• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1386-1392
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• 2010

A bacterial strain designated GR5$^T$, previously isolated from a freshwater culture pond in Taiwan while screening for bacteria for antimicrobial compounds, was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain GR5$^T$ was found to be Gram-negative, aerobic, greenish-yellow colored, rod-shaped, and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Growth occurred at $10-40^{\circ}C$ (optimum, $35^{\circ}C$), pH 7.0-8.0 (optimum pH 8.0), and with 0-2.0% NaCl (optimum, 0.5-1.0%). The major fatty acids were $C_{16:1}{\omega}7c$(36.3%), $C_{16:0}$(16.6%), $C_{12:0}$ 3-OH (12.5%), and $C_{18:1}{\omega}7c$(9.1%). The major respiratory quinone was Q-8, and the DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 51.9 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain GR5$^T$ belongs to the genus Rheinheimera, where its most closely related neighbors are Rheinheimera texasensis A62-14B$^T$ and Rheinheimera tangshanensis JA3-B52$^T$ with sequence similarities of 98.1% and 97.5%, respectively, and the sequence similarities to any other recognized species within Gammaproteobacteria are less than 96.5%. The mean level of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain GR5$^T$ and R. texasensis A62-14B$^T$, the strain most closely related to the isolate, was $26.5{\pm}7.6%$. Therefore, based on the phylogenetic and phenotypic data, strain GR5$^T$ should be classified as a novel species, for which the name Rheinheimera aquatica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GR5$^T$ (=BCRC 80081$^T$=LMG 25379$^T$).

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.667-674
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• 2011

The gene for esterase (rEst1) was isolated from a new species of genus Rheinheimera by functional screening of E. coli cells transformed with the pSMART/HaeIII genomic library. E. coli cells harboring the esterase gene insert could grow and produce clear halo zones on tributyrin agar. The rEst1 ORF consisted of 1,029 bp, corresponding to 342 amino acid residues with a molecular mass of 37 kDa. The signal P program 3.0 revealed the presence of a signal peptide of 25 amino acids. Esterase activity, however, was associated with a homotrimeric form of molecular mass 95 kDa and not with the monomeric form. The deduced amino acid sequence showed only 54% sequence identity with the closest lipase from Cellvibrio japonicus strain Ueda 107. Conserved domain search and multiple sequence alignment revealed the presence of an esterase/ lipase conserved domain consisting of a GXSXG motif, HGGG motif (oxyanion hole) and HGF motif, typical of the class IV hormone sensitive lipase family. On the basis of the sequence comparison with known esterases/ lipases, REst1 represents a new esterase belonging to the class IV family. The purified enzyme worked optimally at $50^{\circ}C$ and pH 8, utilized pNP esters of short chain lengths, and showed best catalytic activity with p-nitrophenyl butyrate ($C_4$), indicating that it was an esterase. The enzyme was completely inhibited by PMSF and DEPC and showed moderate organotolerance.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1179-1185
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• 2018

최근 괭생이모자반(Sargassum horneri)은 제주의 해안가와 해변, 연근해 양식장 등 매년 대량으로 속출되어 인근 양식업자 및 주민에게 막대한 피해를 주고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 제주 인근 연안으로 흘러 들어온 괭생이 모자반에 서식하고 있는 미생물의 다양성을 탐색하고 동정을 통한 미생물의 기능을 파악함으로써 생태학적 문제에 관한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. Proteobacteria는 분리 된 균주 중 88%를 차지한 우점문으로 ${\alpha}-proteobacteria$강은 6속 10종으로 Pseudorhodobacter속이 40%를 차지하고 Paracoccus속 20%, Rhizobium, Albirhodobacter, Skermanella 및 Novosphingobium 속은 각각 10%를 차지했다. ${\beta}-proteobactera$강은 5속 10종으로 Hydrogenophaga속이 50%, Azoarcus 20%, 나머지 Oxalicibacterium, Duganella, Xenophilus속은 각각 10%를 차지했다. ${\gamma}-proteobacteria$강은 13속 57종으로 Proteobacteria문에서 74%로 우점강을 차지했고, Shewanella는 23%, Pseudomonas속 12%, Cobetia 19%, Rahnella, Vibrio 및 Serratia속은 4%, 나머지 Rheinheimera, Raoultella, Pantoea, Acinetobacter, Moraxella 및 Psychrobacter속은 2%를 차지했다. Actinobacteria는 1속 2종으로 Gordonia와 Nocardioides속이 각각 50%를 나타냈다. Bacteroidetes문은 3속 5종으로 Lacihabitans, Mariniflexile속은 33%, 나머지 Dyadobacter, Cellulophaga와 Ferruginibacter속은 11%를 차지했다.

• 환경생물
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.592-599
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• 2019

Ostrea denselamellosa and Eriocheir japonica samples were collected from the Seomjin River in 2019 as part of the "Research of Host-Associated Bacteria" research program. Almost 200 bacterial strains were isolated from the O. denselamellosa and E. japonica samples and subsequently identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Among the bacterial isolates, ten strains possessed greater than 98.7% sequence similarity with published bacterial species that had not previously been recorded in Korea. These species were phylogenetically diverse, belonging to three phyla, four classes, seven orders, and eight genera. At the genus and class level, the previously unrecorded species belonged to Pseudoalteromonas, Aliivibrio, Rheinheimera, Leucothrix, and Shewanella of the class Gamma-proteobacteria, Olleya of the class Flavobacteriia, Algoriphagus of the class Cytophagia, and Lactococcus of the class Bacilli. The previously unrecorded species were further characterized by examining their Gram staining, colony and cell morphology, biochemical properties, and phylogenetic positions.