• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.294-300
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• 2011

젓갈의 숙성에 미치는 bacteria의 역할 규명을 목표로 고염에서 생장하며 단백질 분해활성을 나타내는 bacteria를 멸치젓과 새우젓으로부터 분리하여 이들의 고염에서의 생장을 검토하였다. NaCl이 15% 첨가된 고체배지를 이용하여 bacteria를 분리한 경우, 멸치젓으로부터는 Bacillus 및 근연속이, 새우젓으로부터는 Staphylococcus 속이 우점으로 분리되었고, 멸치젓으로부터 분리된 Virgibacillus halodenitrificans와 새우젓으로부터 분리된 Halobacillus trueperi가 단백질 분해활성을 나타내었다. NaCl이 8% 첨가된 고체배지에서 단백질 분해활성을 나타낸 멸치젓 유래 bacteria는 Vb. halodenitrificans를 중심으로 한 Bacillus 근연 속으로 NaCl 농도 15%에서 생장하는 bacteria의 군집과 크게 다르지 않았다. 그러나 NaCl이 8% 첨가된 고체배지에서 단백질 분해 활성을 나타낸 새우젓 유래 bacteria는 NaCl 농도 15%에서 분리된 우점균 Staphylococcus, Salinicoccus, Salimicrobium 속이 아닌 Bacillus 속과 Planococcus, Salinivibrio 속으로 확인되어 새우젓의 우점종은 단백질 분해와 큰 관련이 없는 것으로 추정된다. 멸치젓의 우점종 Vb. halodenitrificans와 새우젓의 우점종 Staphylococcus equorum은 NaCl이 25% 첨가된 배지에서도 생장을 나타내어 젓갈 숙성과 높은 관련성을 가지고 있으며, 종균으로 이용될 높은 가능성을 가지고 있다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2011

우리나라 전남지역에서 생산되는 천일염의 생산공정별 미생물 분포 조사 및 배양 분리법을 이용하여 호염미생물을 분리하여 동정하는 것을 이번 연구의 목표로 삼았다. 천일염 시료는 생산지를 고려하여 육지 염전인 영광군 한 지역과 해안 염전 지역인 신안군 두 군데에서 생산공정별로 세분화하여 총 28개 분석시료를 수집하여 사용하였으며, 이들 시료를 십진 희석하여 4종류의 미생물 분리용 배지에 도말, 배양한 후 나타난 집락(colony)을 계수하였다. 그 결과 천일염 생산 공정 중 대장균 등의 식품 오염지표 미생물은 검출되지 않았지만, 저장수에서 증발지 단계로 진행되면서 $1.1{\times}10^3{\sim}1.8{\times}10^5$ CFU/g의 호염성 미생물들이 검출되었다. 그러나 이후 단계인 함수저장고, 결정지에서는 미생물 수가 점차적으로 감소되었으며, 소금저장소에 보관된 천일염 시료에서는 미생물이 전혀 검출되지 않았다. 이들 분리균들은 형태학적 특성에 따라 무작위로 62개 집락을 선정하여 분리하였다. 순수 분리된 미생물들은 PCR 기법을 통해 16S rRNA 유전자의 염기서열을 분석한 후, 기존에 보고된 미생물 유전자 database와 비교함으로써 12속의 천일염 유래 호염균들의 존재를 확인하였다. 이번 연구 결과 천일염 생산 단계에서 분리된 halophilic bacteria은 Halobacillus, Halomonas, Bacillus, Idiomarina, Marinobacter, Pseudoalteromonas, Vibrio, Salinivibrio, Virgibacillus, Alteromonas, Staphylococcus 및 un-known 등이다.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.267-276
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• 2023

To obtain unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, various soils of coastal areas were collected from the Republic of Korea in 2022. After plating the samples on marine agar and incubating aerobically and anaerobically, approximately 1,700 bacterial strains were isolated and identified using 16S rRNA gene sequences. A total of 20 strains showed ≥98.7% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with validly published bacterial species but not reported in Korea, indicating they are unrecorded bacterial species in Korea. The unrecorded bacterial strains belonged to four phyla, six classes, 15 orders, 16 families, and 19 genera which were assigned to Blastomonas and Sphingomonas of the class Alphaproteobacteria; Pseudidiomarina, Kushneria, Salinicola, and Salinisphaera of the class Gammaproteobacteria; Evansella, Virgibacillus, and Paenibacillus of the class Bacilli; Cyclobacterium of the class Cytophagia; Pedobacter of the class Sphingobacteriia; and Demequina, Ornithinimicrobium, Blastococcus, Jatrophihabitans, Kineococcus, Glaciihabitans, Aeromicrobium and Streptomyces of the class Actinomycetes. The details of the 20 unreported species, including Gram reaction, morphology, biochemical characteristics, and phylogenetic position are also provided in the description of the strains.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.390-407
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• 2024

