• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.600-605
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• 2012

In this study, we investigated the mechanism of inhibition of pathogenic bacteria by Pediococcus pentosaceus strain SH-10 isolated from hard Clam Meretrix meretrix sikhae. When P. pentosaceus SH-10 was co-cultured in MRS broth with pathogenic bacteria, including Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella choleraesuis and Staphyloccus aureus, no viable pathogenic cells were detected after 18 h of incubation. However, pediocin or a pediocin-like bacteriocin was not detected in cultures of P. pentosaceus SH-10 by the agar diffusion method. Organic acids were produced in MRS broth in proportion to the incubation time of P. pentosaceus SH-10. These results indicate that P. pentosaceus SH-10 inhibited the growth of pathogenic bacteria by lowering the pH of the growth medium through the production of organic acids, including sodium lactate, sodium acetate, and sodium citrate.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.297-303
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• 1989

Attempts to isolate the naturally occurring ultra-violet resistant bacteria from environmental sources were made. The isolates, designated No.29, 100, and 107, among numbers of bacterial isolates revealed a remarkable resistance to UV ray, whose degree of resistance in dose/response kinetics was comparable to that of an endospore-former, Bacillus subtilis. In a range of 100-300 $Jm^{-2}$/min of UV irradiation, the isolates exhibited 500-1000 fold resistance compated with E. coli. The isolated appeared to possiss cell-bound pigment of organge or crimson-red. The isolate 29 is spherical in pairs or tetrads, whereas the isolates 100 and 107 are rod. All are Gram-gositive bacteria and seemed to be non-endospore-bearer. A number of biochemical studies pursued on the isolates suggested that they are quite different to each other. Electron microscopic examination and the physiological characters of the isolate 29 suggested that this UV resistant spherical bacterium might be one species of Deinococcus, probably Deinococus radiophilus. Since there is no documents on UV resistant, Gram-positive, non-sporeformer bacillus so far, the isolates 100 and 107 might be turned out as new kinds of UV resistant bacteria occurring in nature by further investigation.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.130-133
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• 2005

The growth inhibitiory effect of chaff vinegar against various food-borne pathogenic bacteria was evaluated. Bacterial growth was evaluated in chaff vinegar at concentrations of 15, 30, 50, 65, 80, and $100\%$ using the paper disc diffusion method and 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2 and $2.5\%$ in broth. In the paper disc diffusion assay, chaff vinegar showed a clear zone on both the Gram-positive bacteria; Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus and Gram-negative bacteria; Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Chaff vinegar exhibited the greatest growth inhibition for V. parahaemolyticus. The bactericidal effect of chaff vinegar on the E. coli O157:H7 was tested at concentrations ranging from 0.5 to $2.5\%$ (v/v) in the LB broth media. Chaff vinegar retarded the lag phase time of the growth curve in proportion in a concentration-dependent manner. Chaff vinegar at $2.5\%$ completely inhibited the growth of E. coli O157:H7.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.77-84
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to establish a rapid preparation method of Dongchimi-juice having favor-able flavor and high antibacterial activity against undesirable bacteria in Naengmyon-broth by using high antibacterial strains of lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus homohiochii B21 and leuconostoc mesenteroid-es subsp. mesenteroides C16 as Dongchimi starter. When the two strains of lactic acid bacteria were used as starter mixed culture was better than single culture in acid production and antibacterial activity. When starter was not inoculated in Dongchimi fermentation the numbers of Gram negatives and colifor-ms were remarkably increased in early phase and antibacterial activity could scarcely be detected. But when starter was inoculated the numbers of Gram negatives and coliforms were sharply decreased from early phase and antibacterial ctivity was high. When Dongchimi was made with heat sterilized mat-erials and starter there were no Gram negatives and coliforms and antibacterial activity was high. The antibacterial activity of starter inoculated Dongchimi was maximum in 2 days of fermentation at 2$0^{\circ}C$ and was scarcely detected in six days. In consideration of coliform counts antibacterial activity and the flavor of Dongchimi the preparation method in which all materials were heat treated at 8$0^{\circ}C$ for 15 min-utes and inoculated with mixed starter of the two strains and fermented for 2 days at 2$0^{\circ}C$ was thoug-ht to be good.

