• Journal of Species Research
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.179-187
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• 2016

As a subset investigation to discover indigenous prokaryotic species in Korea, a total of 21 bacterial strains assigned to the class Betaproteobacteria were isolated from a wide range of environmental samples which collected from fresh water, roots of plants, mineral water and soil from ginseng farm. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that 21 isolated strains were most closely related to the class Betaproteobacteria, with high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>99.1%) and constructed a robust phylogenetic clade with the closest species in the class Betaproteobacteria. These isolated species have no previous report or publication in Korea; therefore 17 species in 14 genera of 6 families in the order Burkholderiales, 1 species in the order Methylophilales, 2 species in 2 genera of 1 family in the order Neisseriales are reported for betaproteobacterial species found in Korea. Gram reaction, colony and cell morphology, basic biochemical characteristics, isolation source, and strain IDs are also described in the species description section and as an image.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.166-178
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• 2016

An outcome of the study to discover indigenous prokaryotic species in Korea, a total of 26 bacterial species assigned to the classes Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes were isolated from diverse environmental samples collected from soil, tidal flat, freshwater, seawater, wetland, plant roots, and fermented foods. From the high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>99.0%) and formation of a robust phylogenetic clade with the closest species, it was determined that each strain belonged to each independent and predefined bacterial species. There is no official report that these 26 species have been described in Korea; therefore 14 strains for the order Flavobacteriales and two strains for the order Cytophagales were assigned to the class Bacteroidetes, and 8 strains for the order Bacillales and 4 strains for the order Lactobacillales were assigned to the class Firmicutes are reported for new bacterial species found in Korea. Gram reaction, colony and cell morphology, basic biochemical characteristics, isolation source, and strain IDs are also described in the species description section.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.408-413
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• 2006

A strain, P821, with phospholipase D activity was isolated from soil and identified as a Streptomyces species. The phospholipase D enzyme was purified from a culture broth of the isolated strain using ammonium sulfate precipitation and DEAE-Sepharose, phenyl-Sepharose, and Superose 12 HR column chromatographies. The purified enzyme exhibited an optimum temperature and pH of $55^{\circ}C$ and 6.0, respectively, in the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine and remained stable up to $60^{\circ}C$ within a pH range of 3.5-8.0. The enzyme also catalyzed a transphosphatidylation reaction to produce phosphatidylserine with phosphatidylcholine and serine substrates. The optimum conditions for the transphosphatidylation were $30^{\circ}C$ and pH 5.0, indicating quite different optimum conditions for the hydrolysis and transphosphatidylation reactions. The gene encoding the enzyme was cloned by Southern hybridization and colony hybridization using a DNA probe designed from the conserved regions of other known phospholipase D enzymes. The resulting amino acid sequence was most similar to that of the PLD enzyme from Streptomyces halstedii (89.5%). Therefore, the enzyme was confirmed to be a phospholipase D with potential use in the production of phosphatidylserine.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.239-245
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• 1998

부식형성과정에서 nitroaromatics와 그 환원산물들의 구조에 따른 bound residue형성 양상을 밝히기 위하여 nitrotoluene류, nitrophenol류와 그 환원형태의 화합물 및 nitro기를 가진 살충제 parathion과 amino기를 가진 제초제 asulam을 단독으로 또는 부식을 구성하는 humic monomer들이 존재하는 반응 조건에서 laccase와 HRP를 촉매로 사용하여 그 반응 양상을 조사하였다. Laccase와 HRP를 촉매로 하여 반응시킨 경우, humic monomer의 유무, 종류, nitro기의 결합위치와 수에 관계없이 nitrotoluene류와 nitrophenol류는 laccase와 HRP에 의해 거의 전환되지 않았고, aminotoluene류 및 amino-nitrophenol류는 전부 전환되었다. 일부가 환원된 형태인 amino-nitrotoluene류는 humic monomer에 따라 다른 전환율을 나타내는 데, catechol, syringaldehyde와 protocatechuic acid에서 가장 높은 전환율을 나타내었다. Nitro기가 있는 살충제 parathion은 humic monomer가 존재하는 반응 조건에서 거의 전환되지 않았고, 그 분해산물 4-nitrophenol의 경우도 protocatechuic acid를 제외하고는 거의 전환되지 않았다. Amino기가 있는 제초제 asulam의 경우, humic monomer가 존재하지 않는 조건에서는 거의 전환되지 않았지만 catechol, syringaldehyde, protocatechuic acid 및 caffeic acid의 경우, 비교적 높은 전환율을 나타났다.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제21권E1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2005

