• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1614-1620
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• 2015

Plasmid-cured derivative strains of Bacillus anthracis are frequently used in laboratory studies. Plasmid incompatibility, which does not increase the risk of chromosomal mutation, is a useful method for plasmid curing. However, in bacteria containing multiple plasmids, it often requires the sequential introduction of multiple, specific incompatibility plasmids. This lengthy process renders the traditional plasmid incompatibility method inefficient and mutation-prone. In this study, we successfully cured plasmids pXO1 and pXO2 from B. anthracis A16 simultaneously using only one recombinant incompatible plasmid, pKORT, to obtain a plasmid-free strain, designated A16DD. This method may also be useful for the simultaneous, one-step curing of multiple plasmids from other bacteria, including Bacillus thuringiensis and Yersinia pestis.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.289-295
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• 1982

Streptomyces bobili (YS-40) 의 Hg, Ag, penicillin-G, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, oxytetracycline, streptomycin, kanamycin에 대한 생육최소저해농도는 각각 15, 10, >3,000, >100, >1,000. >100. <5, <5 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$였으며 본 균주의 R-plasmid를 제거시키기 위하여 ethidium bromide, acriflavine, sodium dodecyl sulfate 등의 curing agent를 처리시킨 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. Ethidium bromide를 10$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$의 농도로 처리했을 때 98.0% 정도의 R-plasmid를 제거시킬 수 있었다. pH 7.0에서 curing시킴으로서 R-plasmid가 가장 잘 제거되었으며 분균을 24시간동안 배양해서 curing시킴으로서 R-plasmid의 제거율이 가장 높게 나타났다. Ethidium bromide에 의해서 R-plasmid가 제거된 균과 원균을 여러가지 색소생성배지에서 배양시켜 배양상의 특성을 조사해 본 결과 peptone-beef extract agar 배지에서 aerial mass color가 greyish pink에서 grey로 변했으며 tryptone-yeast extract broth에서 배지에서 soluble pigment가 pale brown에서 무색으로 변했다. 이 결과로는 aerial mycelium, melanin 생성과 R-plasmid 는 무관하다고 추측된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.142-147
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• 1989

나비목 유충에 독성이 강한 균으로 알려진 Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. kurstaki HD73 을 ethidium bromide(0.02$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$)처리와 자연적 curing에 의한 내독소 유전자의 위치를 확인하여 변이주간 내독소 생성능을 간이 선별할 수 있는 배지를 선발한 다음 국내 토양에서 분리한 KBS722 균주에 적응하여 그 내독소 단백질 유전자의 위치를 확인한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. HD73-NRRL과 Dul-mage박사로 분양 받은 균주는 약 7.4, 7.1, 8.1, 11. 3, 75kb 및 크기가 75kb와 비슷하고 copy수가 적은 또 하나의 plasmid로 전부 6개의 plasmid를 보유하고 있었으며 IPL 균주는 약 4.0과 70kb plasmid를 더 보유하는 것으로 나타났다. 상기 HD 73 균주들의 내독소 단백질 크기는 모두 133KD 정도였고 HD73의 내독소 유전자는 변이주간 내독소의 현미경 검경과, immunoblotting plasmid DNA 의 전기영동결과 75kb상에 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이들 변이주들을 potato dextrose agar, starch agar, spizizen casamino acid glucose 와 nutrient agar 평판배지에 접종하여 균형태를 관찰하였을 때 내독소 비형성균(Cry-)은 starch agar 배지에서만 반투명하고 균 군락의 색깔이 엷은 회색을 띄었다. 한편 국내 분리균 KBS722를 novobiocin(3$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$)으로 plasmid를 curing시켜 상기 4가지 배지에 도달했을때 nutrient agar배지에서만 Cry 변이주가 반투명하고 엷은 회색을 나타내었다. KBS722의 내독소유전자는 약 225kb의 plasmid상에 있는 것으로 나타났으며 in vitro에서 쉽게 Cry$^+$주와 Cry$^-$주의 판별이 가능하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2005

