• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.586-593
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• 2016

A new methanogen was isolated from an anaerobic digester using pig slurry in South Korea. Only one strain, designated KOR-1, was characterized in detail. Cells of KOR-1 were straight or crooked rods, non-motile, 5 to $15{\mu}m$ long and $0.7{\mu}m$ wide. They stained Gram-positive and produced methane from $H_2+CO_2$ and formate. Strain KOR-1 grew optimally at $38^{\circ}C$. The optimum pH for growth was 7.0. The strain grew at 0.5% to 3.0% NaCl, with optimum growth at 2.5% NaCl. The G+C content of genomic DNA of strain KOR-1 was 41 mol%. The strain tolerated ampicillin, penicillin G, kanamycin and streptomycin but tetracycline inhibited cell growth. A large fragment of the 16S rRNA gene (~1,350 bp) was obtained from the isolate and sequenced. Comparison of 16S rRNA genes revealed that strain KOR-1 is related to Methanobacterium formicicum (98%, sequence similarity), Methanobacterium bryantii (95%) and Methanobacterium ivanovii (93%). Phylogenetic analysis of the deduced mcrA gene sequences confirmed the closest relative as based on mcrA gene sequence analysis was Methanobacterium formicicum strain (97% nucleic acid sequence identity). On the basis of physiological and phylogenetic characteristics, strain KOR-1 is proposed as a new strain within the genus Methanobacterium, Methanobacterium formicicum KOR-1.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.362-371
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• 1996

농축산(農畜産) 폐기물(廢棄物)의 혐기적(嫌氣的) 처리공정(處理工程)에 적용하기 위하여 아한대(亞寒帶) 지역으로부터 분리(分離)한 Methanogen의 생화학적(生化學的) 특성(特性)을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 저온(低溫)에서도 메탄생성량(生成量)이 많았던 늪지 퇴적물(堆積物)(Canada, $56.9^{\circ}$ N)에서 분리(分離)된 균(菌)은 Methanobacterium M-251, Methanobacterium M-253, 호수(湖水) 퇴적물(堆積物) IV(Canada, $55.0^{\circ}$ N)에서 분리(分離)된 균(菌)은 Methanosarcina mazei M-372, 갯벌흙 II(Korea, $37.0^{\circ}$ N)에서 분리(分離)된 균(菌)은 Methanobacterium formicicum M-375로 각각 동정되었다. 분리(分離)된 4종의 메탄균은 당분해능은 없으며 적정 pH는 M-251, M-375는 6.8, M-253은 6.5, 그리고 M-372는 7.0이었다. 최적(最適) 생육온도(生育溫度)는 M-251과 M-253은 $30^{\circ}C$이었고 M-272와 M-375는 $37^{\circ}C$이었다. 최저(最低) 생육온도(生育溫度)는 M-251, M-253은 $8^{\circ}C$이었고, M-372, M-375는 $13^{\circ}C$이었다. 분리균주(分離菌株)의 생육량(生育量)은 $30^{\circ}C$에 비하여 $17.5^{\circ}C$에서 배양(培養)할 때 $32{\sim}50%$ 정도 낮았다. M-251, M-253, M-375의 균체(菌體) 생산량(生産量)은 $0.38{\sim}1.21$ g/1M $CH_4$ 범위 이었으며 M-372는 $1.14{\sim}1.51$ $g/CH_4$범위이었다.