Size distribution of particulate water-soluble ion components was measured at Gosan, Korea using a micro-orifice uniform deposit impactor (MOUDI). Sulfate, ammonium, and nitrate showed peaks in three size ranges; Sulfate and ammonium were of dominant species measured in the fine mode ($D_{p} < 1.8 {\mu}m$). One peak was observed in the condensation mode ($0.218\sim0.532{\mu}m$), and the other peak was obtained in the droplet mode ($0.532\sim1.8{\mu}m$). Considering the fact that the equivalent ratios of ammonium to sulfate ranged from 0.5 to 1.0 in these size ranges, it is inferred that they formed sufficiently neutralized compounds such as ($NH_{4})_{2}SO_{4} and (NH_{4})_{3}H(SO_{4})_{2}$ during the long-range transport of anthropogenic pollutants. On the other hand, nitrate was distributed mainly in the coarse mode ($3.1\sim6.2{\mu}m$) combined with soil and sea salt. Two sets of MOUDI samples were collected in each season. One sample was collected when the concentrations of criteria air pollutants were relatively high, but the other represented relatively clean air quality. The concentrations of sulfate and ammonium particles in droplet mode were the highest in winter and the lowest in summer. When the air quality was bad, the increase of nitrate was observed in the condensation mode ($0.218\sim0.282{\mu}m$). It thus suggests that the nitrate particles were produced through gas phase reaction of nitric acid with ammonia. Chloride depletion was remarkably high in summer due to the high temperature and relative humidity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1018-1023
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• 2001

Oleamide (cis-9-octadecenamide) is endogenous primary amide of fatty acid that is produced in small amounts in animal brains. It is known to induce sleep and to lower temperature by destroying the lipid plasma membrane structure of cells, thereby disclosing gap junction channels. To develop a new biological production method for oleamide, a screening program was conducted to isolate a microorganism producing oleamide. Among 1,500 soil microorganisms tested, KK90378 exhibited a potent positive reaction with Dragendoff`s reagent, used to detect the primary amide of oleamide. KK90378 was identified as a Streptomyces species based on cultural and morpohological characteristics, the presence of diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall, and the sugar patterns for the whole-cell extrat. Streptomyces sp. KK90378 produced oleamide 3 days after culture at $28^{\circ}C$, pH 7.2 A series of purification steps, including hexane extraction, silica gel column, and preparative thin layer chromatographies, were performed for the purification of oleamide. A spectrophotometric analysis using $^1H$, $^13C$-NMR, and GC-MS confirmed that the chemical structure of the purified oleamide was identical to that of authentic oleamide.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1001-1010
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• 2005

Bacillus megaterium KL39, an antibiotic-producing plant growth promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR), was selected from soil. The antifungal antibiotic, denoted KL39, was purified from culture filtrate by column chromatography using Dion HP-20, Silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, and prep-HPLC. Thin layer chromatography, employing the solvent system of ethanol:ammonia:water=8:1:1, showed the $R_{f}$. value of 0.32. The antibiotic KL39 showed a negative reaction with ninhydrin solution, positive with iodine vapor, and also positive with Ehrlich reagent. It was soluble in methanol, ethanol, butanol, and acetonitrile, but insoluble in chloroform, toluene, hexane, ethyl ether, or acetone. Its UV spectrum had the maximum absorption at 208 nm. Amino acid composition, FAB-mass, $^{1}H-NMR,\;^{13}C-NMR$, and atomic analyses showed that the antibiotic KL39 (MW=1,071) has a structure very similar to iturin E. The antibiotic KL39 has a broad antifungal spectrum against a variety of plant pathogenic fungi including Rhizoctonia solani, Pyricularia oryzae, Monilinia froeticola, Botrytis cinenea, Altenaria kikuchiana, Fusarium oxysporum, and F. solani. An MIC value of $10\;{\mu}g/ml$ was determined for Phytophthora capsici. Macromolecular incorporation studies with P. capsici using radioactive [$^{3}H-adenine$] as the precursor, indicated that the antibiotic KL39 strongly inhibits the DNA biosynthesis of the fungal cell. Microscopic observation of the antifungal action showed abnormal hyphal swelling of P. capsici. The purified antibiotic KL39 was very effective for the biocontrol of in vivo Phytophthora-blight disease of pepper.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.356-360
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• 1988

