• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.375-380
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• 2000

The preliminary screening of several cyanobacteria, using mice bioassay, reveale the production of a hepatotoxin by the cyanobacterium Scytonema sp. strain BT 23 isolated from soil. An intraperitoneal injection of the crude toxin (LD50 56 mg/kg body wt) from this strain caused the death of the mice within 40 min, and the anmals showed slinical signs of mice within 40 min, and the animals showed clinical signs of hepatotoxicity. The toxin was purified and partially characterized. The active fraction appears to be nonpolar in nature and shows absorption peaks at 240 and 285 nm. The purified toxin had an LD50 of TEX>$100<\mu\textrm{g}/kg$ body wt and the test mice died within 40 min of toxin administration. The toxin-treated mice showed a 1.65-fold increase in liver weight at 40 min and the liver color chnged to dark red due to intrahepatic hemorrhage and pooling of blood. Furthermore, the administration of the toxin to test mice induced a 2.58, 2.63, and 2.30-fold increse in the activity of the serum enzymes alanine aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, and alkaline phosphatase, respectively. Further experiments with the 14C-labeled toxin revealed a maximum accumulation of the toxin in the liver. The clinical symptoms in the mice were similar to those produced by microcystin-L.R. These results suggest that hepatotoxins may also be produced in non bloom-forming planktonic cyanobacteria.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.1617-1621
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• 2007

전주지역에서 김장시기에 수거한 김치의 미생물 조성과 관능성적간의 상관성을 조사하여 다음의 결과를 얻었다. 김치는 21 표본 중 11 표본에서 L. mesenteroides가 $8.31{\sim}11.27log\;CFU/g$의 범위에서 지배균으로, 16 표본에서 L. sakei가 $7.97{\sim}10.57log\;CFU/g$의 범위에서 차지배균으로 나타났다. 김치의 관능성적은 총균수, 지배균수, 차지배균수, 균종수 등 계량적 특성에는 유의적 상관성이 없었다. 가장 맛이 좋은 김치 3종은 모두 지배균이 L. mesenteroides, 차지배균은 L. sakei인데 비해 가장 맛이 없는 김치 3종은 지배균에 L. sakei가 많아 김치의 맛은 주요 미생물의 균종의 조합과 관련이 있었다. 효모는 8표본에서 $3.80{\sim}4.6log\;CFU/g$의 범위로 검출되었으며 모두 Saccharomyces servazzii로 동정되었다. 곰팡이는 전혀 검출되지 않았다. 효모 균수와 김치의 관능성적은 유의적 상관성이 없었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.61-64
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• 1988

To investigate the antibiotic constituents of Korean basidiomycetes the carpophores of the wood-rotting basidiomycetes were collected from several locations of Korea, and from them 17 mycelial strains were isolated on potato-dextrose-agar plates supplemented with tetracycline ($20\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$. The isolated strains were shake-cultured in glucosepeptone-yeast extract medium and then the antibacterial activities of the culture filtrates were assessed by disc-plate method. Among them, 12 strains (70.6%) were active, and basidiomycete strain LMCB-109 (Daedalea quercina) and LMCB-116 showed potent activities against all the six bacterial target organisms including Serratia marcescens.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.428-437
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• 2007

The potential for humic substances to serve as terminal electron acceptors in microbial respiration and the effects of humic substances on microbial azoreduction were investigated. The dissimilatory azoreducing microorganism Shewanella decolorationis S12 was able to conserve energy to support growth from electron transport to humics coupled to the oxidation of various organic substances or $H_2$. Batch experiments suggested that when the concentration of anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQS), a humics analog, was lower than 3 mmol/l, azoreduction of strain S12 was accelerated under anaerobic condition. However, there was obvious inhibition to azoreduction when the concentration of the AQS was higher than 5 mmol/l. Another humics analog, anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQDS), could still prominently accelerate azoreduction, even when the concentration was up to 12 mmol/l, but the rate of acceleration gradually decreased with the increasing concentration of the AQDS. Toxic experiments revealed that AQS can inhibit growth of strain S12 if the concentration past a critical one, but AQDS had no effect on the metabolism and growth of strain S12 although the concentration was up to 20 mmol/l. These results demonstrated that a low concentration of humic substances not only could serve as the terminal electron acceptors for conserving energy for growth, but also act as redox mediator shuttling electrons for the anaerobic azoreduction by S. decolorationis S12. However, a high concentration of humic substances could inhibit the bacterial azoreduction, resulting on the one hand from the toxic effect on cell metabolism and growth, and on the other hand from competion with azo dyes for electrons as electron acceptor.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.85-92
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• 1984

한국의 토양에서 항생물질을 생성하는 균주를 분리하기 위하여, 토양으로 부터 분리한 균주의 항균력에 대한 Screening을 시행하였다. 그중 충청북도에서 채취한 토양에서 분리한 균주가 그람양성균에 매우 강한 항균력을 나타내어 이 균주에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. International Streptomyces Projeet methods 에 따라 생태학적 및 생리학적 성질을 관찰하여 Streptomyces에 속하는 종임을 확인하였다. 이 균주를 액내배양하여 얻은 항균성물질은 XAD-2와 CM-Sephades를 사용하여 정제하여 quinone류에 속하는 항생물질이라는 것을 밝혔다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.757-763
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 BTEX로 오염된 저질로부터 순수 분리한 BTEX를 탄소원으로 $NO_3$-N를 전자수용체로 이용하는 미생물의 오염토양에 대한 현장 적용 가능성을 평가하였다. 이와 함께 주입한 순수 분리 미생물과 토착 미생물과의 상호 관계를 관찰하기 위하여 시간 경과에 따른 오염된 토양에서의 미생물 군집 변화도 관찰하였다. 이를 위해 BTEX로 오염 가능성이 적은 지역으로부터 채취한 토양 시료 100 g에 benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene을 각각 일정량 주입한 후, 동정 분리한 Pseudomonas stutzeri strain 15(DQ 202712):Klebsiella sp. strain 20(DQ 202715):Citrobacter sp. strain A(DQ 202713)를 2;1:1의 비율로 주입하여 BTEX 분해 효율과 미생물 군집 변화를 관찰하였다. 실험결과, $NO_3$-N와 BTEX가 모두 존재하는 조건에서 동정 분리한 미생물에 의한 분해 효율이 가장 높게 관찰되었다. 그리고 PCR-DGGE를 통한 미생물 군집 변화 관찰 결과, 토양 내 존재하는 다양한 미생물들의 peak는 대부분 감소된 반면, 주입한 동정분리 미생물 peak는 증가되는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 그러나 주입한 미생물 3종 가운데 Pseudomona stutzeri만이 우점화 된 결과가 관찰되었다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.203-212
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• 1985

