• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2000

An autotrophic sulfur oxidizer, Thiobacillus sp. ASWW-2, was isolated from activated sludge, and its sulfur oxidation activity was characterized. Thiobacillus sp. ASWW-2 could oxidize elemental sulfur on the broad range from pH 2 to 8. When 5-50 g/L of elemental sulfur was supplemented as a substrate, the growth and sulfur oxidation activity of Thiobacillus sp. ASWW-2 was not inhibited. The specific sulfur oxidation rate of strain ASWW-2 decreased gradually until sulfate was accumulated in medium up to 10 g/L. In the range of sulfate concentration from 10 g/L to 50 g/L, the sulfur oxidation rate could keep over $2.0g-S/g-DCW{\cdot}d$. It indicated that Thiobacillus sp. ASWW-2 has tolerance to high concentration of sulfate.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.338-341
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• 2006

The growth characteristics of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans AZ11, MET, and TAS were investigated in mineral salt media supplemented with elemental sulfur of 1$\sim$50 g $L^{-1}$. The sulfur oxidation rates of A. thiooxidans. MET and TAS increased highly with increasing sulfur concentration up to 10 g L$^{-1}$, but the rates increased slowly in sulfur concentration over 10 g L$^{-1}$. A. thiooxidans AZ11 showed the parallel increase of sulfur oxidation rate until sulfur concentration increased up to 40 g L$^{-1}$. The maximum sulfur oxidation rates (V$_{max}$) of AZl1, MET and TAS were 1.88, 1.38 and 0.43 g S L$^{-1}$ d$^{-1}$, respectively. The maximum specific growth rates (${\mu}_{max}$) of AZ11, MET, and TAS were 0.33 d$^{-1}$, 0.30 d$^{-1}$ and 0.45 d$^{-1}$, respectively. Although MET and TAS couldn't grow at sulfate concentration of 40 g L$^{-1}$, AZ11 could grow in the presence of 58 g L$^{-1}$ sulfate, the final oxidation product of elemental sulfur.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.716-721
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• 2005

The role of an effective microbial species is critical to the successful application of biological processes to remove sulfur compounds. A bacterial strain was isolated from the soil of a malodorous site and identified as Burkholderia spp. This isolate was able to oxidize thiosulfate to sulfate, with simultaneous pH decrease and accumulation of elemental sulfur. The specific growth rate and the sulfate oxidation rate using the thiosulfate basal medium were $0.003 h^{-1}\;and\;3.7 h^{-1}$, respectively. The isolated strain was mixotrophic, and supplementation of $0.2\%$ (w/v) of yeast extract to the thiosulfate-basal medium increased the specific growth rate by 50-fold. However, the rate of sulfate oxidation was more than ten times higher without yeast extract. The isolate grew best at pH 7.0 and $30^{\circ}C$, and the sulfate oxidation rate was the highest at 0.12 M sodium thiosulfate. In an upflow biofilter, the isolated strain was able to degrade $H_2S\;with\;88\%$ efficiency at 8 ppm and 121/h of incoming gas concentration and flow rate, respectively. The cell density at the bottom of the column reached $3.2{\times}10^8$ CFU/(g bead) at a gas flow rate of 121/h.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1871-1880
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• 2016

Bio-oxidation is an effective technology for treatment of refractory gold concentrates. However, the unsatisfactory oxidation rate and long residence time, which cause a lower cyanide leaching rate and gold recovery, are key factors that restrict the application of traditional bio-oxidation technology. In this study, the oxidation rate of refractory gold concentrates and the adaption of microorganisms were analyzed to evaluate a newly developed two-step pretreatment process, which includes a high temperature chemical oxidation step and a subsequent bio-oxidation step. The oxidation rate and recovery rate of gold were improved significantly after the two-step process. The results showed that the highest oxidation rate of sulfide sulfur could reach to 99.01 % with an extreme thermophile microbial community when the pulp density was 5%. Accordingly, the recovery rate of gold was elevated to 92.51%. Meanwhile, the results revealed that moderate thermophiles performed better than acidophilic mesophiles and extreme thermophiles, whose oxidation rates declined drastically when the pulp density was increased to 10% and 15%. The oxidation rates of sulfide sulfur with moderate thermophiles were 93.94% and 65.73% when the pulp density was increased to 10% and 15%, respectively. All these results indicated that the two-step pretreatment increased the oxidation rate of refractory gold concentrates and is a potential technology to pretreat the refractory sample. Meanwhile, owing to the sensitivity of the microbial community under different pulp density levels, the optimization of microbial community in bio-oxidation is necessary in industry.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 1987

