• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2012

In this study, fosmid cloning strategies were used to assess the microbial populations in water from the International Space Station (ISS) drinking water system (henceforth referred to as Prebiocide and Tank A water samples). The goals of this study were: to compare the sensitivity of the fosmid cloning strategy with that of traditional culture-based and 16S rRNA-based approaches and to detect the widest possible spectrum of microbial populations during the water purification process. Initially, microbes could not be cultivated, and conventional PCR failed to amplify 16S rDNA fragments from these low biomass samples. Therefore, randomly primed rolling-circle amplification was used to amplify any DNA that might be present in the samples, followed by size selection by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The amplified high-molecular- weight DNA from both samples was cloned into fosmid vectors. Several hundred clones were randomly selected for sequencing, followed by Blastn/Blastx searches. Sequences encoding specific genes from Burkholderia, a species abundant in the soil and groundwater, were found in both samples. Bradyrhizobium and Mesorhizobium, which belong to rhizobia, a large community of nitrogen fixers often found in association with plant roots, were present in the Prebiocide samples. Ralstonia, which is prevalent in soils with a high heavy metal content, was detected in the Tank A samples. The detection of many unidentified sequences suggests the presence of potentially novel microbial fingerprints. The bacterial diversity detected in this pilot study using a fosmid vector approach was higher than that detected by conventional 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2003

느타리 세균성갈색무늬병 병원균 P. tolaasii의 전염원을 파악하기 위하여 느타리 재배사에서 사용하고 있는 물로부터 PCR방법을 이용하여 병원세균을 검출한 결과, 주로 충북지방의 느타리 재배사에서 수집된 57개 물 시료 전체의 28.1%인 16개 물에는 $m{\ell}$당 1.000 cfu 이하의 일반 세균을 포함하고 있었으며 54.4%인 31개의 시료가 1,001-10,000 cfu, 10.5%인 6개의 시료가 10,001-100,000 cfu, 그리고 7%인 4개의 시료가 100,001 cfu 이상의 세균을 포함하고 있었다. P. tolaasii의 경우 nested-PCR로 검출하였을 경우 전체의 5.3%인 3곳의 물이 Immunocapture-nested-PCR로 검출하였을 경우 전체의 35.1%인 20개의 물 시료로부터 P. tolaasii 특이적 DNA가 증폭되었다. 물에 포함된 일반세균의 농도와 P. tolaasii 검출과는 상관없었다. 이상의 결과는 물로부터 병원균을 검출하는 방법으로 IC-nested-PCR 방법이 더 민감하고 우수한 방법이며 여러 곳의 느타리 재배사에서 사용하고 있는 물이 병원균 P. tolaasii으로 오염되어 있는 것을 제시하고 있다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2011

To understand the distribution of Giardia cysts in drinking water supplies in Seoul, Korea, we collected water samples quarterly at 6 intakes in the Han River, its largest stream and 6 conventional water treatment plants (WTPs) serving drinking water, from 2000 to 2009. Giardia cysts in each of 10 L water were confirmed in 35.0% of intake water samples and the arithmetic mean was 1.65 cysts/10 L (range 0-35 cysts/10 L). The lowest cyst density was observed at Paldang and Kangbuk intakes, and the pollution level was higher at 4 intakes downstream. It seemed that these 4 intakes were under influence of Wangsuk stream at the end of which cysts were found in all samples with the mean of 140 cysts/10 L. The annual mean number of cysts was 0.21-4.21 cysts/10 L, and the cyst level at the second half of the 10 years was about 1/5 of that at first half on average. The cysts were more frequently found in winter, and their mean density was 3.74 cysts/10 L in winter and 0.80-1.08 cysts/10 L in other seasons. All finished water samples collected at 6 WTPs were negative for Giardia in each of 100 L sample for 10 years and cyst removal by physical process was average 2.9-log. It was concluded that conventional water treatment at 6 WTPs of Seoul appears to remove the cysts effectively under the present level of their source water. Domestic wastewater from the urban region could be an important source of Giardia pollution in the river.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.181-186
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• 2017

