• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.740-747
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• 2014

Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a very serious disease in rice-growing regions of the world. In spite of their economic importance, there are no effective ways of protecting rice plants from this disease. Bacteriophages infecting Xoo affect the population dynamics of the pathogen and consequently the occurrence of the disease. In this study, we investigated the diversity, host range, and infectivity of Xoo phages, and their use as a bicontrol agent on BLB was tested. Among the 34 phages that were isolated from floodwater in paddy fields, 29 belonged to the Myoviridae family, which suggests that the dominant phage in the ecosystem was Myoviridae. The isolated phages were classified into two groups based on plaque size produced on the lawn of Xoo. In general, there was a negative relationship between plaque size and host range, and interestingly the phages having a narrow host range had low efficiency of infectivity. The deduced protein sequence analysis of htf genes indicated that the gene was not a determinant of host specificity. Although the difference in host range and infectivity depending on morphotype needs to be addressed, the results revealed deeper understanding of the interaction between the phages and Xoo strains in floodwater and damp soil environments. The phage mixtures reduced the occurrence of BLB when they were treated with skim milk. The results indicate that the Xoo phages could be used as an alternative control method to increase the control efficacy and reduce the use of agrochemicals.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.543-562
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• 1996

Zooplankton community structure and the factors correlated with community differences were examined in sandusky Bay (SB) and the open water of Lake Erie (LE, U.S.A.). SB zooplankton communities differed from those in LE by having a greater rotifer density and species richness. Keratella spp., Brachionus spp., and Pompholyx complanata dominated SB rotifers; Brachionus and Pompholyx were rarely seen in LE. Of 19 rotifer species observed, nine species were found only at SB sites. Ordination of zooplankton species abundance by detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) showed an overlap between SB and LE sites, but indicated a portion of the space that was occupied by only SB communities. The seasonal trajectories of zooplankton dynamics in the ordination space at SB sites differed from that of LE. The zooplankton most important in forcing site separation along a DCA Axis I at SB sites were Brachionus angularis, Pompholyx complanata, Keratella valga, Keratella quadrata, Filinia terminalis (rotifers), and Eubosmina coregoni and Daphnia (cladocerans). These species had axis scores which were significantly correlated (p<0.01) with bacterial density and bacterial phosphorus, total phosphorus, and algal density. Very high baterial density and very abundant bacterivorous rotifers in SB suggest that the transport of bacterial carbon through rotifers may be a relatively important link to higher trophic leaels. We believe that this "microbial carbon flow" from the base of the food web may be important in determining the suitability of SB as a spawning site and nursery for larval and juvenile fish.nile fish.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2014

Bacteria 군집 차이를 이용한 신속한 한국산 및 중국산 김치 원산지 판별 가능성의 검토를 위하여 Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) 분석법을 적용하였다. T-RFLP 분석은 김치발효에 관여하는 주요 유산균의 빠르고, 재현성 있는 검출에는 효과적이었지만, 종(species) 수준에서의 미생물 확인에는 한계를 가지고 있어 한국산 및 중국산 김치에 특이적으로 존재하는 bacteria의 검출에는 부적합한 것으로 평가되었다. T-RFLP를 적용한 발효과정 중의 한국산 및 중국산 김치에 존재하는 bacteria 군집 천이 분석은 비슷한 양상으로 나타났고, Bacillus 속이 발효 후기까지 검출되었다. 또한 Bacillus 속은 발효 후기에 포자를 형성하는 것으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.387-400
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• 2023

