• 제목/요약/키워드: Laboratory culture

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Study of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated from the Theater Environment

  • Choi, Seung-Gu;Song, Woon-Heung;Kim, Dae-Jeung;Lee, Jae-Sang
    • 대한임상검사과학회지
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    • 제47권1호
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2015
  • The nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been found in different environmental sources. They tend to colonize different body surfaces and secretions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the presence of NTM in the theater environment. Fifty of Theater environment sample were examined using acid-fast stain, Lowenstein-Jensen medium culture, PCR and DNA-Sequencing. 4 of 50 samples were detected as NFB in AFB stain, L-J medium culture, PCR. and then, All of 4 NTM stains identified as Mycobacterium fortitum type in DNA-sequencing result.

Survival Strategies of the Rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis for Coexisting with the Copepod Apocyclops borneoensis in Laboratory Culture

  • Jung, Min-Min
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2012
  • Interspecific relationship between a euryhaline rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis and a cyclopoid copepod Apocyclops borneoensis was investigated in the laboratory culture. In a mixed culture of B. rotundiformis and A. borneoensis, population growth of B. rotundiformis was suppressed from day 10, while growth in a monoculture population continuously increased throughout the experimental period. However, the population growth of A. borneoensis in the mixed culture did not markedly differ from that in a monoculture population. Suppression of B. rotundiformis growth coincided with a decrease in the numbers of both non-egg-bearing and egg-bearing females, and increasing resting egg formation. Growth of A. borneoensis was not affected by the presence of the rotifer. However, relative growth index of ovisac bearing females in the mixed culture was 1.62 times higher than that in the monoculture. Presence of the copepod did not greatly reduce the food available to the rotifer population. The rotifer B. rotundiformis responded in a unique way, to stresses such as physical damage (filtering by A. borneoensis) with the production of many resting eggs to increase its chances of survival.

조직배양(組織培養)한 시호근(柴胡根)의 Saikosaponin 함량(含量) (Saikosaponin Contents in Bupleurum falcatum Root Produced by Tissue Culture)

  • 조필형;성락선;배형화;소웅영;조덕이
    • 생약학회지
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.205-209
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    • 1990
  • The study for the quantitative analysis of saikosaponin of Bupleurum falcatum root produced by tissue culture was attempted. The optimal concentration of 2,4-D was 0.1 mg/l for inducing the callus. The induction and growth of the adventitious root from the callus was obtained in the suspension culture containing MS basal medium supplemented with no plant growth regulators. The results of the quantitative analysis of saikosaponins by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) showed that the content of saikosaponin a and c was high in the one-year-old root from somatic embryos and that of saikosaponin d was remarkably high in three-months-old adventitious root from callus.

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VanB-vanA Incongruent VRE Isolated from Animals and Humans in 1999

  • Shin En-Joo;Hong Hyun-Gin;Ike Yasuyoshi;Lee Kyung-Won;Park Yong-Ho;Lee Dong-Taek;Lee Yeon-Hee
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • 제44권4호
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    • pp.453-456
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    • 2006
  • 16 chicken isolates and four clinical isolates of VanB-vanA incongruent vancomycinresistant Enterococcus faecium strains without vanS were isolated in 1999. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed only a peripheral relationship between the chicken isolates and clinical isolates, but suggested clonal spread in the chicken isolates.

Comparison of Bacterial Cellulose Production in a Jar Fermentor Between Acetobacter xylinum BPR2001 and its Mutant, Acetan-Nonproducing Strain EP1

  • BAE SANG OK;SUGANO YASUSHI;SHODA MAKOTO
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.247-253
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    • 2005
  • The bacterial cellulose (BC) production by a wild­strain Acetobacter xylinum BPR2001 and that by its acetan­nonproducing mutant, EPI, were compared in a jar fermentor. EPI produced about $28\%$ less BC than the wild-strain. The apparent difference in the cultivation of the two strains was the viscosity increase in the culture broth that was closely associated with acetan production. Increasing the viscosity of the culture broth of EPI by adding agar led to the formation of relatively small and uniform BC pellets, and BC production consequently became two-fold higher than that in the absence of agar and was almost equal to that by BPR2001. Therefore, acetan has an important role in BC production by inducing physical changes in the culture broth of the wild-type strain.

