• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.104-108
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• 1998

In the present study, we have evaluated cytotoxic effects of Taraxaci Herba extract in human oral epitheloid carcinoma cells. An antitumor activity was measured by colorimetric assays using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and sulforhodamine protein B (SRB). The light microscopic study showed morphological changes, Ag-NOR (argyrophylic nucleolar organizer region) number and PAS positive reaction or the treated cells. These results obtained are as follows : MTT and SRB quantities were significantly decreased in cultured KB cells treated with 10$^{-2}$ /mg/ml and 10$^{-3}$ /mg/ml concentrations. The number of Ag-NORs were significantly decreased in cultured KB cells treated with 10$^{-2}$ /mg/ml and 10$^{-3}$ /mg/ml concentrations and the rate of Ag-NORs was shifted to left side (one Ag-Nounucleus was increased and five Ag-NORs/nucleus were decreased) by the high concentration. PAS reaction of cultured KB cells treated with 10$^{-2}$ /mg/ml and 10$^{-3}$ /mg/ml concentrations was negative. These results suggest that Taraxaci Herba retains a potential antitumor activity.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가스학회 2001년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.58-68
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• 2001

Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of carbon steel gas pipeline in soil environments was investigated at field and laboratory MIC is very severe corrosion and it is not easy to distinguish this corrosion from Inorganic corrosion because of its localized, pitting-type character Therefore, it is important to provide proper assessment techniques for the prediction, detection, monitoring and mitigation of MIC. It is possible to predict the MIC risk, i.e., the activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) through the analysis of soil environments. Chemical, microbiological and surface analysis of corrosion products and metal attacked could reveal the possibility of the occurrence of MIC. Various electrochemical and surface analysis techniques could be used for the study of MIC. Among these techniques, thin-film electrical resistance (ER) type sensors are promising to obtain localized corrosion rate of MIC induced by SRB. It is also important to study the effect of cathodic protection (CP) on the MIC In case of coated pipeline, the relationship between coating disbondment and the activity of SRB beneath the disbanded coating is also important.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1542-1546
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of zeolite-supported sulfatereducing bacteria (SRB) in enhancing the removal of Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, and Cr⁶⁺ in contaminated seawater. Our results show that SRB-immobilized zeolite carriers can enhance the removal of heavy metals. In addition, heavy metals were generally better removed at conditions of 37°C. Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, and Cr⁶⁺ were effectively removed by 98.2%, 90.1%, and 99.8% at 100 parts per million concentration of the heavy metals, respectively. These results indicate that SRB-zeolite carriers hold great potential for use in the removal of cationic heavy metal species from marine environment.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2015

In this study, we have developed a microbe-carrier that combined Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and zeolite for removal of Zn and As in contaminated seawater. Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, one of the sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) microorganism was exhibited stable growth characteristics in highly salted water and strong resistance to Zn and As contaminated seawater. Moreover, zeolites are one of the most useful carrier to remove heavy metals from wastewaters. The results showed that SRB immobilized zeolite carrier can enhance removal ratio of Zn and As. In addition, heavy metals tended to be better removed in medium at conditions of $37^{\circ}C$. In case of heavy metal concentration, they were effectively removed ranging from 50 to 100 ppm. These results show that SRB-zeolite carriers hold great potential to remove cationic heavy metal species from industrial wastewater in marine environment.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2018

Copper is used in various applications in environments favoring and enabling formation of biofilms by naturally occurring microbes. Copper is also the chosen corrosion barrier for nuclear waste in Finland. The copper canisters should have lifetimes of 100,000 years. Copper is commonly considered to be resistant to corrosion in oxygen-free water. This is an important argument for using copper as a corrosion protection in the planned canisters for spent nuclear-fuel encapsulation. However, microbial biofilm formation on metal surfaces can increase corrosion in various conditions and provide conditions where corrosion would not otherwise occur. Microbes can alter pH and redox potential, excrete corrosion-inducing metabolites, directly or indirectly reduce or oxidize the corrosion products, and form biofilms that create corrosive microenvironments. Microbial metabolites are known to initiate, facilitate, or accelerate general or localized corrosion, galvanic corrosion, and intergranular corrosion, as well as enable stress-corrosion cracking. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are present in the repository environment. Sulfide is known to be a corrosive agent for copper. Here we show results from corrosion of copper in anoxic simulated ground water in the presence of SRB enriched from the planned disposal site.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.132-136
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• 1996

우리나라 남부지방에서 벼 이앙시기 및 시비수준과 주용해충 발생치해와의 관계를 조사한 결과, 조사해충은 모두 시비수준보다 이앙시기가 발생 피해에 더 큰 영향을 주었다. 특히 벼멸구 흰등멸구, 애멸구, 끝동매미충, 벼물기굴파리는 이앙시기가 늦을수록 발생량이 많았으나, 이화명나방, 혹명나방은 이앙시기가빠를수록 발생량도 많았고, 피해도 컸다. 그리고 끝동매미충과 이화명나방을 제외한 해충들은 이앙시기가 늦으면서 질소질비료가 많으며 발생량이 증가하는 경향이었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.110-121
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• 2022