This paper aimed to evaluate the results of alternative acute toxicity test on 83 wastewater samples. Each sample was tested by traditional method (using laboratory cultured D. magna as a test organism) and alternative method (using Toxikit which can be purchased from a specialized company). The relationship between Lab. culture toxicity and Toxkits toxicity indicated good relation ($r^2=0.84$, p<0.01, n = 83). Number of samples which showed a small difference of lower than 0.5 between two test methods were 52 and they account for 63 percent of collected samples. In addition, these 52 samples had a lower average toxicity of TU 0.5 (Lab. culture method) and TU 0.45 (Toxkits method). Whereas samples which indicated big difference of test results between two methods, had a tendency to show higher toxicity. From these results, alternative toxicity test method could be applied to the official test method, if samples would have a lower toxicity less than TU 2. Also, Toxikit standard toxicant test results indicated $EC_{50}$ values between 0.93 and 1.68 mg/L and these results were considered as valid for quality control standard.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.220-225
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• 1999

The environmental conditions in smallholder dairy farms especially the effects of dairy wastes on waters and soil were the main objectives of this investigation. Forty-three dairy farms from an older dairy cooperative (Nongpho Dairy Cooperative, NP) were compared with four dairy fauns from relatively new dairy cooperative (Kamphaengsaen Dairy Cooperative, KS) for the quality parameters of water and soil samples during a 12-month period. Forty-three farms at NP were from three geographical areas and three levels farm crowdedness. The results from this study clearly showed that the waste waters from older dairy barns contained much higher levels of organic and inorganic substances which could create environmental pollution if not properly managed. The differences in waste water qualities due to areas and seasons were not significant, while waste water samples from crowded farms tended to contain higher averages of waste water parameters such as COD and BOD. Highly significant correlations between pairs of waste water parameters indicated that certain parameters can be used without the need for chemical analysis of some other parameters. The qualities of well water on dairy farms as well as water samples from public waterways nearby indicated some contamination of dairy wastes such as manure. Storage and sun-drying of dairy manure on bare soil surface could result in the contamination of underground water and nearby water sources. Some recommendations from this study if implemented can prevent environmental pollution in smallholder dairy farms.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2005년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.344-347
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• 2005

The purpose of the study for the development of the technologies of water quality monitoring and contamination protection at water resource aquifer is to secure the groundwater as potable water resources. The results of water analysis as a basis of potable water criteria showed that 30 groundwater samples among 138 samples of small water supply system (21.7%) were exceeded the water criteria. The concentrations of Cl, $NO_3$ and Na for granite area are higher than those of gneiss and metasedimentary rocks of Ogcheon belt area and they are caused by the high vulnerability of groundwater at granite region where the residential area and cultivated land are concentrated. The spatial distribution of components indicated the close relationships between water quality and geology, land use, and topography. The multivariate statistical results showed that the water samples are divided into three groups by geology.

• 생태와환경
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• 제35권4호통권100호
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• pp.257-265
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• 2002

남조류에 의해 생성되는 anatoxin-a의 양과 환경요인과의 관계를 알아보기 위해 대청호에서 2001년 6월부터 2001년 11월까지 조류 및 물 시료를 채취하였다. 환경요인 중 물리적 요인은 현장에서 측정하였고, 생물${\cdot}$화학적 요인은 실험실에서 측정하였다. 조류 및 물 시료에 존재하는 anatoxin-a의 양은 fluorescence detector를 이용하여 HPLC로 측정하였고, 조류 시료와 물 시료의 경우 각각$0.61-8.68\;{\mu}g/g\;dry wt$,$0.01-0.08\;{\mu}g/L$로 측정되었다. 음용수의 안전을 고려한 anatoxin-a의 권고기준 농도는 $1\;{\mu}g/L$로 제안되고 있다. 조류세포와 물 시료에서 anatoxin-a농도가 가장 높게 검출된 시기는 7월이었다. 독소 생성에 중요한 요인을 확인하기 위해 환경요인과 anatoxin-a농도와의상호관계를 살펴보았다. 조류 시료내 anatoxin-a농도는 nitrate,총질소와 총인 비율, 총용존질소(P<0.05)및 총입자성질소와 총입자성인 비율(P<0.05)과 높은 상관관계를 나타내었고, 물 시료내anatoxin-a 농도는 수온, 전기전도도(P<0.01), 수소이온농도, phycocyanin, phycocyanin과 엽록소 a비율 (P<0.01)과 높은 상관관계를 나타내었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.637-642
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• 1997

