• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.793-800
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• 2002

The mycolic acids and fatty acids of mycolic acid- containing bacteria in various types of fluids were analyzed using capillary gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. As model strains, Brevibacterium and Coryebacterium species, which have corynomycolic acids ill the range of $C_{32}C_{36}$ in the whole cell, were investigated. Optimized solvents extraction procedures for the mycolic acids and fatty acids from the culture fluids were: chloroform/methanol (1:2, v/v) as the first extraction solvents fur 4 h; and chlorofunuwater (1:1, v/v) as the second extraction solvents far 1 h. These conditions gave above 95% recovery yields fur mycolic acids from the culture fluids. The mycolic acid profile for the whole cells and the culture fluids were similar fur all the media tested. Thus, the procedure described here could be applied for the identification of mycolic acid-containing bacteria in fermentation broth or liquid from of foods.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1932-1941
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• 2017

DFC-2, a methyl 5-[2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy]-7,12-dioxo-7,12-dihydrodinaphtho[1,2-b:2',3'-d]furan-6-carboxylate, is reported to have antitubercular effects against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. At concentrations ranging from 0.19 to $0.39{\mu}g/ml$, DFC-2 inhibited both drugusceptible and -resistant strains of M. tuberculosis. Microarray analyses were employed to gain insights into the molecular mechanisms of DFC-2's action in M. tuberculosis. The most affected functional gene category was "lipid biosynthesis," which is involved in mycolic acid synthesis. The decrease in transcription of genes related to mycolic acid synthesis was confirmed by RT-PCR. Furthermore, we found that DFC-2 triggered a reduction in mycolic acid levels, showing a similar pattern to that of mycolic acid synthesis inhibitor isoniazid. These results may explain how this compound kills mycobacteria efficiently by inhibiting mycolic acid synthesis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.294-301
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• 2001

The effects of including glycine and isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) in the growth medium (Luria broth, LBG) on the subsequent lysozyme-imduced protoplast formation and transformation efficiency of Corynebacterium glutamicum were studied. The transformation efficiency of C. glutamicum AS019 increased up to 100-fold as the ocncentrationof glycine in the media increased from 0% to 5% (w/v), relative to cells grown in the absence of glycine. The presence of 5 mg/ml INH in the growth medium led to a further 10-fold increase in transformation efficiency. In addition, this transformation protocol was successfully applied to other strains of C. glutamicum. Both chemicals affected the mycolic acid attachment to the cell surface of C. glutamicum, when INH, the relative percentage of fatty acids of AS019 to the total lipids (mycolic acid plus fatty acids) decreased from 76.9% (in LBG) to 72.9% (in LBG-2% glycine) and 66.4% (in LBG-8 mg InG/ml), thereby suggeting that these chemicals also inhibit fatty acid synthesis.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.66-72
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• 1999

Mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes associated with extensive foaming in the aeration basin of the activated sludge process were isolated and analyzed by phenotypical, chemotaxonomical and phylogenetic methods. Whole cell sugar patterns of two isolates were pattern A. The nearly complete sequences of the 16S rRNA genes (rDNAs) of the isolates were determined and compared by using several tree-making algorithms. With polyphasic methods, strain SCNU1 was identified as Gordona sputi, and strain SCNU5 assigned to the genus Tsukamurella. The presence of opportunistic pathogens of chronic lung infections within foams can cause public health problems and render waste-treatment processes inefficient.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1995년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.89-89
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• 1995

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• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.811-821
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• 2020

Mycobacterium tuberculosis produces mycolic acids which are relevant for persistence, recalcitrance to antibiotics and defiance to host immunity. c-di-GMP is a second messenger involved in transition from planktonic cells to biofilms, whose levels are controlled by diguanylate cyclases (DGC) and phosphodiesterases (PDE). The transcriptional regulator dosR, is involved in response to low oxygen, a condition likely happening to a subset of cells within biofilms. Here, we found that in M. bovis BCG, expression of both BCG1416c and BCG1419c genes, which code for a DGC and a PDE, respectively, decreased in both stationary phase and during biofilm production. The kasA, kasB, and fas genes, which are involved in mycolic acid biosynthesis, were induced in biofilm cultures, as was dosR, therefore suggesting an inverse correlation in their expression compared with that of genes involved in c-di-GMP metabolism. The relative abundance within trehalose dimycolate (TDM) of α-mycolates decreased during biofilm maturation, with methoxy mycolates increasing over time, and keto species remaining practically stable. Moreover, addition of synthetic c-di-GMP to mid-log phase BCG cultures reduced methoxy mycolates, increased keto species and practically did not affect α-mycolates, showing a differential effect of c-di-GMP on keto- and methoxy-mycolic acid metabolism.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.212-220
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• 1987

토양으로 부터 분리된 세포의 adenine deaminase를 생산하는 방선균인 J-275L 균주의 분류학적 특성 및 효소생산 조건이 검토도었다. J-275L 균주는 균사가 간상 또는 구상의 절편으로 단절되며, 세포벽의 아미노산 성부능로서 LL-diaminopimelic acid를 함유하고 mycolic acid를 함유하지 않아TEk. 분류학적 검색 결과 분리균 J-275L을 Nocardiovides sp. J-275L로 명명하였다. Nocardioides sp. J-275에 의한 세포외 adenine deaminasem이 생산조건을 검토한 결과, 효소생산을 위한 최적배지는 0.5% dextrin, 0.5% peptone, 1% yeast extract 및 0.2% $K_{2}HPO_{4}$로 설정되었으며, 배지의 최적 pH는 7.5이었다.

• Annals of Clinical Microbiology
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.20-23
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• 2016

RNA 기반 연구에서 고품질의 RNA 추출은 상당히 중요하다. Mycobacterium tuberculosis는 세포벽에 mycolic acid가 풍부하여 두껍고 왁스와 같은 성질을 띈다. 이로 인해 용균이 쉽지 않아 RNA 추출이 어렵다. TRIzol 시약과 silica bead를 이용한 균 파쇄를 통하여 높은 수율의 RNA가 추출이 가능하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.222-227
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• 2018

CD1 분자는 결핵균 유래 지질항원 발현하는 단백질이며, 특히 수지상세포(dendritic cells)가 결핵균 감염시에 발현이 점차 감소함을 관찰하였다. 이는 결핵균의 사균이나 항원만으로는 관찰되지 않는 결과였다. 2차원 전기영동(2D electrophoresis)을 통하여 CD1b 의 인산화를 관찰하였고 이러한 현상이 식세포작용과 연관됨을 확인하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권1호
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• pp.82-87
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• 2012

In 2005, a group of mycolic acid-containing bacteria was characterized as belonging to a novel genus, Segniliparus with species Segniliparus rugosus and S. rotundus. We report a case of the S. rugosus isolated from a 54-year-old woman with radiologic features mimicking that of non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis (NTM). When the patient first visited our hospital, an acid-fast bacteria (AFB) smear tested positive and Mycobacterium tuberculosis polymerase chain reaction (TB PCR) was negative in the bronchoalveolar lavage sample. After 2 months, the growing colonies were reported as NTM, but could not be identified because they had died. One year after the initial visit, induced sputum samples showed the same results, positive AFB smear and negative TB PCR. At this point, the growing colonies were identified as S. rugosus. Therefore, we should consider Segniliparus genus as a differential diagnosis for AFB in respiratory specimens in addition to the genus Mycobacterium.