• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.418-422
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• 1992

Mucor mucedo C-7 selected as a potent fungus for producing milk-clotting enzyme was cultured on wheat bran solid medium and the optimum culture conditions for the production of milk clotting enzyme were ot tamed as follows. Amount of water added to wheat bran was 100% to the weight of wheat bran and culture temperature and time was 3$0^{\circ}C$ and 72hrs, respectively. The production of milk-clotting enzyme was markedly increased by the addition of Macllvaine buffer solution (pH4.5) instead of water added to wheat bran solid medium and milk-clotting activity was stable for culture period.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.449-453
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• 1990

This study was attempted to obtain the efficient milk-clotting enzyme from microorganisms as a rennet subtitute. Fungi which showed the formation ability of the milk-clotting enzyme were selected out from samples of soil hay and wastes etc. Among these isolated fungi, strain no. C-7 which had presented higher value in the ratio of milk-clotting activity to proteolytic activity was selected. The hyphae of this strain was white to gray and no septa. A single sporangiophore which stand erectly above growing hyphae was monomucor type without branching. A globose sporangium was developed at the tip of each sporangiophore. The suitable temperature and pH for the growth of no. C-7 was 20-$30^{\circ}C$ and pH 3.0-8.0 respectively. These morphological and physiological characteristics implied that strain no. C-7 was Mueor mucedo.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.85-91
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• 1998

Habitative microorganisms were isolated from the floated air and surface of record materials of library with ancient archives. The major ecological fungi from them were isolated and identified as Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae, Neurospora sitophile, Mucor mucedo, Mucor rouxii, Penicilliun notatum, Rhizopus delema, Rhizopus nigricans, Thamnidium elegans, and Tricoderma viridae. When the cellulase activity of fungi isolated from ancient archives and documents was analyzed, Mucor rouxii and Penicilliun notatum showed the highest avicelase and filter paper activity, to 18.089 and 2.819 units, respectively, showing destructive ability of old archives and documents. Whereas, Mucor mucedo revealed the highest CMCase activity of exoglucanase to 7.044 units.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.149-154
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• 2015

In recent years, immobilization agents were introduced into organic contaminated soil remediation and more and more materials were screened and used as the immobilizing carrier. However, effect of the decomposition of the immobilizing carrier on the bioremediation was rarely concerned. Therefore, the decomposition experiment of immobilizing carrier -corncob was carried out in the lab with the efficient degradation fungi - Mucor mucedo (MU) existing, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) residues E4/E6 of the dissolved organic matter and microbial diversity during the decomposition process were studied. The results showed that: a) during the decomposition, the degradation of pyrene (Pyr) was mainly in the first 28 d in which the content of extractable Pyr decreased rapidly and the highest decrease was in the treatment with only MU added. b) Anslysis of E4/E6 changes showed that rich microorganisms could promote aromatization and condensation of humus. c) From the diversity index analysis it can also be seen that there is no significant difference in effects of PAHs on the uniformity of microorganisms. These results will not only be useful to have a better understanding of the bioavailability of contaminants adsorbed to biodegradable carriers in PAHs contaminated soil remediation, but also be helpful to perfect the principle of immobilized microbial technique.

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.30-36
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• 2001

The microbiodeterioration of paper material like books, archival material, manuscripts both illustrated and written, decorative wall papers, etc. is a serious problem throughout the world in museums, libraries, archives, etc. where these materials are placed. The major ecological fungi from record materials of library with ancient achieves were isolated and identified as Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae, Neurospora sitophile. Mucor mucedo, Mucor rouxii, Penicillium notatum, Rhizopus delema, Rhizopus nigracans, Thanmnidium elegans, Tricodema viridae, Bacillus cereus. Bacillus megaterium, Enterrobacter aerogenes, and Staphylococcus auerus. This study was carried out to investigate the antigungal activities of essential oils. The Essential oils from herb were obtained by vapor distillation method, and the antimicrobial activities were examined with ten fungi & four bacteria. It was found to have activity against microorganisms isolated from a achieves stack rooms.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.243-256
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• 1970

Nowadays, the damages caused by molds in cotton textile goods becomes influential. In our country, however, the relations between cotton goods and molds are not investigated and studied in detail. Two hundred and fifty seven kind of mold's samples were collected in ninety places through the whole country. The molds samples are mainly gathered according to each regions and seasons from molded cotton textiles. Out of this samples, we isolated six hundred and seventy two strains of molds and the results of isolation are following. 1. The distributed molds were Aspergillus sp., Rhizopus sp., Penicillium sp., etc. among them Aspergillus sp. were most widely distributed, and next were Rhizopus sp., Penicillium sp. etc. 2. The distribution of Aspergillus sp. abounded peculiarly in the dry season, while Rhizopus sp. in the rainy season. 3. The C.M.C, descomposing enzymes forming activity on molds were greatly concerned with intensity damage of cotton textile goods. 4. The formation of C.M.C. decomposing enzyme was only influenced by physiology of each strains. 5. Regarding to the growth. a. The molds which were saprophyting on the cotton textile goods were indicated vigorous growing. b. Among isolated six hundred and seventy two strains, there were above a hundred strains which produced pigment and nearly half of them fifty nine strains were Aspergillus sp. 6. Twenty one strains in isolated six hundred and seventy two strains were indentified which can heavily damage upon cotton textile. As a results of indentification of the selected strains, the following species was abtained, Aspergillus sydowi, wentii, niger, luchuensis, flavus, fumigatus, nidulans, Penicillium frequentants, roqueforti, chrysogenum, albicans, Rhizopus oligosporus, delemar, Mucor rouxii, mucedo, Neurospora sitophila, Monilia variabilis, fructigena, Cladsporium hurbarum and Aspergillus spp. Mucor spp.