전국 각지 토양으로 부터 채취한 토양균을 screening하여 ${\alpha}-amylase$를 저해하는 물질을 생성하는 균주인 Streptomyces DMC-72를 선발하였다. 이 균주가 생성하는 저해제를 acetone 침전 및 이온 교환 수지인 Amberlite IRC-50, Amberlite CG-50과 SP-Sephadex C-25를 이용하여 분리하였다. 이 물질은 ${\alpha}-amylase$ 뿐만아니라 다른 amylase와 기타 효소에 대해서도 억제작용을 나타내었다. 이 물질은 기질인 soluble starch의 가수분해에 대해서 non-competitive하게 저해작용을 보이주고 있으며 열 및 넓은 범위의 pH에서 안정한 물질이었다. 이 물질은 anthrone 시험과 IR spectrum에 의해서 oligosaccharide계 화합물임을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.984-991
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• 2005

Soil or seed applications of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have been used to enhance growth of several crops as well as to suppress the growth of plant pathogens. In this study, we selected a PGPR strain, Paenibacillus polymyxa strain E681, out of 3,197 heat-stable bacterial isolates from winter wheat and barley roots. Strain E681 inhibited growth of a broad spectrum plant pathogenic fungi in vitro, and treatment of cucumber seed with E681 reduced incidence of damping-off disease caused by Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani, or Fusarium oxysporum. When inoculated onto seeds as vegetative cells or as endospores, E681 colonized whole cucumber root systems and root tips. Different temperatures such as $20^{\circ}C\;and\;30^{\circ}C$ did not affect root colonization by strain E681. This colonization was associated with a consistent increase in foliar growth of cucumber in the greenhouse. These results indicate that strain E681 is a promising PGPR strain for application to agricultural systems, particularly during the winter season.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.771-780
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• 2018

To develope a microbial weed control agent, HCN-producing bacteria were isolated, and their characteristics were investigated. A selected strain of WA15 was identified as Pseudomonas koreensis by morphological, cultural, biochemical and 16S rRNA gene analyses. The conditions for HCN production was investigated by a One-Variable-at-a-Time (OVT) method. The optimal HCN production conditions were tryptone 1%, glycine 0.06%, NaCl 1%, and an initial pH and temperature of 5.0 and $30^{\circ}C$, respectively. The major component for HCN production was glycine. Under optimal conditions, HCN production was about 3 times higher than that of the basal medium. The WA15 strain had physiological activities, such as indoleacetic acid that was associated with the elongation of plant roots and siderophore and ammonification inhibiting fungal growth, and produced hydrolytic enzymes, such as cellulase, pectinase and lipase. The strain was able to inhibit the growth of phytopathogenic fungi, such as Rhizoctonia solani, Botrytis cinerea and Fusarium oxysporum, by the synergistic action of volatile HCN and diffusible antimicrobial compounds. A microscopic observation of R. solani that was teated with the WA15 strain showed morphological abnormalities of fungal mycelia, which could explain the role of the antimicrobial metabolites that were produced by the WA15 strain. The volatile HCN produced by the WA15 strain was also found to have insecticidal activity against termites. Our results indicate that Pseudomonas koreensis WA15 can be applied as a microbial agent for weed control and also as a termite repellent. Furthermore, it could be applied as a microbial termiticidal agent to replace synthetic insecticides.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.672-680
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• 2015

As a global regulatory gene in Streptomyces, afsR can activate the biosynthesis of many secondary metabolites. The effect of afsR on the biosynthesis of a phenazine metabolite, lomofungin, was studied in Streptomyces lomondensis S015. There was a 2.5-fold increase of lomofungin production in the afsR-overexpressing strain of S. lomondensis S015 N1 compared with the wild-type strain. Meanwhile, the transcription levels of afsR and two important genes involved in the biosynthesis of lomofungin (i.e., phzC and phzE) were significantly upregulated in S. lomondensis S015 N1. The optimization of metal chlorides was investigated to further increase the production of lomofungin in the afsR-overexpressing strain. The addition of different metal chlorides to S. lomondensis S015 N1 cultivations showed that CaCl₂, FeCl₂, and MnCl₂ led to an increase in lomofungin biosynthesis. The optimum concentrations of these metal chlorides were obtained using response surface methodology. CaCl₂ (0.04 mM), FeCl₂ (0.33 mM), and MnCl₂ (0.38 mM) gave a maximum lomofungin production titer of 318.0 ± 10.7 mg/l, which was a 4.1-fold increase compared with that of S. lomondensis S015 N1 without the addition of a metal chloride. This work demonstrates that the biosynthesis of phenazine metabolites can be induced by afsR. The results also indicate that metal chlorides addition might be a simple and useful strategy for improving the production of other phenazine metabolites in Streptomyces.