Degradation of a compound with a hydroxyl group during the course of its diffusion across the skin was investigated. Based on the experimental findings of ashortened retention time of a degradant peak from post-diffusion samples and from the ability to evaporate radioactivity from such samples, it seems that during diffusion the parent compound degrades into a more hydrophilic product which is then oxidized. A tritium label at the carbon with a hydroxyl group was released as a tritiated water. When the post-diffusion samples were left open to the air allowing evaporation of water, there was a corresponding decrease in radioactivity of such samples. There was a linear relationship between the time left open and the fraction of radioactivity lost. When such samples were fractionated by HPLC, and then had their radioactivities measured by scintillation counting, two peaks wre identified. The first peak, which may be attributable to tritiated water, was eluted at the same retention time as the solvent front. The second peak eluted at the retention time of the parent compound. When the evaporation/loss of radioactivity experiment was repeated using a $^{14}C$-labeled compound there was no significant loss of radioactivity, indicating that the earlier loss with $^{3}H$-labeled compound was related to the formation and loas sof tritiated water.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.273-278
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• 2000

1996년 1월부터 1998년 12월까지 주암호의 한 정점에서 12개의 시료를 채수하여 총 세균의 DNA를 추출한 뒤 DNA 중에 gentamicin 저항성에 관련된 aminoglycoside acetyltransferase들의 유전자의 aacC들 (aacC1∼aacC4)과 Aeromonas 속이 생산하는 독소인 aerolysin 유전자의 존재 여부를 PCR을 통해 확인하였다. 전체 12개의 DNA 시료중 9개의 시료에서 aacC2 유전자가 검출되었고, aacC2 유전자가 검출된 시료 중 7개의 시료에서 aacC2 유전자가 Tn3의 염기서열과 연관되어 발현이 증가되는 구조를 하고 있었다. 그러나 aacC1, aacC3 및 aacC4 유전자는 검출되지 않았다. Aeromonas 속에서 보고된 aerolysin과 hemolysin 등의 유전자에서 conserved region을 찾아내어 aerolysin 유전자의 검출을 위한 PCR primer set를 설계하였다. 설계된 primer set는 12개의 DNA 시료 중 7개의 시료에서 예상된 414 bp의 PCR 산물을 증폭하였다. 이 DNA 절편을 probe로 사용하여 Southern hybridization을 행한 결과 12개의 DNA 시료 중 10개의 시료에서 aerolysin 유전자가 검출되었다. 그러나 이들 유전자의 계절에 따른 출현의 변화는 발견되지 않았다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2010

This study has been conducted to estimate the occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts in water supplies in the Metropolitan area of Seoul, South Korea, for 10 years from 2000 to 2009. Water samples were collected quarterly at 6 intakes in the Han River and its largest stream and 6 conventional Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) serving drinking water for 10 million people of Seoul. Cryptosporidium oocysts were found in 22.5% of intake water samples and arithmetic mean was 0.65 oocysts/10 L (range 0-22 oocysts/10 L). Although the annual mean of oocyst number was as low as 0.04-1.90 oocysts/10 L, 3 peaks in 2004 and 2007 were observed and the pollution level was a little higher in winter. The lowest density was observed at Paldang intake and the pollution level increased at Kuui and Jayang intakes. At the end of the largest stream, oocysts were found in 70% of collected samples (mean 5.71 oocysts/10 L) and it seemed that its joining the Han River resulted in the increase at Kuui intake and downstream. Oocyst removal by physical process exceeded 2.0-2.3 log and then all finished water samples collected at 6 WTPs were negative for Cryptosporidium in each 100 L sample for 10 years. These results suggested that domestic wastewater from the urban region could be a source of Cryptosporidium pollution and separating sewage systems adjacent to the intakes could be meaningful for some intakes having weakness related to parasitological water quality.