Kuflu cheese, a popular variety of traditional Turkish mold-ripened cheeses, is characterized by its semi-hard texture and blue-green color. It is important to elucidate the microbiota of Kuflu cheese produced from raw milk to standardize and sustain its sensory properties. This study aimed to examine the bacteria, yeasts, and filamentous mold communities in Kuflu cheese using high-throughput amplicon sequencing based on 16S and ITS2 regions. Lactococcus, Streptococcus, and Staphylococcus were the most dominant bacterial genera while Bifidobacterium genus was found to be remarkably high in some Kuflu cheese samples. Penicillium genus dominated the filamentous mold biota while the yeasts with the highest relative abundances were detected as Debaryomyces, Pichia, and Candida. The genera Virgibacillus and Paraliobacillus, which were not previously reported for mold-ripened cheeses, were detected at high relative abundances in some Kuflu cheese samples. None of the genera that include important food pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria were detected in the samples. This is the first experiment in which the microbiota of Kuflu cheeses were evaluated with a metagenomic approach. This study provided an opportunity to evaluate Kuflu cheese, which was previously examined for fungal composition, in terms of both pathogenic and beneficial bacteria.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.1088-1095
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• 2014

A systematic investigation was performed on the bacterial, Bacillus, fungal, and yeast communities of the three types of Daqu (mechanically prepared, manually prepared, and mixed prepared) used in Baiyunbian Company by reconditioning PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE). The DGGE results showed that the microbes in the three types of Daqu were mainly thermotolerant and thermophilic microbes, and the most dominant bacterial species were Bacillus and Virgibacillus, followed by Lactobacillus and Trichococcus. Furthermore, the dominant fungi were found to be molds, such as Rasamsonia, Penicillium, Aspergillus, and Monascus, and the dominant yeasts were Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomycopsis fibuligera, Pichia anomala, and Debaryomyces hansenii. In general, the three types of Daqu showed slight differences in microbial communities, and the Shannon indexes (H') of the manually prepared and mechanically prepared Daqu were similar. The results suggest that mechanically prepared Daqu can replace manually prepared Daqu in liquor production, and this research provides useful information for liquor production and process improvement.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2006

Halotolerant spore-forming Gram-positive bacteria were isolated from the root, rhizosphere, and non-rhizosphere soil of Blutaparon portulacoides. The different isolates were characterized genetically using an amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), and phenotypically based on their colonial morphology, physiology, and nutritional requirements. Three different 16S rRNA gene-based genotypes were observed at a 100% similarity using the enzymes HinfI, MspI, and RsaI, and the phenotypic results also followed the ARDRA groupings. Selected strains, representing the different ARDRA groups, were analyzed by 16S rDNA sequencing, and members of the genera Halobaeillus, Virgibacillus, and Oceanobacillus were found. Two isolates showed low 16S rDNA sequence similarities with the closest related species of Halobacillus, indicating the presence of new species among the isolates. The majority of the strains isolated in this study seemed to belong to the species O. iheyensis and were compared using an AP-PCR to determine whether they had a clonal origin or not. Different patterns allowed the grouping of the strains according to Pearson's coefficient, and the resulting dendrogram revealed the formation of two main clusters, denoted as A and B. All the strains isolated from the soil were grouped into cluster A, whereas cluster B was exclusively composed of the strains associated with the B. portulacoides roots. This is the first report on the isolation and characterization of halotolerant spore-forming Gram-positive bacteria that coexist with B. portulacoides. As such, these new strains may be a potential source for the discovery of bioactive compounds with industrial value.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.176-190
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• 2019

A total of 38 bacterial strains within the classes Bacilli and Deinococci were isolated from various sources in Korea. Samples were collected from animal intestine, urine, soil, tidal flat mud, and kimchi. In the sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA sequences, the 38 isolates were assigned to the classes Bacilli and Deinococci with sequence similarities more than 98.7%. Twenty-four strains and 13 strains were classified the order Bacillales and Lactobacillales in the class Bacilli, respectively. In the order Bacillales, there were nine species in the genus Bacillus, seven species in the genus Paenibacillus, and the remaining eight species in the genera Domibacillus, Halobacillus, Virgibacillus, Lysinibacillus, Paenisporosarcina, Planococcus, Savagea, and Staphylococcus. In the order Lactobacillales, there were four species in the genus Lactobacillus, three species in the genus Leuconostoc, three species in the genus Lactococcus, and the remaining three species in the genera Aerococcus, Enterococcus, and Streptococcus. One species was related to the genus Deinococcus of the order Deinococcales. Most of the isolated strains were Gram-stain-positive, but some were Gram-stain-variable or Gram-stain-negative. Cells were rod or cocci-shaped. Based on the results of 16S rRNA analysis, we report 38 strains as previously unrecorded species to Korea, and the basic characteristics of strains are described herein.