The effluents from industries processing vegetable oils are extremely rich in sulfates, often exceeding the maximum concentration allowed to release them to the environment. Biological sulfate reduction is a promising alternative for the removal of sulfates in this type of wastewater, which has other particularities such as an acidic pH. The ability to reduce sulfates has been widely described for a particular bacterial group (SRB: sulfate-reducing bacteria), although the reports describing its application for the treatment of sulfate-rich industrial wastewaters are scarce. In this work, we describe the use of a natural SRB-based consortium able to remove above 30% of sulfates in the wastewater from one of the largest edible oil industries in Peru. Metataxonomic analysis was used to analyse the interdependencies established between SRB and the native microbiota present in the wastewater samples, and the performance of the consortium was quantified for different sulfate concentrations in laboratory-scale reactors. Our results pave the way towards the use of this consortium as a low-cost, sustainable alternative for the treatment of larger volumes of wastewater coming from this type of industries.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.475-484
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• 2000

다양한 환경조건에서 충진 유기성슬러지, 즉 하수슬러지와 제지슬러지의 분해측도를 추정하기 위한 모델을 개발하고 SRB 반응조의 운전시간에 따른 분해정도를 추정하여 탄소원으로 사용 가능한 유기성슬러지의 지속시간을 예측하였다. 유출 평균 TCOD는 28.7~63.2mg/L를 나타내어 유기성슬러지는 실험기간 동안에 그다지 많은 양의 탄소원을 공급하지 않았으나 지속성 측면에서 단기간내 다량의 유기물 분해에 의한 소모보다는 효율적인 것으로 평가되었다. $SO_4{^{2-}}$ 환원율이 증가함에 따라 고정경향이 가장 강한 Pb 제거율이 77~82% 로 가장 높았으며 그다음에 Fe가 33~59%의 제거율을 나타내었다. Al의 경우에는 수산화물로 침전하기 때문에 낮은 pH를 유지한 R-1~R-3에서는 약 $54{\pm}2%$ 정도의 제거율을 보였으나 높은 pH를 유지한 R-4의 경우에는 약 78%의 아주 높은 제거율을 보였다. Mn은 용해도적이 크기 때문에 다른 중금속에 비하여 아주 낮은 제거율을 나타내었다. 초기 SRB를 위한 탄소원의 공급과 장기간 지속성을 고려해볼때 하수슬러지에 비하여 세지슬러지의 혼합비율이 2배 많은 0.5가 보다 더 적합하며 이때 탄소완의 지속시간은 약 3.08년이었으나 유기성슬러지의 분해에는 다양한 인자가 작용하므로 안전율을 고려하여 적용해야할 것으로 평가되었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2008

한국의 시화호와 중국의 Aha호 저질토에서 서식하는 황산염 환원세균(sulfate reducing bacteria, SRB)의 깊이에 따른 군집구조를 비교하기 위하여, 이화성 아황산염 환원효소(EC 1.8.99.1; dissimilatory sulfite reductase, dsr) 유전자를 대상으로, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) 및 클론 라이브러리를 이용하여 미생물의 군집구조를 분석하였다. DGGE band 양상을 분석한 결과, Aha호 보다는 시화호에서 더 맡은 밴드를 보여 다양성이 높았고, 깊이별 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 두 서식지에서 얻은총68개 클론의 염기서열을 가지고 계통학적 분석을 한 결과 시화호에서는 Deltaproteobacteria 그룹, Firmicutes 그룹에 속해있는 Desulfotomaculum 종과 archaeal thermophilic SRB 그룹에 속해있는 Archaeoglobus 종이, Aha호에서는 Desulfotomaculum 그룹과 유사성이 높았다. 분리된 대부분의 클론들(59%)은 배양된 황산염 환원세균과는 매우 낮은 유사도를 보였고, 환경에서 분리된 클론들과도90% 이하의 유사도를 나타냈다. 총 클론을 88% 유사도를 기준으로 9그룹으로 나뉘었을 때 시하호와 Aha호의 각 클론은 서로 다른 그룹으로 존재하였다. 이러한 결과는 두 서식지의 이화성 아황산염 환원효소를 가지고 있는 미생물의 군집구조는 확연히 다르고 각 서식지에 특이적인 황산염 환원 미생물이 존재함을 시사한다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2000

Cannabidiol derivatives (1, 2 and 3), 5-fluorouracil (4, 5-FU) and adriamycin (5, AM) were tested for their growth inhibitory effects against human tumor cell lines using two different 3-{4,5-dimeth-ylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and sulforhodamine B protein (SRB) assay. The light microscopic study showed morphological changes of the treated cells. Disruptions in cell organelles were determined by colorimetric methods; MTT assay and STB assay. These results suggest that cannabidiol (1, CBD) retains the most growth-inhibitory activity against human tumor cell lines.