Ruminal protozoa, especially entodiniomorphs, engulf other members of the rumen microbiome in large numbers; and they release oligopeptides and amino acids, which can be fermented to ammonia and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) by amino acid-fermenting bacteria (AAFB). Studies using defaunated (protozoa-free) sheep have demonstrated that ruminal protozoa considerably increase intraruminal nitrogen recycling but decrease nitrogen utilization efficiency in ruminants. However, direct interactions between ruminal protozoa and AAFB have not been demonstrated because of their inability to establish axenic cultures of any ruminal protozoan. Thus, this study was performed to evaluate the interaction between Entodinium caudatum, which is the most predominant rumen ciliate species, and an AAFB consortium in terms of feed degradation and ammonia production along with the microbial population shift of select bacterial species (Prevotella ruminicola, Clostridium aminophilum, and Peptostreptococcus anaerobius). From an Ent. caudatum culture that had been maintained by daily feeding and transfers every 3 or 4 days, the bacteria and methanogens loosely associated with Ent. caudatum cells were removed by filtration and washing. An AAFB consortium was established by repeated transfers and enrichment with casamino acids as the sole substrate. The cultures of Ent. caudatum alone (Ec) and AAFB alone (AAFB) and the co-culture of Ent. caudatum and AAFB (Ec + AAFB) were set up in three replicates and incubated at 39℃ for 72 h. The digestibility of dry matter (DM) and fiber (NDF), VFA profiles, ammonia concentrations, pH, and microscopic counts of Ent. caudatum were compared among the three cultures. The co-culture of AAFB and Ent. caudatum enhanced DM degradation, VFA production, and Ent. caudatum cell counts; conversely, it decreased acetate: propionate ratio although the total bacterial abundance was similar between Ec and the Ec + AAFB co-culture after 24 h incubation. The ammonia production and relative abundance of C. aminophilum and P. anaerobius did not differ between AAFB alone and the Ec + AAFB co-culture. Our results indicate that Ent. caudatum and AAFB could have a mutualistic interaction that benefited each other, but their interactions were complex and might not increase ammoniagenesis. Further research should examine how such interactions affect the population dynamics of AAFB.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2018

유용미생물은 임업과 축산 분야에 활용될 뿐만 아니라 병해충 방제와 작물 생육 증진 등의 용도로 농업에서 널리 이용되고 있다. 하지만 유용미생물의 토양에서의 생존율과 정착율에 대한 연구는 미미한 형편이다. 본 연구에서는 마이크로코즘을 이용해 바실러스 3 균주를 토양에 처리한 후, 이들의 토양 내 생존능을 정량 PCR을 이용하여 13일 동안 정량적으로 분석하였다. 또한 Illumina MiSeq 플랫폼을 이용하여 바실러스 3 균주 처리구와 대조구의 토양미생물 군집 분포를 비교 및 분석하였다. 바실러스 3 균주의 처리 직후 토양 내 밀도는 건조토양 1 그람당 평균 $4.4{\times}10^6$ 유전자수로 대조구에 비해 1,000배 이상 높았다. 바실러스 균주의 토양 내 밀도는 처리 후 약 일주일 간 유지되었고 그 후부터는 유의성 있게 감소하였지만 여전히 대조구보다 100배 이상 높았다. 바실러스 균주 처리 후 토양 내 미생물 군집 구조 분석 결과, 대조구와 처리구 모두 Acidobacteria 문($26.3{\pm}0.9%$), Proteobacteria 문($24.2{\pm}0.5%$), Chloroflexi 문($11.1{\pm}0.4%$), Actinobacteria 문($9.7{\pm}2.5%$)에 속하는 세균이 우점하였다. 대조구 대비 처리구에서 Actinobacteria 문의 비율은 뚜렷하게 감소하였지만 Bacteroidetes 문과 Firmicutes 문의 비율은 증가하는 경향이었다. 속 수준에서 바실러스 3 균주를 처리함에 따라 일부 세균 군집의 종 풍부도를 변화되었고, 결국 전체 토착 미생물 군집 구조가 변화되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 수행한 유용한 바실러스의 토양 접종 후 이들의 토양 내 생존능 분석 및 토착 세균 군집의 변화는 유용미생물을 생물적 제제로 시설재배지에 사용할 때 중요한 정보를 제공할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.563-567
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• 2014

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Psy) is a major bacterial pathogen of many economically important plant species. Despite the severity of its impact, the genome sequence of the type strain has not been reported. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Psy ATCC 19310. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that Psy ATCC 19310 is closely related to Psy B728a. However, only a few type III effectors, which are key virulence factors, are shared by the two strains, indicating the possibility of host-pathogen specificity and genome dynamics, even under the pathovar level.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회B
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• pp.2410-2414
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• 2008

