• 미생물학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2010

양계장 부산물 시료로부터 우모 분해세균 31균주를 분리하였다. 수집된 우모 분해세균에 대해 16S rRNA 염기서열을 해석하여 계통학적 특성을 검토한 결과, Firmicutes (21균주), ${\gamma}$-proteobacteria (4균주), Actinobacteria (4균주) 그리고 Bacteroidetes (2균주) 계통군에 속하는 다양한 세균이 확보되었다. 우모 분해세균 중 우모 분해율이 75-90% 이상인 우수균주 Chryseobacterium sp. FBF-7, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia FBS-4 그리고 Lysinibacillus sp. FBW-3를 최종 선발하였다. 이들 균주를 이용한 생물학적 분해법과 Ca(OH)2를 이용한 화학적 분해법에 의해 추출된 아미노산의 특성을 비교한 결과, Chryseobacterium sp. FBF-7에 의해 추출된 총 아미노산 함량이 1661.6 ${\mu}mol$/ml로 선발 균주 중 가장 높게 나타났으며, 화학적 분해법에 의해 추출된 총 아미노산 함량과 유사하였다. Chryseobacterium sp. FBF-7에 의해 생성된 필수 아미노산 함유량은 619.3 ${\mu}mol$/ml로 총 아미노산의 37%를 함유하였으며, 화학적 분해법에 의한 경우, 596.9 ${\mu}mol$/ml의 필수 아미노산을 생산하여 총 아미노산 함유량의 32%를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. Chryseobacterium sp. FBF-7에 의해 추출된 아미노산의 조성을 검토한 결과, valine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, glycine 그리고 proline이 주요 아미노산이었으며, 특히 aspartic acid, threonine, serine, cysteine 그리고 tyrosine이 화학적 추출법보다 더 높게 추출되는 특징을 나타내었다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.1103-1109
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• 2007

The aim of this study was to isolate mesophilic chicken feather-degrading bacteria and to evaluate feather hydrolysate as alternative biofertilizer. Isolate RS7 was isolated from compost and identified as Bacillus pumilus according to API analysis and l6S rDNA sequencing analysis. Chicken feathers were completely degraded after 5 days of cultivation at $30^{\circ}C$. Feather hydrolysate treated by B. pumilius RS7 positively influenced Helianthus sannuus L. (sunflower) growth (e.g. growth rate, number and dry weight of leave, and flowering rate). These results suggest that feather hydrolysate prepared using B. pumilius RS7 could successfully be used as alternative biofertilizer, thereby reducing the environmental impact of feather waste from the poultry industry.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1337-1343
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• 2007

The aim of this study was to isolate chicken feather-degrading bacteria with high keratinolytic activity and to investigate cultural conditions affecting keratinolytic enzyme production by a selected isolate. A chicken feather-degrading bacterial strain CH3 was isolated from poultry wastes. Isolate CH3 degraded whole chicken feather completely within 3 days. On the basis of phenotypical and 16S rDNA studies, isolate CH3 was identified as Bacillus thuringiensis CH3. This strain is the first B. thuringiensis described as a feather degrader. The bacterium grew with an optimum at pH 8.0 and $37^{\circ}C$, where maximum keratinolytic activity was also observed. The composition of optimal medium for keratinolytic enzyme production was feather 0.1%, sucrose 0.7%, casein 0.3%, $K_2HPO_4$ 0.03%, $KH_2PO_4$ 0.04%, $MgCl_2$ 0.01% and NaCl 0.05%, respectively. The keratinolytic enzyme had a pH and temperature optima 9.0 and $45^{\circ}C$, respectively. The keratinolytic activity was inhibited ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, and metal ions like $Hg^{2+},\;Cu^{2+}\;and\;Zn^{2+}$. The enzyme activated by $Fe^{2+}$, dithiothreitol and 2-mercaptoethanol.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.253-261
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• 2012

We isolated and characterized novel duck feather-degrading bacteria producing keratinase. Twelve strains were isolated from soil and faces at poultry farm, and decayed feathers. They were identified as Bacillus methylotrophicus, Pseudomonas geniculata, Pseudomonas hibiscicola, Exiquobacterium profundum, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Chryseobacterium indologenes, Bacillus thuringiensis, Thermomonas koreensis, respectively, by phenotypic characters and 16S rRNA gene analysis. Generally, the level of keratinase production was not proportional to feather degradation rate. The highest keratinolytic activity was observed in the culture inoculated with Chryseobacterium indologenes D27. Although all strains did not degrade human hair, strains tested effectively degraded chicken feather(53.8-91.4%), wool(40.4-93.0%) and human nail (51.0-82.9%). These results suggest that strains isolated could be not only used to improve the nutritional value of recalcitrant feather waste but also is a potential candidate for biotechnological processes of keratin hydrolysis.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.1769-1774
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• 2001