Adsorption and reaction studies were made for the catalytic oxidation in aqueous slurries of activated carbon at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. In order to analyze the reaction rate, the mechanism was assumed by the steps of nonhomogeneous catalytic reaction. The experimental result show that oxidation rate was controlled by the reaction between adsorbed molecular oxygen and sulfur dioxide on the catalyst surface. Ar room temperature, the equat5ion of reaction rate was given as $ro_2 = 2.49 \times 10^{-7} P_O_2^{0.604}$.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.466-473
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• 2001

분리 규주는 운동성을 갖는 그람 음성 간균으로서 catalase 양성 반응을 보였으며, citrate, mannitol, sucorse, frutose, trehaslos 등을 이용하였다. Biolog test 결과, 분리 균주는 burkholderia(Pseudomonas) cepacia 이 것으로 동정되었으며, 85.5%의 유사성을 나타내었다. 분리 균주의 최적온도와 pH는 각각 3$0^{\circ}C$, 7.0이었으며, pH 4.0-8.0의 넓은 범위에서 성장이 가능하였다. 그리고 분리 균주의 유기물의 영향을 알아 본 결과 thiosulfate 배지에 yeast extract를 유일한 탄소원으로 혼합하여 첨가하면 thiosulfate 와 yeast extract 중 하나가 성장 제한 인자 중 하나의 농도를 증가시키면 세포 성장에 따른 균체량이 증가하였다. 본 실험에서는 유기물로는 glucose 보다 yeast extract를 첨가했을 때가 증식 속도와 황산화 속도가 높게 나타났다. Thiosulfate 농도에 따른 분리균주의 황산화 속도와 최대 황산화 속도는 각각 0.56.h$^{-1}$과 0.18 g-S/L.h로 나타났다. 결과는 환산화 속도는 기질 농도가 증가함에 따라 완만하게 증가하여 0.12M에서 0.2 g-S.L.에 도달하였으나 0.16M에서는 급격하게 감소하였다. 분리균의 황하 수소 제거능을 조사하기 위하여 각 flow rate 에 따른 최대 제거 속도는 Vm과 K CIn/R과 CIn의 그래프를 이용하여 Hanes-Wolf 식을 통하여 구했다. 즉, 그래프 기울기와 Y절편으로부터 계산한 flow rate 12 L/h에서의 황화 수소에 대한 Vm과 Ks는 각각 6.25 g-S.㎤.h$^{-1}$과 22.88ppm이다 높은 flow rate에서의 제거 효율과 제거 용량은 역 경향이 나타났다. 이것은 mass transfer 효과 즉, 확산 제한에 기인한 것이지 미생물의 효소 활성의 제한에 의한 것은 아니다 (19), 따라서 biofilter 내로 고농도의 황화 수소가 유입 될 때 황화 수소 가스의 flow rate를 줄이든지 또는 적절한 제거 용량에 도달하기 위해 충진물의 부피를 증가 할 필요가 있다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.243-248
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• 1996