Chinoketides A and B, Two New Antimicrobial Polyketides from the Endophytes of Distylium chinense with the "Black-Box" Co-culture Method

  • Lv, Meng-Meng;Tan, Ming-Hui;Lu, Li-Wen;Zhang, Rong-Hua;Guo, Zhi-Yong;Liu, Cheng-Xiong;Yang, Jin;Zou, Kun;Proksch, Peter
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.159-163
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    • 2018
  • Two new polyketides, chinoketides A and B (1 - 2) with a known compound xylarphthalide A (3), were isolated from the solid medium of the endophytes from the leaves of the relic plant Distylium chinense with the "black-box" co-culture method, and the structures of two new compounds were elucidated by NMR, MS and CD spectra. And the absolute configurations of chinoketides A (1) and B (2) were determined as 2R,3R,8S and 5R,6S by calculating their ECD spectra to compare with the experimental CD spectra. Finally, the antimicrobial activities were evaluated to Erwinia carotovora sub sp. Carotovora (Jones) Bersey et al, and the results showed that compounds 1 - 3 displayed the antimicrobial activities with MIC value at 20.5, 30.4 and $10.2{\mu}g/mL$.

실험실과 창의성 : 책임자와 실험실 문화의 역할을 중심으로 (Laboratory and Creativity: The Role of the Leader and Laboratory Culture)

  • 홍성욱;장하원
    • 과학기술학연구
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.27-71
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    • 2010
  • 과학적 창의성은 새롭고 중요한 과학적 사실, 방법, 이론, 설명, 측정기구와 이를 낳는 활동이다. 지금까지 창의성에 관한 연구가 많이 이루어졌지만, 대학의 실험실에서 팀단위의 협동 연구에서 발현되는 과학적 창의성에 대한 이해는 부족하다. 본 논문은 우리나라에서 대표적으로 창의적인 실험실로 간주되는 서울대학교 RNA 유전체학 연구실에 대한 미시적, 경험적 참여관찰과 이론적 분석을 통해 실험실의 창의성을 구성하는 요소를 찾아내는 것을 목표로 한다. 창의적인 업적은 순간적인 영감에 의해서 이루어지는 것이 아니라 복잡하고 지속적인 진화의 과정을 필요로 하며, 이 과정에서 다양한 지식과 능력을 지닌 연구자들에게 맞는 분업과 협동 체계가 중요하게 요구된다. 또한 이러한 구조를 활성화 하는 실험실 문화와 실험실 책임자의 리더십이 중요하게 작용함을 관찰할 수 있었다.

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Impeller Types and Feeding Modes Influence the Morphology and Protein Expression in the Submerged Culture of Aspergillus oryzae

  • Heo, Joo-Hyung;Vladimir Ananin;Park, Jeong-Seok;Lee, Chung-Ryul;Moon, Jun-Ok;Ohsuk Kwon;Kang, Hyun-Ah;Kim, Chul-Ho;Rhee, Sang-Ki
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.184-190
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    • 2004
  • The influences of impeller types on morphology and protein expression were investigated in a submerged culture of Aspergillus oryzae. The impeller types strongly affected mycelial morphology and protein production in batch and fed-batch fermentations. Cells that were cultured by propeller agitation grew in the form of a pellet, whereas cells that were cultured by turbine agitation grew in a freely dispersed-hyphal manner and in a clumped form. Pellet-grown cells showed high levels of protein production for both the intracellularly heterologous protein (${\beta}$-glucuronidase) and the extracellularly homologous protein (${\alpha}$-amylase). The feeding mode of the carbon source also influenced the morphological distribution and protein expression in fed-batch fermentation of A. oryzae. Pulsed-feeding mainly showed high protein expression and homogeneous distribution of pellet whereas continuous feeding resulted in less protein expression and heterogeneous distribution with pellet and dispersed-hyphae. The pellet growth with propeller agitation paralleling with the pulsed-feeding of carbon source showed a high level of protein production in the submerged fed-batch fermentation of recombinant A. oryzae.

