The Effects of Low Frequency Noise on the Growth and Resistance to Antibiotics of Soil Bacteria and E. Coli

Hyun Woo Kim(Matthew) 국제과학영재학회 2016 APEC Youth Scientist Journal Vol.8 No.1

In today's mechanized society, low frequency noises are ubiquitous. Though much research has been conducted on the effects of low frequency sound waves on human health and emotion, little research has been conducted on their impact on plants and bacteria. This research sought to determine the effects of low frequency noise on soil bacteria and E. coli. Initially, changes in growth and amounts of both bacteria under low frequency noise were measured, but no significant and definite alterations in the E. coli growth were observed. Then, the resistance of bacteria was tested by adding hydrogen peroxide, which yield harmful reactive oxygen species, to the soil bacteria and E. coli solutions, of which some were exposed to LFN (low frequency noise) while other control groups were not. The results showed that the bacterial solutions exposed to LFN were less affected by the hydrogen peroxide, indicating that LFN may have induced the secretion of chemical compounds, such as Superoxide dismutase that react with the reactive oxygen species to create new harmless compounds. It has therefore been concluded that LFN may strengthen the resistance of bacteria, and that certain measures, especially for harmful bacteria, should be taken in order to prevent increased resistance.

세균에 관한 선개념 및 감성을 고려한 초등과학 교수 학습 프로그램 개발 및 적용 효과

이동민,차희영 韓國生物敎育學會 2009 생물교육 Vol.37 No.4

This study was to develop instructional programs for elementary school students in which we reflected their preconceptions and typical emotions on bacteria and to apply them. They were developed using 5E learning cycle instructional model to change misconceptions and negative emotion regarding bacteria into biologically acceptable conceptions and positive emotion on them. They consist of two kinds of versions: teachers' guide and students' worksheet. To develop more practical programs, they had gotten a pilot study with 24 upper graders of elementary school students and been ameliorated three times. Seven classes titled as "life as a bacteria, "the size of bacteria", "the shape of bacteria", "bacteria-infested place", "the usefulness of bacteria" and "the importance of bacteria in human life" were conducted and applied to 33 fourth graders during one semester. The effectiveness of the program were tested by specially designed three kinds of instruments: test on the conception of bacteria, the emotion on bacteria and interview guide. These were administrated three times such as before, after and far after and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. In first result, most of the subjects have non-scientific conceptions and negative emotion about bacteria. Because Korean science curriculum has barely included about microorganism, elementary school students' personal experience such as visiting dental office, the hospital or TV programs including animation for bacteria characters could be affected their preconception and emotions on it. Secondly, the classes using special programs on bacteria had significantly effectively worked to change preconception of misconceptions and negative emotion on bacteria into scientific conceptions and positive prospect on it. The effectiveness of the programs make school science curriculum have to include biological contents regarding microorganism.

CONTROLLING PSORIATIC SKIN THROUGH ANTIBIOTIC EFFECT OF PSORIATIC AND NORMAL SKIN BACTERIA

Jong Hyeon SHIN 국제과학영재학회 2015 APEC Youth Scientist Journal Vol.7 No.2

Psoriasis is an auto-inflammatory disease that is prevalent throughout all age and ethical groups. This research was conducted to investigate possible uses of bacteria to condition the inadequate balance in a psoriatic patient’s skin. There were three primary parts to this research, which were to collect bacteria from psoriatic patients and normal subjects, classify the collected bacteria based on distinguishing characteristics, and finally initiate an antibiotic effect between these skin bacteria. A total of eight bacteria were selected in this research. Each of these bacteria were cultivated in each of the broth media containing the bacterial extracts in all possible combinations, producing an antibiotic effect. While the normal skin had an abundance of acidophilic bacteria and a lack of general bacteria, abnormal psoriatic skin had more general bacteria than acidophilic bacteria, displaying the inadequacy of dermal balance in the skin of psoriatic patients. In the antibiotic effect, two bacteria ‘Dp’ and Gn’ which were found in normal skin, were determined to suppress the growth of a bacteria only found in a psoriatic patient’s psoriatic site. Therefore, by using the effective aspects of these bacteria, a clinical application would be possible in controlling the unbalance of skin condition in psoriatic patients.