토양에서 분리된 Alkaline Protease생산균주는 Bacills subtilis로 동정되었다. 본 균주의 최적배양온도는 최적 배지조건에서 $35^{\circ}C$이며, 초기 배지 pH는 10.5였다. 효소역가는 Casein-Folin법으로 약 2,300 Unit/ml로 나타났다. 배양액에 일련의 정제과정을 실시한 결과 정제배수 9.2, 회수율 14%의 정제효소를 얻었으며, 분자량은 19,000이었다. 정제효소의 반응최적온도는 $70^{\circ}C$, 최적 PH는 12였다. $Fe^{++}$에 의해 활성이 저하되었으며, 또한 serine protease inhibitor인 PMSF에 의해 활성이 저해되었다. 이것으로 부터 본 효소는 활성부위에 serine을 갖는 serine protease의 일종임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권10호
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• pp.2779-2785
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• 2009

육류 중에 닭은 가장 저렴한 생산비용으로 단백질을 섭취할 수 있는 장점으로 인하여 많은 양이 사육되며 우리나라 식생활의 육류 소비를 늘리는 중요한 가축이다. 생육조건에 악영향을 미치는 여러 요인 중에 축산업에서 가장 대표적인 것은 악취이다. 악취물질은 축분에서 발생되는 암모니아, 아민류, 황화수소 및 머캡탄을 들 수 있으며 악취는 없으나 악영향을 미치는 물질로는 메탄, 질소산화물 등이 있다. 이러한 악취물질에 의하여 가축은 생육에 저해를 받으며, 심한 경우 폐사까지 이르게 된다. 계사의 경우 겨울철에는 난방을 하고 있는 실정임에도 불구하고 나머지 계절과 같이 환기를 통하여 악취를 제어하고 있다. 겨울철의 경우 대부분의 계사가 등유를 사용하는 온풍기를 이용하여 난방을 하고 있으나 계사내의 유해한 암모니아의 농도가 높아지므로 인하여 환기를 시키고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구과제에서는 기존에 사용되고 있는 온풍기에 복합촉매시스템을 접합하여 계사 및 축사의 암모니아 등의 유해 가스를 제어할 수 있는 시스템에 사용될 촉매를 개발하였으며, Mn과 Pt-Rh을 최적의 조성으로 도출하였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2006

식물생장 촉진 호르몬인 auxin을 생산하는 균주를 선발하기 위해 경산지역 경작지 토양에서 29종의 세균을 분리하였으며 Salkowsky test를 통해 auxin을 생산하는 14종을 선발하였다. 이 중 CAS(chrome azurol S) blue agar에서 siderophore의 생산을 확인 후 auxin과 siderohroe를 동시에 생산하는 AH18을 최종 선발하였다. AH18의 mung-bean adventitious root induction test를 통해 식물생장 촉진 능이 대조구에 비해 1.5배나 뛰어남을 알 수 있었고, 토마토 pot test에서 토마토 시들음병의 윈인균인 F. oxysporum에 대해서 길항력도 나타내었다. 선발된 AHl8 균주는 16S rDNA와 Biolog system을 통해 Bacillus subtilis 동정되었다. B. subtilis AH18은 Sucrose-asparagine-MgsO$_4$(SAM) medium (pH 6.0)에 접종하여 30$^{\circ}C$에서 3일간 배양 시 siderophore를 가장 많이 생산하는 것을 알 수 있었다.