Effects of supplemented culture media from solid-state fermented Isaria cicadae on performance, serum biochemical parameters, serum immune indexes, antioxidant capacity and meat quality of broiler chickens

  • Liu, Shaoshuai;Yan, Wenjuan;Ma, Chang;Liu, Yajing;Gong, Limin;Levesque, Crystal;Dong, Bing
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제33권4호
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    • pp.568-578
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    • 2020
  • Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate effects of supplementation of culture media from solid-state fermented Isaria cicadae (I. cicadae) on performance, serum biochemical parameters, serum immune indexes, antioxidant capacity and meat quality of broiler chickens. Methods: A total of 648 Arbor Acres male broiler chickens(1 d; average body weight, 42.93±0.47 g) were randomly assigned to 6 treatments, each with six replicates and 18 broiler chickens per replicate. Broiler chickens were fed phase I (d 1 to 21) and phase II (d 22 to 42) diets. The phase I diets were corn and soybean-meal based diets supplemented with 0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, or 10% culture media from solid-state fermented I. cicadae respectively. The phase II diets were corn and soybean-meal based diets supplemented with 0%, 1.33%, 2.67%, 4.00%, 5.32%, or 6.67% culture media from solid-state fermented I. cicadae respectively. Results: In phase I, the broiler chickens with the supplementation of culture media had increased body weight gain and feed intake (linear and quadratic, p<0.05) with increasing inclusion of culture media. The levels of serum total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), glutathione (GSH) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) increased linearly (p<0.05). In phase II, levels of serum T-AOC and interleukin-1β increased linearly (p<0.05), and GSH increased (p<0.05). In the kidney, GSH and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) concentrations increased (linear and quadratic, p<0.05) and SOD concentration increased linearly (p<0.05). Compared to the control, shear force and drip loss of breast muscle decreased (linear and quadratic, p<0.05). Drip loss of leg muscle decreased linearly and quadratically (p<0.05). Conclusion: Dietary supplementation of culture media from solid-state fermented I.cicadae which was enriched in both wheat and residual bioactive components of I. cicadae enhanced the growth performance of broiler chickens. It also improved body anti-oxidative status and contributed to improve broiler meat quality.

Purification and Characterization of a Novel Fibrinolytic Enzyme from Culture Supernatant of Pleurotus ostreatus

  • Liu, Xiao-Lan;Zheng, Xi-Qun;Qian, Peng-Zhi;Kopparapu, Narasimha-Kumar;Deng, Yong-Ping;Nonaka, Masanori;Harada, Naoki
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.245-253
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    • 2014
  • A fibrinolytic enzyme was produced by an edible mushroom of Pleurotus ostreatus using submerged culture fermentation. The enzyme was purified from the culture supernatant by applying a combination of freeze-thaw treatment, ammonium sulfate precipitation, hydrophobic interaction, and gel filtration chromatographies. The enzyme was purified by a 147-fold, with a yield of 7.54%. The molecular masses of the enzyme an determined by gel filtration and SDS-PAGE were 13.6 and 18.2 kDa, respectively. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 8.52. It hydrolyzed fibrinogen by cleaving the ${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$ chains of fibrinogen followed by the ${\gamma}$ chains, and also activated plasminogen into plasmin. The enzyme was optimally active at $45^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.4. The enzyme activity was completely inhibited by EDTA, whereas protease inhibitors of TPCK, SBTI, PMSF, aprotinin and pepstatin showed no inhibition on its activity. The partial amino acid sequences of the enzyme as determined by Q-TOF2 were ATFVGCSATR, GGTLIHESSHFTR, and YTTWFGTFVTSR. These sequences showed a high degree of homology with those of metallo-endopeptidases from P. ostreatus and Armillaria mellea. The purified enzyme can also be applied as a natural agent for oral fibrinolytic therapy or prevention of thrombosis.