• 산업식품공학
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.191-200
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• 2017

There have been great efforts to develop a rapid and sensitive detection method to monitor the presence of pathogenic bacteria in food. While a number of methods have been reported for bacterial detection with a detection limit to a single digit, most of them are suitable only for the bacteria in pure culture or buffered solution. On the other hand, foods are composed of highly complicated matrices containing carbohydrate, fat, protein, fibers, and many other components whose composition varies from one food to the other. Furthermore, many components in food interfere with the downstream detection process, which significantly affect the sensitivity and selectivity of the detection. Therefore, isolating and concentrating the target pathogenic bacteria from food matrices are of importance to enhance the detection power of the system. The present review provides an introduction to the representative sample preparation strategies to isolate target pathogenic bacteria from food sample. We further describe the nucleic acid-based detection methods, such as PCR, real-time PCR, NASBA, RCA, LCR, and LAMP. Nucleic acid-based methods are by far the most sensitive and effective for the detection of a low number of target pathogens whose performance is greatly improved by combining with the sample preparation methods.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.1288-1294
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• 2021

There are a growing number of reports of hospital-acquired infections caused by pathogenic bacteria, especially methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Many plant products are now being used as a natural means of exploring antimicrobial agents against different types of human pathogenic bacteria. In this research, we sought to isolate and identify an active molecule from Sedum takesimense that has possible antibacterial activity against various clinical isolates of MRSA. NMR analysis revealed that the structure of the HPLC-purified compound was 1,2,4,6-tetra-O-galloyl-glucose. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of different extract fractions against numerous pathogenic bacteria was determined, and the actively purified compound has potent antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria, i.e., MRSA and its clinical isolates. In addition, the combination of the active compound and β-lactam antibiotics (e.g., oxacillin) demonstrated synergistic action against MRSA, with a fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) index of 0.281. The current research revealed an alternative approach to combating pathogenesis caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria using plant materials. Furthermore, using a combination approach in which the active plant-derived compound is combined with antibiotics has proved to be a successful way of destroying pathogens synergistically.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.224-230
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• 2021

This study assessed the contamination levels of total aerobic bacteria, fungi, coliforms, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, and qualitative analysis of Bacillus cereus, Salmonella spp., Listeria spp., and Vibrio spp. in four frozen-raw sliced fishes (cuttlefish, flatfish, salmon, and shrimp) for sushi production. The total aerobic bacteria, fungi, and coliforms were 2.95-3.38, 1.96-2.88, and 0.92-1.29 log CFU/g, respectively. In particular, shrimp was highly contaminated with total aerobic bacteria (3.38 log CFU/g) and fungi (2.88 log CFU/g). Over 3 log CFU/g of total aerobic bacteria was also detected in cuttlefish, flatfish, and salmon. Less than 1-2 log CFU/g of E. coli was detected in all frozen samples. S. aureus was detected at 2.25-3.13 log CFU/g in most samples. B. cereus was qualitatively detected at 25% in most samples, except for salmon (0%). Salmonella spp., L. monocytogenes, and Vibrio spp. were qualitatively detected at 25-50% of all four samples. The microbial contamination levels determined in the current study may be potentially used as basic data to perform microbial risk assessments of frozen-raw sliced fishes.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.470-475
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• 2007

