• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.93.2-97
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• 1992

The naturally occurring plasmids of Vibrio species have been isolated in part to investigate their genetic traits. Among six different Vibrio species tested, Vibrio anguillarum, Vibrio fluvialis, Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio mimicus and Vibrio furnissi did not show any presence of plasmid. One environmental isolate of Vibrio pnrahemolyticus harboring plasmid was observed. The isolated plasmid was 8.7 kb by analysis with restriction endonuclease digestion. No common feature was shown relationships between the presence of plasmid and resistance against commonly used antibiotic compounds from the tested Vibrios. Key words . plasmid, Vibrio anguillarum, Vibrio fluvialis, Vibrio uulnincus, Vibrio mimicus, Vibrio furnissi, Vibrio parahemolyticus.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.93-97
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• 1997

The naturally occurring plasmids of Vibrio species have been isolated in part to investigate their genetic traits. Among six different Vibrio species tested, Vibrio anguillarum, Vibrio fluvialis, Vibrio vulnficus, Vibrio mimicus and Vibrio furnissi did not show any presence of plasmid. One environmental isolate of Vibrio parahaemolyticus harboring plasmid was observed. The isolated plasmid was 8.7 kb by analysis with restriction endonuclease digestion. No common feature was shown relationships between the presence of plasmid and resistance against commonly used antibiotic compounds from the tested Vibrios.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.241-249
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• 1996

Vivrio mimicus (ATCC 33568)의 최적 배양조건하에서 배양액으로부터 collagenase를 황산암모늄 염석과 DEAE-Sephadex A-50 이온코환크로마토그래피에 의해 분리. 정제하였다. SDS-PAGE 전기영동분석법 및 겔여과법으로 정제된 collagenase의 분자량은 42 kDa 이였다. 기질인 불용성 콜라겐(Type I)에 대한 collagenase의 최적 pH 및 온도는 각각 7.75 및 28$\circ$였다. 금속착물제와 serine protease 저해제는 collagenase의 활성을 저해하였지만 L-cysteine과 histidine은 효소의 활성을 저해하지 않았다. collagenase의 아미노산 조성은 glycine 및 alanine의 아미노산 잔기가 많이 함유되어 있었다. 불용성 (Type I) 콜라겐에 대한 collagenase의 속도상수인 K$_{m}$ 값 및 R$_{cat}$/K$_{m}$값은 각각 2.86 mg/ml 및 972.28 U/mg-protein 이었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.292-298
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• 1994

식중독 원인균으로 알려진 Vibrio mimicus(V. mimicus)의 분포 상태와 이의 생리적 특성을 조사하기 위하여 1993년 1월부터 9월까지 민락동과 광안리 해수욕장 부근의 해수를 채취하여 V. mimicus의 월별 분포 상태를 실험하였으며, 여기서 분리된 균주 중에서 항생제 내성이 강한 균으로 분리, 동정된 V. mimicus K-1의 생리적 성질과 배양 특성을 조사하였다. 수온이 $16.3^{\circ}C$인 4월부터 검출되기 시작하여 8월까지 검출되었으나, 수온이 $15^{\circ}C$ 이하인 겨울철(1, 2, 3월)에는 전혀 검출이 되지 않았다. 분포 정도는 최소 0.4(MPN/100ml)에서 최고 70((MPN/100ml)으로 지역에 따라 차이가 있었다. V. mimicus K-1은 $37^{\circ}C$, pH 7.5, 그리고 염도 $0.5\%$에서 각각 최대의 증식율을 보였다. 그리고 항생제 (colistin, erythromycin, bacitracin, tetracycline, penicillin)에 대해서 내성을 나타내었다. 자외선(30W, 50m)에 대해서는 상당히 내성이 약했으며, 70초간 조사 후에는 검출이 되지 않았다. 열에 의한 치사율은 $50^{\circ}C$에서 5.7분, $60^{\circ}C$에서 2.1분, 그리고 $70^{\circ}C$에서는 0.7분 만에 최초균수의 $90\%$이상이 사멸하였다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 1997