잠재 산성황산염토양의 산화과정과 이 토양에서 유래된 잠재 산성황산염토양을 칼럼에 넣고 개량제 시용에 따른 토양특성의 변화에 대한 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 잠재 산성황산염토양의 건조와 담수 조건에서 토양 pH변화는 시간의 경과에 따라 두 조건 모두 낮아지는 경향을 나타내었는데 그 낮아지는 폭이 건조조건에서 더 크게 나타났다. 2. Sulfate-sulfur의 함량은 건조조건에서 증가하였으나 담수상태에서는 점점 감소하는 경향이었으며 sulfide-sulfur의 함량은 담수조건이 더 높게 나타났다. 3. 2가 철의 함량은 시간의 지남에 따라 담수조건에서 함량이 더 높았고 건조조건에서는 서서이 감소하는 경향이었으며 치환성 알루미늄의 함량은 건조와 담수 두 조건에서 모두 증가하였다. 4. 컬럼을 이용한 모델실험에서 잠재 산성황산염토양에 농용석회, 암모니아수를 처리하여 중화시킨 후시간이 경과됨에 따라 대조구에 비하여 pH가 상승하였지만 그 효과가 크게 나타나지는 않았다. $Eh_6$는 암모니아수 처리가 제일 낮았으며 다음이 농용석회, 대조구의 순서였다. 5. 칼럼용출액 중의 sulfate-sulfur와 치환성 알루미늄의 함량은 시간이 경과함에 따라 모든 처리구에서 감소하는 경향이었고, sulfide-sulfur와 2가 철의 함량은 증가하는 경향이었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.753-756
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• 2011

A methane-oxidizing bacterium was isolated from the enriched culture of a landfill cover soil. The closest relative of the isolate, designated M6, is Methylocystis sp. Based on a kinetic analysis, the maximum specific methane oxidation rate and saturation constant were 4.93 mmol gdry cell $weight^{-1}{\cdot}h^{-1}$ and 23${\mu}M$, respectively. This was the first time a kinetic analysis was performed using pure methanotrophic culture. The methane oxidation by M6 was investigated in the presence of aromatic (m- and pxylene and ethylbenzene) or sulfur (hydrogen sulfide, dimethyl sulfide, methanthiol) compounds. The methane oxidation was inhibited by the presence of aromatic or sulfur compounds.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2008

마늘의 주성분인 유황 함유 화합물을 이용하여 사람 low density lipoprotein (LDL)의 산화에 대하여 항산화 활성을 실험하였다. 유황함유화합물인 1-methyl-1-cysteine, dimethyl trisulfide 및 1-vinyl-4H-1,3-dithiin의 농도를 각각 40, 60, $80{\mu}g/ml$ 씩 첨가하여 $Cu^{2+}$ 및 macrophages 유도로 LDL을 산화할 때 항산화 효능을 TBARS로 측정한 결과 용량 의존형으로 나타났으며 유황 함유 화합물이 모두 효능이 있었으며 항산화력은 2-vinyl-4H-1,3-dithiin > 1-methyl-1-cysteine > methyl trisulfide 순이었다. 이 때 유황 함유 화합물의 LDL에 대한 공액 2중결합에 대한 항산화 실험에서도 항산화 효과가 있었으며 $60{\mu}g/ml$의 농도에서 거의 억제되었다. 유황 함유 화합물 중에서는 2-vinyl-4H-1,3-dithiin이 다른 유황 함유 화합물에 비하여 약간 높은 항산화 효능을 나타내었다. Endothelial cell을 이용한 LDL의 산화에 대한 억제율은 2-vinyl-4H-1,3-dithiin이 가장 높게 나타났다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2015

This study was performed to assess the antioxidant activity of Allium hookeri root extract (AHE) on lipid oxidation of raw sulfur-fed pork patties for 14 d of refrigerated storage. Different concentration of ethanol (0-100%) and time (1-12 h) were applied to determine the extraction condition. Water (0% ethanol) extraction for 1 h was selected as an optimal extraction condition of AHE for the following study showing the highest total phenolic content and total flavonoid content, as well as the strongest antioxidant activity. The 1% AHE (SP1), 3% AHE (SP2), and 0.05% ascorbic acid (SP3) were added into sulfur-fed pork patties against controls; SP0 (sulfur-fed pork patties with no AHE) and P0 (normal pork patties with no AHE). The pH values of P0 and SP0 significantly increased (p<0.05) than others on 14 d and redness of P0 showed the largest decrement during storage. P0 and SP0 showed higher production of conjugated dienes on d 7 than others (p<0.05). Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) values were decreased in proportion to the increased level of AHE on 14 d (p<0.05) resulting in higher TBARS values on P0 and SP0 (p<0.05) and the negative correlation between AHE level and TBARS were also demonstrated (r=-0.910, p=0.001). Therefore, the results suggest that AHE effectively retarded the lipid oxidation rate of sulfur-fed pork patties indicating the potential usage of AHE as a natural preservative.