In this study, we assessed the susceptibility of 12 Lactobacillus strains, all of which had been isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of chicken, to three antibiotics (chloramphenicol, erythromycin and tetracycline) used commonly as selective markers in transformation studies of lactic acid bacteria. Among these strains, $17\%,\;58\%,\;and\;25\%$ were found to exhibit a high degree of resistance to $200\;{\mu}g/ml$ of tetracycline, erythromycin, and chloramphenicol, respectively. Seven of the 12 Lactobacillus strains exhibiting resistance to at least $50\;{\mu}g/ml$ of chloramphenicol or erythromycin, and five strains exhibiting resistance to at least $50\;{\mu}g/ml$ of tetracycline, were subsequently subjected to plasmid curing with chemical curing agents, such as novobiocin, acriflavin, SDS, and ethidium bromide. In no cases did the antibiotic resistance of these strains prove to be curable, with the exception of the erythromycin resistance exhibited by five Lactobacillus strains (L. acidophilus I16 and I26, L. fermentum I24 and C17, and L. brevis C10). Analysis of the plasmid profiles of these five cured derivatives revealed that all of the derivatives, except for L. acidophilus I16, possessed profiles similar to those of wild-type strains. The curing of L. acidophilus I16 was accompanied by the loss of 4.4 kb, 6.1 kb, and 11.5 kb plasmids.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.181-187
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• 1989

Lactobacillus casei SW-M1으로부터 lactose 이용 pPLac Plasmid를 분리하였다. 이 plasmid에 lactose이용 유전자가 존재하는지를 확이하기 위하여 plasmid curing을 실시한 결과, acriflavin 8mg/ml 과 11 mg/ml EtBr를 처리한 후 , 3차 접종 배양의 경우에 curing 빈도가 가장 높았다. Lac와 plasmid가 cured 된 $Lac^{+}$strain의 당 이용능을 조사한 결고, glucose lactosidasedldydsmd은 불변이나, lactosedldydsmd만이 $Lac^{+}$strain에서 감소하였다 pPLac plasmid의 lactose 분해능은 $\beta$-galactosidase 에 의한 것이 아니고, phospho-$\beta$-galactosidase 에 의한 것으로 확인되었다. $Lac^{+}$strain의 carbohydrate가 막투과시 PTS과 관련이 있는가를 조사한 결과ㅏ lactose-PTS가 가장 활성이 높았으며, 그 다음이 galactose-PTS, glucose-PTS 로 나타났다. 그러므로 lactose는 lactose-PTS(lactose-phosphotransferase system)에 의하여 glucose와 galactose-6-phosphate로 분해됨을 알 수 있었다. Phospho-$\beta$-galactosidase의 induction 실험에서는 galactoserk 가장 높은 induction 효과를 보여 주었으며, lactose와 glucose는 높은 수준의 induction을 나타내었으며, IPTG는 induction 효과가 없었다. Glucosedh lactose 배지에서 L. casie는 diauxic growth나 phospho-$\beta$-galactosidase합성을 조사한 결과, catabolite repression을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.120-123
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• 2001

Sphingomonas chungbukensis DJ77에서 난분해성 물질 분해 유전자가 chromosome 또는 plasmid 존재하는지를 규명하였다. 야생주 DJ77의 plasmid를 mitomycin C를 이용하여 curing 시킨 후, 각각 phenanthrene과 biphenyl이 단일 탄소원으로 첨가된 최소배지에서 배양한 결과 야생주는 성장을 하지만 plasmid가 제거된 DJ77은 성장하지 않았다. 각각의 plasmid DNA를 분리한 수 이미 클로닝된 방향족 탄화수소 분해에 관련된 DNA를 probe로 하여 Southern hybridization을 한 결과 야생주에서만 positive signal을 발견할 수 있었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.154-158
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• 1995