Antimutagenic Activities of Cell Wall and Cytosol Fractions of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Kmichi

Park, Kun Young,Son, Tae Jin,Kim, So Hee 부산대학교 김치연구소 1999 김치의 과학과 기술 Vol.5 No.-

Cell wall(lactic acid bacteria-sonicated precipitate: LAB-SP) and cytosol (lactic acid bacteria-sonicated supernatant: LAB-SS) fractions were prepared from kimchi fermenting lactic acid bacteria such as Leuconastoc mesenteroides, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus fermentnm, Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus acidilactici, with Lactobacillus acidophillus isolated from yogurt. Using the Ames mutagenicity test and SOS chromotest system, the antimutagenic activity of those cell fractions was studied. One hundred eighty lil of LAB-SP from lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi, excepting Pediococcus acidilactici, supressed the mutagenicity of 4-nitroquinoline-1oxide (4-NQO) in Ames mutagenicity test and SOS chromotest system, by above 90% and 60%, respectively. LAB-SP from lactic acid bacteria exhibited the antimutagenic activity aganist 2-amino-3, 4-dimethyl-imidazo (4, 5-f) quinoline (MeIQ) in Ames mutagenicity test, depending on the concentration. Especially, Lactobacillus plantarum which were isolated from kimchi had the strongest antimutagenicity on MeIQ. LAB-SP from lactic acid bacteria also inhibited the mutagenicity mediated by 3-amino-l-methyl-5H-pyrido [4,3-blindole (Trp-P-2). Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lactobacillus acidphillus had higher antimutagenicity against Trp-P-2 than the other lactic acid bacteria. However, LAB-SS of lactic acid bacteria did not show any mutagenic activity against 4-NQO in Ames mutagenicity test and SOS chromotest systems. On the mutagenicity of MeIQ and Trp-P2, LAB-SS of lactic acid bacteria from kimchi or dairy products exhibited a weaker inhibitory effect than LAB-SP of those bacteria. These results represent that, whether the lactic acid bacteria from kimchi are viable or nonviable, antimutagenic activity was still effective. We suggest that the strong, antimutaganic activity of lactic acid bacteria might be found in the cell wall fraction, rather than in the cytosol fraction.

다양한 약물과 영양제가 장내세균에 미치는 영향

박재은,이도경,하남주,송영천,Park, Jae Eun,Lee, Do Kyung,Ha, Nam Joo,Song, Young Cheon 한국미생물학회 2015 미생물학회지 Vol.51 No.1

최근 우리나라는 서구화된 식생활과 생활양식의 변화로 다양한 대사성 질환과 만성 질환이 나타나고 있다. 이러한 질환들은 지속적으로 약물을 복용해야 한다. 또한 많은 사람들이 건강한 삶을 유지하기 위해 건강기능식품과 각종 비타민, 영양제를 복용한다. 하지만 복용하는 약물들이 장내 세균에는 어떠한 영향을 주는 지에 대한 연구는 많이 이뤄지지 않고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 흔하게 사용되며 장기간 복용하는 약이 항균활성시험으로 위장 관련 박테리아에 영향을 미치는 지를 조사하였다. 그 결과 비타민 및 미네랄, 중추신경계에 작용하는 약들이 장내 세균과 유산균에 대해 항균력을 나타냈으며, 그 중 중추신경계에 작용하는 약 중 항현훈제의 dexibuprofen는 장내 유익균 인 Lactobacillus casei과 Lactobacillus rhamnosus와 장내 유해균 인 Staphylococcus aureus에 대해 항균력이 높게 작용하였다. 또한 심혈관계, 조혈기계에 작용하는 약 중 항이뇨제 의 fenofibric acid는 장내 유익균인 Lactobacillus casei에 대해 항균력이 나타났다. 비타민 및 미네랄은 대부분의 장내 균에서 항균력을 보이지만, 특히 Vitamin B-Complex/with C와 vitamin C가 유익균인 Bifidobacterium infantis과 장내 유해균 인 Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus에서 높게 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구결과 장내 유해균과 유익균에 다양하게 복용되는 약들이 대체적으로 항균활성을 보이는 것으로 판단된다. Recently, change of Western pattern diet and lifestyle is caused by various metabolic disorders and chronic diseases. These diseases need to take medicine regularly. Also, many people take health functional food, various vitamins and nutritional supplements in order to maintain a healthy life. But, there was no study about affects taking medicines against bacteria with gastrointestinal relevance. This study was performed by antibacterial activity test to evaluate the influence of a long time or commonly used medication. As a result, medicines of Vitamins & Minerals or Central nervous system show antibacterial activity against beneficial enteric bacteria and harmful enteric bacteria. Dexibuprofen of the Anti-inflammatory Drugs that acts on the central nervous system has shown high antibacterial activity at beneficial enteric bacteria strains (Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus) and harmful enteric bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus). Also, fenofibric acid of the antilipemic agents that acts on the Cardiovascular & Hematopoietic system has shown high antibacterial activity at beneficial enteric bacteria strains (Lactobacillus casei). Vitamins & Minerals appeared antibacterial activity against most intestinal bacteria. Vitamin B-Complex/with C and vitamin C were especially high with beneficial enteric bacteria strains (Bifidobacterium infantis) and harmful enteric bacteria (E. coli, E. aerogenes, S. flexneri, S. Typhimurium, S. aureus). Therefore, these results indicate that variously taking medicines have generally antibacterial activity against harmful enteric bacteria strains and beneficial enteric bacteria strains.