Vibrio mimicus is a closely related species with V. cholerae, and has been reported to be associated with gastrointestinal infections. Although extraintestinal infections of these vibrios have also been reported in Japan and Southeast Asia. But little research papers on V. mimicus was reported in Korea. Therefore, we tried to isolate V. mimicus from the environmental sea water from April to July in Pusan, Korea. Among the isolated strains, we selected the strongest hemolytic strain and then named V. mimicus SM-9. In this paper, we checked the antibiotic susceptibility and psychrotrophic characteristics of the isolated strain. Hemolytic activity of the hemolysin produced by the isolated strain was also measured. V. mimicus was not detected from the sea water samples in April and May, but its detection rate was relatively high in June and July in Pusan, Korea. The bacteriological characteristics of V. mimicus SM-9 were Gram-negative rods, motile, oxidase positive, Voges-Proskauer negative and sucrose negative. In 23 kinds of antibiotics susceptibility test, V. mimicus SM-9 showed susceptibility to the most of antibiotics submitted while it was resistive against lincomycin, oxacillin, rifampin and vancomycin. Hemolytic activity of the hemolysin produced by V. mimicus SM-9 was highest in stationary phase of the growth curve in BHI broth at 37$^{\circ}C$ and its activity was reached 18 HU per $m\ell$ of culture supernatant. For checking the psychrotrophic property of V. mimicus SM-9, the decreasing rate of the strain in phosphate buffer solution and yellowtail flesh homogenate was examined during the storage at 4, 0, -4 and -2$0^{\circ}C$. The decreasing rates of the selected strain stored in phosphate buffer solution were greater than those in fish homogenate. Decreasing rates of V. mimicus SM-9 stored in phosphate buffer solution were not significantly different by the storage temperatures. The viable cell counts of the strain were decreased as 5 log cycles after 120 hours at all the tested temperatures. While decreasing numbers of the strain in fish homogenates were 2*4 log cycles after 120 hours. The decreasing pattern of the strain numbers were very slow after 200 hours at all the stored temperatures.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 1995

새로운 식중독 원인균으로 알려지고 있는 V cholerae non-O1과 V mimicus의 분포와 서식 조건을 밝히고자 금강 하구에서 1993년 3월 26일부터 1994년 2월 22일까지 수질 환경과 V cholerae non-O1 및 V mimicus의 분포를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. V cholerae non-O1은 해수 54개 시료에서 $16.7\%$, 뻘 49개 시료에서 $6.1\%$, 전체 $11.7\%$가 검출되었으며 V mimicus는 해수 54개 시료에서 $11.1\%$, 뻘 49개 시료에서 $10.2\%$, 전체 $10.7\%$가 검출되었다. 2. V cholerae non-O1과 V. mimicus는 수온 $24^{\circ}C$이상, 염도 $10\%o$ 이하의 기수에서 주로 검출되었으나, 수온이 $3.5^{\circ}C$인 1월에 뻘에서 검출되었다. 3. V cholerae non-O1과 V. mimicus의 서식에 영향을 주는 주요 인자는 온도, 염도 및 유기물질의 오염이며, V. cholerae non-O1은 V. mimicus보다 염도 변화에 대한 적응력이 더 높았다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.277-281
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• 1997

식중독 원인균으로 알려진 Vibrio mimicus K-1를 피조개에 feeding시켰을 때 보관온도에 따른 균수변화를 측정하여 살아있는 패류에 오염되었을 때의 저온저항성과 증식양상을 조사하였다. 보관온도에 따른 균수변화는 해수에 보관하였을 때와 피조개에 feeding하였을 때 같은 온도에서의 균수변화가 다르게 나타났다. 즉, 해수에 보관(초기균수 $3.2\times10^7\;CFU/ml$)하였을 때는 균수가 급격히 감소하여 $5^{\circ}C$에서는 보관 5일만에 $10^{\circ}C$에서는 보관 10일만에 검출이 되지 않았으나, 살아있는 피조개에 feeding시켜 보관하였을 때는 균수의 변화가 비교적 안정하여 보관 10일동안 약 $1\~1.5-log-unit$가 감소하였다. 하지만 대조군으로 $10^{\circ}C서 탈각하여 보관하였을 때는 호기성균의 완만한 증가와는 달리 V. mimicus K-1의 균수는 급격히 감소하여 보관 7일만에 검출이 되지 않아 살아있는 패류에 Vibrio가 감염되었을 경우에는 저온에서 보관하더라도 Vibrio의 균수 감소에는 별 영향을 주지않았다. $20^{\circ}C$에서는 초기균수 $3.2\times10^7CFU/ml$가 보관 10일 후에는 $1.6\times10^6CFU/ml$로 균수의 변화가 안정하던 해수에서와는 달리, 피조개에 feeding시켜 보관하였을 때는 총 호기성 균수의 경우 급격히 증가하였고 V. mimicus K-1의 균수도 급격히 감소하여 보관 7일째부터는 검출이 되지 않았다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.461-470
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• 1999