We isolated Streptomyces spry. from Korean soil, which showed high cytotoxicity against tumor cell lines, L1210 and P388Dl. Among 30 strains, three strains (DKM 104, DKM 128, DKM 409) were appeared to possess plasmid. Strain DKM 104 and DKM 128 had two CCC(Covalently Closed Circular) form plasmid, about 20 Kb in size and about 1 Kb compared with λ Hind III DNA size marker. And strain DKM 409 had three plasmids, among which two plasmic were CCC form about 20 Kb and about 20 Kb compared with same size marker. To find out whether plasmid involved in production of antitumor agent or not, we performed to curing experiment. Comparing cytotoxicity between culture filtrate of plasmid-containing strains and cured strains, we knew that only the cytotoxic activity of the strain DKM 128 was involved in plasmid.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 1982

A study was undertaken to examine the effect of curing agents on the stability, curing and segregation of R plasmid pSL100. And also the stability, transfer frequency, and recombination of its segregants obtained from curing agent treatment were studied. Ethidium bromide, acridine orange, and mitomycin-C were used as curing agent. The results obtained were as follows ; 1. The curing agent ethidium bromide, acridine orange, and mitomycin-C were not effective for curing the multiple antibiotic resistant determinant of pSL100 in Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli. However, they induced plasmid segregation with high frequency in S.typhimuruim LT-2strains. TcApSmCm, TcSmCmKm, TcApCm, TcAp, TcKm, Tc segregants were obtained. 2. The resistant markers of the segregents were transferred to S.typhimurium LT-2 strains with high frequencies whereas they were transferred to E.coli K-12 only with low frequencies. 3. The transconjugants obtained from conjugation between two different S.typhimurium segregants were similar to the phenotype of the original R factor pSL100 and the resistant markers were transferred to the S.typhimurium LT-2 or E.coli strain with equal frequencies, indicating that they are recombinants. 4. The transconjugants obtained from conjugation between pSL100 segrgants and pKM101, or pBR322 possessed the resistant markers of the two parental plasmids and they were transferred to both S.typhimurium and E.coli K-12 strains with the same frequencies and maintained stably, suggesting that they are also recombinants. 5. The recombinant pSL100 could be also obtained in rec A-strains of E.coli, suggesting that the gene function of rec A is required for the recombination of pSL100 segregants in E.coli.

• 약학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.255-258
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• 1992

The clinical isolate Staphylococcus aureus SA8 was resistant to tetracycline(Tc) and harboured a plasmid pKH1(24.82 kb). pKH1 was shown by curing and by transformation to specify resistance to Tc. The cleavage map of a pKH1 was determined by restricction enzyme mapping techniques. Cleavage map is given for BglII, EcoRI, HpaII, PvuII and SalI. Restriction endonuclease BamHI, BglI, BstEII, HpaI, PstI, and XhoI have no sites on this plasmid. HaeIII, XbaI, and HindIII have 5, 6, 14 sites, respectively.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.25-41
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• 1979

A strain able to grow up m-toluate minimal medium has been isolated after selective enrichment and given the name T81X, which was later identified as pseudomonase putida according to its morphological and biochemical characteristics. After treatment with plasmied specific curing agent, mitomycin C, followed by replica plating on m-toluate and xylene minimal agar plate, T81Xstrain has been shown to harbour a curable plasmid relating to the m-toluate and xylene metabolism. Spontaneous curing frquency of this plasmid was also greatly enhanced by growing on benzoate minimal medium. After then, it was also xylene metabogrowing on benzoate minimal medium. After then, it was found to be conjugally nontransmissible. From the comparative investigation of catechol 1,2-oxygenase and catechol 2,3-oxygenase activities in wild type and cured strain on various growth substrate, it appeared that T81X strain has both of these two enzymes while cured strain has catechol 1,2-oxygenase only. Growing on m-toluate minimal medium T81X strain should carry the genetic information necessary for coding the catechol 1,2-oxygense induced by m-toluate or benzoate, on that curable plasmid.