쪽파로부터 분리된 유산균의 병원성균에 대한 항균활성

김길하,김완섭,Gil-Ha Kim,Natsag Lkhagvasuren,Batchimeg Namshir,Woan Sub Kim 한국낙농식품응용생물학회 2023 Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology (JMSB) Vol.41 No.3

In this study, we isolated lactic acid bacteria from Allium wakegi and examined the usability of culture supernatants obtained from these lactic acid bacteria. The antibacterial activity of the culture supernatant obtained from the isolated lactic acid bacteria against the pathogens Escherichia and Salmonella spp. was measured. The obtained lactic acid bacteria culture medium showed significant antibacterial activity against pathogenic bacteria in a dose-dependent manner. The effects of pH and heat denaturation on the observed anti-pathogenic bacterial activity was also investigated. Adjusting the culture supernatant to pH 7 resulted in loss of all antibacterial activity against pathogenic bacteria, suggesting that the antibacterial activity of the obtained culture supernatant against pathogenic bacteria is influenced by organic acids. Assessment of the heat stability of the anti-pathogenic bacterial activity revealed that heat treatment did not diminish activity. The obtained lactic acid bacteria culture medium is thus stable against heat.

성인의 타액 내 구강세균 검출과 위험요인에 관한 연구

홍민희(Hong, Min-hee) 한국산학기술학회 2014 한국산학기술학회논문지 Vol.15 No.9

구강질환은 단독 진행만이 아닌 혼합감염증으로 발생하므로 치아우식증 및 치주질환에 관여하는 원인 균주들의 명확한 분석이 필요하다. 이에, 본 연구는 치아우식증 및 치주질환의 원인균으로 잘 알려져 있는 세균을 검출하기 위해 타액 을 채취하였다. 성인의 연령, 흡연 및 음주, 질병유무에 따른 구강세균분포 차이를 보고 구강세균의 위험요소를 확인하고자 한다. 본 연구 대상은 20대 이상 65세 미만 성인 120명을 대상으로 2014년 3월 15일 - 5월 10일까지 조사하였다. 타액 내 gDNA를 추출 후 PCR 방법을 이용하여 구강질환의 균 분포도를 확인하였다. 그 결과, S. mutans는 72명, P. intermedia 88명, S. mutans와 P. intermedia 균이 모두 검출된 성인은 54명, 구강세균이 검출되지 않은 성인은 14명으로 나타났다. 구강 세균의 위험 요소 결과, 흡연자는 비흡연자에 비해 S. mutans 2.8배, P. intermedia 3.5배 더 높게 나타났다. 음주자는 비음주 자에 비해 S. mutans 검출 위험도가 3.3배 더 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 전신질환자는 정상인에 비해 P. intermedia 검출된 위험도가 4.1배 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 흡연, 음주, 전신질환은 구강 내 세균 검출위험도가 높은 인자임을 확인할 수 있었 다. 또한 연령이 증가할수록 치주질환 세균이 더 많이 검출되었으며, 20대는 치아우식증과 치주질환이 공존하는 연령대인 만큼 구강세균의 분포가 더 두드러지게 나타남을 알 수 있었다. 구강세균이 검출된 성인은 치아우식증과 치주질환에 이환될 위험도가 그만큼 높다고 볼 수 있으므로, 구강환경을 청결히하고 정기적인 치과방문을 통해 구강질환을 예방해야 할 것이다. As oral diseases are developed by mixed infections, not by any single element, an accurate analysis of the causative microorganisms related to dental caries and periodontal diseases is required. In this study, saliva was collected from selected adults to determine if the bacteria that are well known as the causative microorganisms of dental caries and periodontal diseases would be detected in their saliva. In addition, this study examined whether there would be any differences among adults according to age, smoking, drinking and presence or absence of diseases in the distribution of oral bacteria to determine the risk factors for oral bacteria. The study subjects were 120 adults ranging in age from 20 to 65 years. The experiment data was collected from March 15, to May 2014. The gDNA was collected from the saliva, and the distribution of bacteria for oral diseases was investigated by PCR. The findings of the study were as follows. S. mutans was detected from 72 adults, and P. intermedia was detected from 88 adults. Both bacteria were detected from 54 adults, and no oral bacteria was detected in 14 adults. An analysis of the risk factors of oral bacteria showed that smokers had a 2.8-fold higher risk of S. mutans than nonsmokers, and the former had a 3.5-fold higher risk of P. intermedia than the latter. Drinkers had a 3.3-fold higher risk of S. mutans than nondrinkers. Patients who suffered from systemic diseases had a 4.1-fold higher risk of P. intermedia than those with no diseases. Therefore, smoking, drinking and systemic diseases are factors that increase the likelihood of oral bacteria detection. More periodontal disease bacteria were detected from older adults, and more oral bacteria were found in adults who were in their 20s, as dental caries and periodontal diseases were more common in this age group. The adults in which oral bacteria were detected are more likely to have dental caries or periodontal diseases, and they should try to keep their mouth cavity clean and make regular visits to a dental clinic to prevent possible oral diseases.