두부에서 분리한 부패 미생물 16균주와 6종류의 병원성 미생물에 대한 황금 에탄을 추출물의 항균활성을 조사한 결과 분리 13균주와 병원성 미생물에 대해서 항균활성을 나타내었으며, 두부 부패 미생물인 KN-4, KN-6, KN-10, KN-20에 대하여 황금 에탄을 추출물 0.05% 이상의 농도에서 성장억제 현상을 나타내었다 선발균주를 동정한 결과, KN-4, KN-6, KN-10과 KN-20 공히 Bacillus sp.로 동정되었다. 황금 에탄을 추출물은 Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115, Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 21541, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29273, Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 21541, Vibrio parahaemolyticus ATCC 17802, Aeromonas hydrophila KCTC 2358에 대해 항균활성을 나타내었으며, 0.5% 이상 농도에서 성장이 억제되었다 황금에탄올 추출물은 $80^{\circ}C$에서 30min, $100^{\circ}C$에서 30 min, $121^{\circ}C$에서 15 min 열처리에 의해, 공시균주에 대한 항균활성이 다소 감소하는 현상을 나타내었으나 열처리 후에도 두부 부패미생물과 공시 병원성 미생물에 대한 항균활성은 뚜렷하게 유지되었다. 두부 부패 미생물과 병원성 미생물에 대한 황금 에탄을 추출물의 최소저해농도는 각각 0.1%와 0.5%이었다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.110-116
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• 1997

여과제균한 배추즙에 김치에서 분리한 7주의 젖산균을 단독 접종하고 1$0^{\circ}C$, 2$0^{\circ}C$, 3$0^{\circ}C$ 및 4$0^{\circ}C$에서 배양하면서 각각의 증식곡선을 작성하고, 이를 이용하여 각 배양온도에서의 유도시간과 세대시간을 구하였다. 3$0^{\circ}C$에서 배양할 때의 유도시간은 Leu. mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum은 168분, Leu. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides는 204분, Leu. paramesenteroides는 612분, Lac. bavaricus는 258분, Lac. homohiochii는 228분, Lac. plantarum은 270분 그리고 Lac. brevis는 264분이었고, 세대시간은 Leu. mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum 및 Leu. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides는 36분, Lac. bavaricus는 33분, Lac. homohiochii는 39분, Lac. plantarum은 66분, Lac. brevis는 42분 그리고 Leu. paramesenteroides는 162분이었다. 배양온도를 3$0^{\circ}C$에서 1$0^{\circ}C$로 낮출 때 모든 균주들의 유도시간과 세대시간이 크게 연장되었는데, 이러한 연장은 Lac. plantarum에서 더욱 현저하게 나타났다. 1$0^{\circ}C$, 2$0^{\circ}C$ 및 3$0^{\circ}C$에서는 Leu. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides의 유도시간과 세대시간이 Lac. plantarum의 그것보다 더 짧았다. 그러나 4$0^{\circ}C$에서는 이러한 양상이 완전히 전도되었다. 전반적으로 보아 배양온도가 낮아질수록 Leu. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides의 증식에 상대적으로 더 유리하였고, 배양온도가 높아질수록 Lac. plantarum의 증식에 상대적으로 더 유리하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1805-1810
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• 2007

Purple nonsulfur bacteria were isolated from river sediments and their growth promoting capabilities on tomato were examined. Isolated strains KL9 and BL6 were identified as Rhodopseudomonas spp. by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Rhodopseudomonas strain KL9 maximally produced 5.56 mM/min/mg protein and $67.2\;{\mu}M/min/mg$ protein of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), respectively, which may be one of the mechanisms of plant growth enhancement. The germination percentage of tomato seed, total length, and dry mass of germinated tomato seedling increased by 30.2%, 71.1%, and 270.8%, respectively, compared with those of the uninoculated control 7 days after inoculation of strain KL9. The lengths of the root and shoot of germinated seedling treated with 3 mM tryptophan, a precursor of IAA, increased by 104.4% and 156.5%, respectively, 7 days after inoculation of strain KL9. Rhodopseudomonas KL9 increased 123.5% and 54% of the root and shoot lengths of germinated seedling, respectively, treated with 15 mM glycine and succinate, precursors of ALA. This plant growth promoting capability of purple nonsulfur bacteria may be a candidate for a biofertilizer in agriculture.