• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.105-115
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• 2019

Saline or alkaline condition in soil inhibits growth of most crop plants and limits crop yields in many parts of the world. Augmenting an alkaline soil with alkali-tolerant bacteria capable of promoting plant growth can be a promising approach in expanding fertile agricultural land. Near-shore environments of Dokdo Island, a remote island located in the middle of the East Sea, appear to have patches of seawater-influenced haloalkaline soil that is unsupportive for growth of conventional plants. To exploit metabolic capacities of alkali-tolerant bacteria for promoting plant growth in saline or alkaline soils, we isolated of alkali-tolerant bacteria from near-shore soil samples in Dokdo and investigated properties of the isolates. Alkali-tolerant bacteria were selectively cultivated by inoculating suspended and diluted soil samples on a plate medium adjusted to pH 10. Fifty colonies were identified based on their $GTG_5$-PCR genomic fingerprints and 16S rRNA gene sequences. Most isolates were affiliated to alkali-tolerant and/or halotolerant genera or species of the phyla Firmicutes (68%), Proteobacteria (30%) and Actinobacteria (2%). Unlike the typical soil bacterial flora in the island, alkali-tolerant isolates belonged to only certain taxa of terrestrial origin under the three phyla, which have traits of plant growth promoting activities including detoxification, phytohormone production, disease/pest control, nitrogen-fixation, phosphate solubilization or siderophore production. However, Firmicutes of marine origin generally dominated the alkali-tolerant community. Results of this study suggest that haloalkaline environments like Dokdo shore soils are important sources for plant growth promoting bacteria that can be employed in bio-augmentation of vegetation-poor alkaline soils.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.188-192
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• 1989

토양에서 분리된 알카리 내성 Bacillus sp. YA-14의 chromosomal DNA로부터 B. subtilis 207-25 에 cloning된 promoter 유전자들을 그 공여 균주로 재형질전환시킬 수 있었다. 그 결과 promoter 유전자들은 공여 균주내에서 대부분의 특성들이 B. subtilis 207-25 내에서와 유사하였다. 재조합 plasmid p-12, p-l2Bl 및 p-l2B2의 CAT 비활성은 B. subtilis 207-25의 형질전환체보다 약간 높게 나타났으며 반면 pPL708의 CAT 비활성은 Bacillus sp. YA-14에서 오히려 상대적으로. 낮게 나타났다. Chloramphenicol에 의한 induction 정도도 월등하게 높은 것으로 나타나 이를 이용한 expression vector의 유용성이 높은 것으로 생각되었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.429-432
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• 1990

알카리 내성 Bacillus sp. YA-14의 chromosomal DNA로 부터 유래된 promoter를 subcloning하여 그 생화학적 특성과 포자형성과의 관계를 조사하였다. 알카리내성 Bacillus sp.와 B.subtilis에서 promoter의 활성은 포자가 형성되기 시작하는 단계에서 증가하기 시작했다. 또한 배지내 glucose가 1.0(w/v) 첨가시 promoter 활성이 억제되었다. 5가지의 spoO 유전자 중에서 3가지 유전자 (spoOB, spoOH, spoOJ) 산물이 promoter 활성에 필요하다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.126-130
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• 1988

토양에서 분리한 알카리 내성 Bacillus sp. YA-14 의 promoter를 Bacillus promoter probe vector인 pPL703을 이용하여 Bacillus subtilis내에 cloning 하였다. 얻어진 형질전환체 중 promoter 활성이 가장 높은 균주의 CAT 비활성은 8.07로 expression vector인 pPL708의 CAT 비활성보다 2.5배 이상 높았으며 대수 증식기가 끝난 이후에 그 활성이 급격하게 증가하였다. 재조합 plasmid내의 삽입 DNA 단편은 그 크기가 2.8kb이고 제한효소 BamHI, Sal I 인식부위가 각각 한군데 존재하였다.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제20권A호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2000