즉석 섭취 야채샐러드의 미생물 오염조사

김진숙,방옥균,장해춘 한국식품위생안전성학회 2004 한국식품위생안전성학회지 Vol.19 No.2

식용이 간편한 즉석섭취용(ready-to-eat) 샐러드 제품의 수요는 나날이 증가하고 있으나 국내 유통 샐러드의 미생물오염수준은 기준 및 규격이 설정되어있지 않고 그 수준 또한 알려져 있지 않다. 따라서 소비가 집중되어 있는 대도시 지역을 중심으로 백화점, 대형할인점 또는 패밀리레스토랑 등에서 판매되는 즉석섭취용 샐러드 제품 120건을 대상으로 하여 coliform bacteria, E. coli, E. coli O157:H7, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp. Listeria monocytogenes 및 Bacillus cereus의 분리시험을 실시하고 일부 제품을 대상으로 일반세균수 및 세척효과를 조사하였다. 제품 120건 중 총 73건에서 coliform bacteria 둥이 검출되어 60.8%의 검출율을 보였다. E. coli가 17건, Staphylococcus aureus가 3건, Salmonella spp.가 1건에서 각각 검출되었고 기타 coliform bacteria는 59건에서 검출되었다. 샐러드는 양식방법에 따라 유기농샐러드와 비유기농샐러드로 나누었고, 종류는 야채로 구성된 야채샐러드와 튀긴 닭 등이 첨가된 혼합샐러드로 나누었으며 판매형태에 따라 완포장제품과 샐러드바 제품으로 나누었다. 양식방법 및 포장방법과 미생물오염과의 통계적 연관성은 없는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 분리된 균주 수에 있어서는 야채샐러드와 혼합샐러드 간에 통계적으로 유의한 차를 보여 야채샐러드의 경우 좀 더 다양한 균종이 분리되는 것으로 나타났다 (p<0.005). E. coli는 일반 재배 야채샐러드의 경우 90건 중 10건에서 분리되었고 유기농재배 야채샐러드의 경우 30건 중 1건에서 분리되었다. 식중독 원인균은 비유기농 재배 야채샐러드 4건에서 Staphylococcus aureus가, 1건에서 Salmonella arizonia가 검출되었으나 유기농재배 야채에서는 검출되지 않았다. 널리 판매되는 일부 제품 4종을 5회에 걸쳐 검사한 결과 총 호기성 세균수는 평균 4.8±0.19 log_(10) cfu/g으로 조사되었다. 같은 제품을 생리식염수와 야채용세척제를 이용해 3분간 침지 후 세척효과를 본 결과 생리식염수는 5회, 야채용세척제는 1회 세척 시 95.5%의 세척효과를 내는 것으로 나타났다. 120 samples of ready-to-eat salad product were purchased at department stores, marts and family restaurants in metro area. Coliform bacteria and food borne pathogenic bacteria were isolated from these samples. In 73 samples among the 120 salad product samples, coliform bacteria and food borne pathogenic bacteria were detected by 60.8% of isolated rate. Salad were classified into organic and non-organic salad. According to a salad type, salad were classified into vegetable salad and mixed vegetable salad with fried chicken and extra food. According to a packing type, packed salad product and salad-bar product were classified. After the classification, the results of each cases were compared. There is no statistical relation between cultivation or packing methods and contaminated bacteria. But the incidence number of microbial strains was significantly different between vegetable salad and mixed vegetable salad(p<0.005). In vegetable salad, more various strains were detected. E. colt was isolated in 10 cases among the 90 cases in non-organic vegetable and in 7 cases among the 30 cases in organic salad. Food borne pathogenic bacteria were isolated in non-organic vegetable salad product. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 4 cases of vegetable salad product and Salmonella spp. isolated in 1 case. After 5 times examination of each 4 market products, the total number of aerobic bacteria was average 4.8 ± 0.19 log cfu/g. One sample from this product, saline and a detergent for vegetable were used for 3 minutes to notice the effect. As a result, when saline was used 5 times and detergent for vegetable was used I time, bacterial contamination was decreased up to 95.5%.

