenging response and pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. Results: Among five tested strains isolated from ginseng-cultivated soil, R. panacihumi DCY116^T was chosen as the potential PGPR candidate for further study. Ginseng seedlings treated with R. panacihumi DCY116^T produced higher biomass, proline, total phenolic, total soluble sugar contents, and related gene expressions but decreased H₂O₂ level than nonbacterized Al-stressed seedlings. Conclusion: R. panacihumi DCY116^T can be used as potential PGPR and "plant strengthener" for future cultivation of ginseng or other crops/plants that are grown in regions with heavy metal exposure.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2015

BP201, porcine lung tissue-derived phospholipids, consists of phosphatidylcholine as a major phospholipid species. BP201 promoted hair growth after application onto the shaved backs of BALB/c and C3H mice. Its effect was enhanced when applied together with minoxidil (MNX) in C3H mice. When the tissue specimens prepared from the shaved skins of BP201-treated and control mice were microscopically examined, the total numbers of hair follicles in both anagen and telogen phases of BP201-treated mice were significantly higher than those of control mice. The numbers of hair follicles in the anagen phase of BP201-treated mice were also higher than those of control mice. In combination with MNX, BP201 further increased the total number of hair follicles, but did not alter the percentage of hair follicles in the anagenic phase. BP201 also increased the proliferation of human hair follicle dermal papilla cells. Collectively, BP201 possesses hair growth promoting potential, which would suggest its use singly or in combination for hair growth products.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.510-515
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• 2005

The growth of red pepper plants was enhanced by treatment with the rhizobacterium, Bacillus cereus MJ-1. Red pepper shoots showed a 1.38-fold increase in fresh weight (fw) and roots showed a 1.28-fold fw gain. This plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR) has been reported to produce gibberellins (GAs). Other GAs-producing rhizobacteria, Bacillus macroides CJ-29 and Bacillus pumilus CJ-69, also enhanced the fw of the plants. They were less effective than B. cereus MJ-1, though. The endogenous GAs content of pepper shoots inoculated with MJ-1 was also higher than in shoots inoculated with CJ-29 or CJ-69. When inoculated with MJ-1, bacterial colonization rate of the roots was higher than that of roots inoculated with CJ-29 or CJ-69. These results support the idea that the plant growth-promoting effect of the bacteria also positively related with the efficiency of root colonization by the bacteria. In addition, we identified the major endogenous GAs of the red pepper as originating from both the early C-13 hydroxylation and the early non C-13 hydroxylation pathways, with the latter being the predominant pathway of GA biosynthesis in red pepper shoots.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.641-653
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 근권토양으로부터 18종의 세균을 순수분리하고, 이들의 식물 병원성 진균 생육억제 활성, 식물생장촉진 활성 및 미네랄 가용화능을 평가하였다. Bacillus 속과 Pseudomonas 속 분리균주의 항진균 활성을 통해 생물학적 방제제로서의 가능성을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이는 식물 병원성 진균의 세포벽에 작용하는 여러 가수분해효소 활성과 siderophore 생성능 등에 기인된 것으로 판단된다. 또한 대부분의 분리균주가 aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase 생성능, indole-3-acetic acid 생성능 및 질소 고정능을 갖고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 특성은 식물이 흔히 노출될 수 있는 환경 스트레스 조건 하에서 스트레스 에틸렌의 농도를 감소시킴으로써 뿌리 발달 및 성장, 그리고 작물의 생산성에 긍정적인 영향을 줄 것으로 판단된다. 그리고 분리균주의 인산, 규소, 탄산칼슘, 아연 가용화능 등을 확인한 결과, 일부 분리균주들의 미네랄 가용화능을 확인하였으며, 이들 분리균주를 식물 생장 시에 접종한다면 식물 생장에 필요한 영양분을 식물이 흡수할 수 있는 이용가능한 형태로 변환시켜 식물의 생장에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 이러한 항진균 활성, 식물생장촉진 활성 및 미네랄 가용화능의 결과를 통해 분리균주 18종의 biocontrol agent로서의 이용가능성을 제시하고자 한다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.1065-1075
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• 2006

Purpose: A structural equation model was analyzed to explore the determinants of health-promoting behaviors in patients living at home in Korea who had post stroke hemiplegia. Method: Demographic characteristics, activities of daily living, religiosity, family support, self-efficacy, acceptance of disability, perceived barriers to health-promoting activities, depression, and health-promoting behavioral data was collected from 239 patients using self-report questionnaires. Result: Variables that have a direct effect on health-promoting behaviors were self-efficacy and family support. Depression, acceptance of disability, perceived barriers, activities of daily living and religiosity also influenced health-promoting behaviors in an indirect way. Conclusion: It is imperative to explore strategies for patients with post stroke hemiplegia to identify and maximize their resources, develop their self-efficacy, improve their emotional state, and enhance their physical activity and spiritual growth, which would maximize health-promoting behaviors.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.235-239
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• 2013

녹비 작물인 헤어리베치의 간척지 적용을 위해 본 연구에서는 헤어리베치의 뿌리혹으로부터 분리 된 Rhizobium sp. RH84의 특성을 파악하고 이를 직접 간척지에 적용하여 헤어리베치의 생산량 증대에 이용하고자 하였다. 전보에서 분리 한 RH84의 형태학적, 생리학적 특성 및 식물생육촉진(PGP) 활성을 확인하기 위하여 옥신, 질소 고정능, 인산 가용능, sideropore 생산능을 분석하였다. 그 결과, RH84는 식물호르몬인 IAA를 $9.03{\mu}g/mL$ 생산하였고, 질소 고정 활성을 가진 균주이었다. 또한 염 농도가 0.3%인 간척지 토양에서의 헤어리베치 생장에 영향을 주며, 간척지 포장에서 약 56%의 헤어리베치 수확량을 증가시켰다. 따라서 Rhizobium sp. RH84 균주는 염 농도가 높은 간척지에서 녹비작물인 헤어리베치의 생장을 촉진시키며 수확량을 증가시키기 위한 균주임을 확인하였다.