Highly viscous biopolymer from alkali-tolerant Bacillus sp. was purified and its solution properties were investigated. The intrinsic viscosities for crude biopolymer and biopolymers purified by dialysis or CPC(cetylpyridinium chloride) treatment were 58.24, 73.60 and 42.18 dL/g, respectively. The intrinsic viscosity of biopolymer showed the maximum value at the neutral pH but it was decreased remarkably at the alkaline or acidic pH. Biopolymer exhibited the property of polyelectrolyte, showing the sharp decrease of intrinsic viscosity by the addition of NaCl. Intrinsic viscosity of dilute solution at the low NaCl concentration was exponentially dependent on temperature and its temperature dependency was increased with NaCl concentrations. The chain stiffness, coil overlap parameter, and critical concentration were 0.09, 5.25 and 0.07g/dL, respectively. Temperature dependency on intrinsic viscosity of biopolymer solution was different each other at $45^{\circ}C$. Flow activation energies at temperatures above $45^{\circ}C$ were constant, while those at temperatures below $45^{\circ}C$ increased with increase of added NaCl concentration.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 1994

The xylanase from alkali-tolerant Bacillus sp. YA-14 was purified to homogeneity by CM-cellulose, Sephadex G-50, and hydroxyapatite column chromatographies. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 20, 000 Da by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme slightly hydrolyzed carboxymethyl cellulose and Avicel, but did not hydrolyze soluble starch, dextran, pullulan, and ${\rho}-nitrophenyl-{\beta}$-D-xylopyranoside. The maximum degree of hydrolysis by enzyme for birchwood xylan and oat spelts xylan were 47 and 40%, respectively. The Michaelis constants for birchwood xylan and oat spelts xylan were calculated to be 3.03 mg/ml and 5.0 mg/ml, respectively. The activity of the xylanase was inhibited reversibly by $HgCl_2$, and showed competitive inhibition by N-bromosuccinimide, which probably indicates the involvement of tryptophan residue in the active center of the enzyme. The Xylanase was identified to be xylose-producing endo-type xylanase and did not show the enzymatic activities which cleave the branch point of the xylan structure.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.139-145
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• 1993

The nucleotide sequence of the xylanase gene (xynS) from alkali-tolerant Bacillus sp. YA.14 was determined and analyzed. A 639 base pairs open reading frame for xynS gene was observed and encoded for a protein of 213 amino acids with a molecular weight of 23, 339. S1 nuclease mapping showed that the transcription initiation site of the xynS gene did not exist in the cloned DNA. Ribosome binding site sequence with the free energy of -18.8 Kcal/mol was observed 8 base pairs upstream from the initiation codon, ATG. The proposed signal sequence consisted of 28 amino acids, of which 3 were basic amino acid residues and 21 were hydrophobic amino acid residues. When the amino acid sequences of xylanases were compared, Bacillus sp. YA-14 xylanase showed 48% homology with Bacillus sp. YC-335 xylanase and 96% homology with xylanases from B. subtilis and B. circulans.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.316-319
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• 1988

토양으로부터 분리한 알카리내성 Bacillus sp. YA-14의 Pectate lyase(PL) 유전자를 E. coli에 cloning하여 제조한 재조합 plasmid pYPC29는 삽입 된 1.6kb 단편내에 PL 유전자를 함유하고 있었으며, 이 외래 DNA가 Bacillus sp. YA-14의 chromosomal DNA에서 유래된 것임을 Southern hybridization을 통하여 확인하였다. 재조합 plasmid pYPC29는 E. coli내에서 안정하게 존재하였으며 이를 함유한 재조합체의 전체 PL 활성 중 약 70%가 periplasmic space에 존재하였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.161-166
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• 1991

미생물을 이용한 유용물질 생산연구의 일환으로 토양으로부터 생물고분자 생산균주를 분리하고, 이 분리균에 대한 균학적 성질 및 생성 생물고분자의 이화학적 성상을 검토하였다. 분리균주는 Bacillus속의 한 균종으로 동정 하였으며, 알칼리 내성균주의 특징을 나타내었다. 이 균주로부터 생성된 생물고분자는 성분분석, 정색반응 및 I.R. spectrum 분석결과 단백질 함량이 높고, 일부 amino sugar가 존재하나 uronic acid는 함유하지 않았다. 그러나 cetyl pyridinium chloride에는 침전되어 산성의 생물고분자인 것으로 추정되었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.21-24
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• 1991

알칼리 내성 Bacillus sp. YA-14의 chromosomal DNA로부터 분리된 promoter를 subcloning하여 생화학적 특성을 조사하였다. B.subtilis와 promoter 공여균주, Bacillus sp. YA-14에서 promoter의 활성은 포자형성 초기단계에서 급격히 증가하였으며 1.0(w/v) glucose 첨가로 promoter 활성이 억제되었고 c-GMP에 의해 저해되었던 활성이 증가하였다.