Growth under conditions of iron-restriction and the production of siderophore was examined in Vibrio mimicus ATCC 33653. This strain grew and multiplied in the presence of the high-affinity iron chelators ethylenediamine-di (o-hydroxyphenylacetic acid). Chrome azurol S (CAS) agar and solution were used to detect the production of siderophore under these condition. Siderophore could be detected in the iron-restricted culture supernatants. The siderophore was extracted from iron-restricted culture supernatants by phenol-chloroform-ether method and purified by Dowex ion-exchange and Sephadex G-25 gel filtracton chromatography. The purified siderophore was confirmed by paper chromatography and HPLC. The Purified siderophore enhanced the growth of V. mimicus when the bacterium was grown in iron limited medium. Injection of both the siderohore and the bacteria to mice resulted in more rapid death than that of the only bacteria. However, the siderophore did not show lethality to mice and any toxicity to cell line like HeLa and U937.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.585-590
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• 2000

A hemolysin producing strain was isolated from Kum rivet estuary located in west part of Korea. In the process of identification the isolated strain was similar to V. mimicus but did not show characteristics of known Vibrio species; therefore, the strain was designated as Vibrio sp. D9 ( V. kumkang) tentatively and further identification study was carried out by comparing its bacteriological characteristics, Morphologically Vibrio sp. D9 was a typical straight roe with a polar flagellium. Among known Vibrio species no identical strains were found when using automatic bacteria identification system ($MicioLog^(TM)$system, release 4.0, Biolog Inc., USA) which evaluated the ability of metabolizing 95 kinds of carbon and nitrogen sources. Vibrio sp. D9 showed 18 and 13 different responses as compared to V. mimicus and V. cholerae, respectively. Clear hemolysis zones were observed with the strain against human and sheep blood agar plate, Hemolytic toxicity was confirmed by strong vascular permeability and fatal toxicity against mouse was also observed. Thus the strain was a pathogenic vibrio. Growth conditions for Vibrio sp. D9 were salinity of $0{\~}5.0{\%}$, pH of $6.4{\~}9.8$, temperature of $15{\~}41^{\circ}C$, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.612-619
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• 2000

To investigate the biochemical properties of V. mimicus metalloprotease, whose gene was isolated previously from Vibrio mimicus ATCC33653, overexpression and purification were attempted. The 1.9 kb of open reading frame was amplified by PCR from pVMC193 plasmid which ligated the VMC gene with pUC19 and introduced into Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) using the overexpression vector, pET22b (+). The overexpressed metalloprotease (VMC) was purified with Ni-NTA column chromatography and characterized with various protease inhibitors, pHs, temperatures, and substrates. The purified VMC showed the proteolytic activity against gelatin, soluble and insoluble collagens, and synthetic peptides. Unlike the observations made with all metalloproteases originated from other Vibrio sp., the VMC did not hydrolyze the casein. The proteolytic activity was critically decreased when the VMC was treated with metal chelating reagents, such as EDTA, 2,2-bipyridine, and 1, 10-phenanthroline. In particular, the 71 kDa VMC exhibited the hemagglutinating activity against human erythrocyte. As the purified VMC was treated with $CuCl_2$ and $NiCl_2$ for the chemical modification of metal binding, the proteolytic activity and hemagglutinating activity were profoundly influenced. The multialignment analysis made on the reported Vibrio metalloproteases showed the difference of amino acid sequence similarity between the two distinctive classes of Vibrio metalloproteases.