Human heart valves diseased by congenital heart defects, rheumatic fever, bacterial infection, cancer may cause stenosis or insufficiency in the valves. Treatment may be with medication but often involves valve repair or replacement (insertion of an artificial heart valve). Bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHVs) are widely implanted to replace the diseased heart valves, but still suffer from complications such as hemolysis, platelet activation, tissue overgrowth and device failure. These complications are closely related to both flow characteristics through the valves and leaflet dynamics. In this study, the physiological flow interacting with the moving leaflets in a bileaflet mechanical heart valve (BMHV) is simulated with a strongly coupled implicit fluid-structure interaction (FSI) method which is newly organized based on the Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) approach and the dynamic mesh method (remeshing) in FLUENT. The simulated results are in good agreement with previous experimental studies. This study shows the applicability of the present FSI model to the complicated physics interacting between fluid flow and moving boundary.

• BMB Reports
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• 제51권12호
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• pp.609-610
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• 2018

Glycosylation is one form of protein modification and plays a key role in protein stability, function, signaling regulation and even cancer. NleB and SseK are bacterial effector proteins and possess glycosyltransferase activity, even though they have different substrate preferences. NleB/SseKs transfer the GlcNAc sugar to an arginine residue of host proteins, leading to reduced $NF-{\kappa}B-dependent$ responses. By combining X-ray crystallography, NMR, molecular dynamics, enzyme kinetic assays and in vivo experiments, we demonstrated that a conserved HEN (His-Glu-Asn) motif in the active site plays a key role in enzyme catalysis and virulence. The lid-domain regulates the opening and closing of the active site and the HLH domain determines the substrate specificity. Our findings provide evidence for the enzymatic mechanism by which arginine can be glycosylated by SseK/NleB enzymes.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제64권11호
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• pp.543-551
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• 2021

The human microbiome, which consists of a collective cluster of commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic microorganisms living in the human body, plays a key role in host health and immunity. The human nasal cavity harbors commensal bacteria that suppress the colonization of opportunistic pathogens. However, dysbiosis of the nasal microbial community is associated with many diseases, such as acute respiratory infections including otitis media, sinusitis and bronchitis and allergic respiratory diseases including asthma. The nasopharyngeal acquisition of pneumococcus, which exists as a pathobiont in the nasal cavity, is the initial step in virtually all pneumococcal diseases. Although the factors influencing nasal colonization and elimination are not fully understood, the adhesion of opportunistic pathogens to nasopharyngeal mucosa receptors and the eliciting of immune responses in the host are implicated in addition to bacterial microbiota properties and colonization resistance dynamics. Probiotics or synbiotic interventions may show promising and effective roles in the adjunctive treatment of dysbiosis; however, more studies are needed to characterize how these interventions can be applied in clinical practice in the future.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.148-154
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• 2009

퇴비화 과정은 유기성 폐기물을 비료와 같은 유용한 자원으로 전환하는 생물학적 과정이다. 본 연구에서는 음식 물 쓰레기를 2달 동안 퇴비화시켜 세균군집의 변화를 조사하였다. 온도의 변화를 기준으로 하여 퇴비화 과정은 1단계($2\sim55^{\circ}C$), 2단계($55\sim97^{\circ}C$), 3단계($50\sim89^{\circ}C$)로 나뉘었다. 각 단계별 총세균수는 1단계 $1.66\times10^{11}$ cell/g, 2단계 $0.29\times10^{11}$ cell/g, 3단계 $0.28\times10^{11}$ cell/g으로 관찰되었다. 또한 총세균수에 대한 고온미생물의 비율은 초기에 33% 였으나 2단계 시료에서 최대비율인 89%로 증가하였다. 16S rRNA 유전자를 대상으로 T-RFLP 방법과 염기서열 분석방법을 이용하여 세균군집의 구조가 퇴비화 과정에 따라 변화됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 초고온인 2단계의 세균군집의 발달은 스타터 접종의 영향을 받았으며, Bacillus 및 Pseudomonas와 유연관계가 가까운 세균군집이 퇴비화 과정을 이끄는 주요 미생물임을 확인하였다.