Automatically Controlled Microfluidic System for Continuous Separation of Rare Bacteria from Blood

Yoon, Taehee,Moon, Hui‐,Sung,Song, Jae‐,Woo,Hyun, Kyung‐,A,Jung, Hyo‐,Il John WileySons, Inc. 2019 Cytometry. the journal of the International Societ Vol.95 No.11

<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P>Bloodstream infection by microorganisms is a major public health concern worldwide. Millions of people per year suffer from microbial infections, and current blood culture‐based diagnostic methods are time‐consuming because of the low concentration of infectious microorganisms in the bloodstream. In this study, we introduce an efficient automated microfluidic system for the continuous isolation of rare infectious bacteria (<I>Escherichia coli</I>, <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I>, and <I>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</I>) from blood. Bacteria received a balanced force between a fluidic drag force and a periodically controlled dielectrophoretic (DEP) force from tilted electrodes to minimize cell adhesion to the electrodes, which prevented the loss of rare infectious bacteria. Target bacteria were efficiently segregated from the undesired blood cells to ensure that only the bacteria received the DEP force under the hypotonic condition, while the blood cells received no DEP force and exited the channel via a laminar flow. Thus, the bacteria were successfully extracted from the blood with a high recovery yield of 91.3%, and the limit of the bacteria concentration for isolation was 100 cfu/ml. We also developed an automated system that performed every step from blood‐sample loading to application of electricity to the microfluidic chip for bacteria separation. It reduced the standard deviation of the bacteria recovery yield from 6.16 to 2.77 compared with the conventional batch process, providing stable bacteria‐extraction performance and minimizing errors and bacteria loss caused by user mistakes. © 2019 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry</P>

Symbiotic Interaction of Endophytic Bacteria with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Its Antagonistic Effect on Ganoderma boninense

Shamala Sundram,Sariah Meon,Idris Abu Seman,Radziah Othman 한국미생물학회 2011 The journal of microbiology Vol.49 No.4

Endophytic bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa UPMP3 and Burkholderia cepacia UPMB3), isolated from within roots of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), were tested for their presymbiotic effects on two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, (Glomus intraradices UT126 and Glomus clarum BR152B). These endophytic bacteria were also tested for antagonistic effects on Ganoderma boninense PER 71, a white wood rot fungal pathogen that causes a serious disease in oil palm. Spore germination and hyphal length of each arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) pairing with endophytic bacteria was found to be significantly higher than spores plated in the absence of bacteria. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the endophytic bacteria were scattered, resting or embedded on the surface hyaline layer or on the degraded walls of AMF spores, possibly feeding on the outer hyaline spore wall. The antagonistic effect of the endophytic bacteria was expressed as severe morphological abnormalities in the hyphal structures of G. boninense PER 71. The effects of the endophytic bacteria on G. boninense PER 71 hyphal structures were observed clearly under SEM. Severe inter-twisting, distortion, lysis and shrivelling of the hyphal structures were observed. This study found that the effect of endophytic bacteria on G. intraradices UT126 and G. clarum BR152B resembled that of a mycorrhiza helper bacteria (MHB) association because the association significantly promoted AMF spore germination and hyphal length. However, the endophytic bacteria were extremely damaging to G. boninense PER 71.