Bacillus licheniformis strains L-25 and PWD-1 are two thermophilic feather-degrading bacteria. Despite isolated from different environmental conditions, they were both capable of breaking down chicken feathers and growing in a medium in which feather was the only source of carbon and nitrogen. A 1.46-kb keratinase gene (ker B) was isolated from strain L-25 by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using L-25 genomic DNA as templates. Sequencing results reveal that ker B shares great sequence identity with a previously published keratinase gene of B. licheniformis PWD-1 (ker A). Only two amino acids differences were found in the deduced amino acid sequence between the keratinases from L-25 and PWD-1. However several nucleotide changes were found upstream of the putative promoter region. Protease inhibition studies indicated that neutral protease activity accounted for approximate 25 to 30% of total extracellular proteolytic activity produced by strain L-25 in the feather medium. In contrast, no measurable neutral protease activity was produced by strain PWD-1 in the feather medium. When glucose (1%), a common catabolic repressor, was added into the feather medium, L-25 was still able to grow and produce keratinase. Strain PWD-1 produced no neutral protease activity and its growth was severely inhibited in the feather medium containing glucose. L-25 produced an enhanced level of keratinase in the feather medium in comparison with PWD-1.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1307-1314
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• 2010

This study was conducted to isolate and characterize a novel feather-degrading bacterium producing keratinase activity. A strain K9 was isolated from soil at poultry farm and identified as Xanthomonas sp. K9 by phenotypic characters and 16S rRNA gene analysis. The cultural conditions for the keratinase production were 0.3% fructose, 0.1% gelatin, 0.04% $K_2HPO_4$, 0.06% $KH_2PO_4$, 0.05% NaCl and 0.01% $FeSO_4$ with an initial pH 8.0 at $30^{\circ}C$ and 200 rpm. In an optimized medium containing 0.1% chicken feather, production yield of keratinase was approximately 8-fold higher than the yield in basal medium. The strain K9 effectively degraded chicken feather meal (67%) and duck feather (54%), whereas human nail and human hair showed relatively low degradation rates (13-22%). Total free amino acid concentration in the cell-free supernatant was about 25.799 mg/l. Feather hydrolysate produced by the strain K9 stimulated growth of red pepper, indicating Xanthomonas sp. K9 could be not only used to increase the nutritional value of chicken feather but also a potential candidate for the development of natural fertilizer applicable to crop plant soil.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.314-322
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• 2018

Bacillus subtilis 8 is highly efficient at degrading feather keratin. We observed integrated feather degradation over the course of 48 h in basic culture medium while studying the entire process with scanning electron microscopy. Large amounts of ammonia, sulfite, and $\text\tiny{L}$-cysteic acid were detected in the fermented liquid. In addition, four enzymes (gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, peptidase T, serine protease, and cystathionine gamma-synthase) were identified that play an important role in this degradation pathway, all of which were verified with molecular cloning and prokaryotic expression. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the first to demonstrate that cystathionine gamma-synthase secreted by B. subtilis 8 is involved in the decomposition of feather keratin. This study provides new data characterizing the molecular mechanism of feather degradation by bacteria, as well as potential guidance for future industrial utilization of waste keratin.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.229-234
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• 2004

케라틴으로 구성되어 있는 우모는 도계 공장에서 부산물로 대량 배출되는 단백질 폐기물이다. 현재, 물리화학적 처리를 통하여 우모를 가축의 사료로 재활용하기 위한 방법이 시행되고 있으나 이러한 방법은 많은 단점을 가지고 있으며, 결과적으로 keratinolytic protease의 이용은 우모의 생물 공학적 처리를 위해 반드시 필요한 과정임을 알 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 우모의 생물학적 처리를 위하여 keratinolytic protease를 생성함으로서 우모를 분해할 수 있는 세균을 자연계로부터 분리한 후, 그 분류학적 위치를 검토하였다. 퇴비화중인 볏짚, 닭 가공공장 주변의 토양 및 붕괴중인 우모로부터 keratinolytic protease생성능이 우수한 5균주를 최종 선정하였다. 그중 효소 생성능과 우모 분해능이 가장 우수한 F7-1을 실험 균주로 선정하여 형태학적, 배양적 및 생화학적 특성을 조사한 결과, Bacillus sp.로 동정되었으며, Biolog system을 이용한 동정에서도 Bacillus sp.로 조사되었다. 보다 정확한 균주 동정을 위하여 16S rDNA 염기서열 분석을 수행하였으며, 그 결과 F7-1 균주는 B. megaterium과 계통진화학적으로 가장 유연 관계가 높았다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.1077-1082
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• 2010

This study was performed to investigate the nutritional conditions controlling keratinase activity in Bacillus megaterium F7-1. B. megaterium F7-1 produced keratinase using chicken feather as a sole source of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur. Addition of the feather medium with glucose enhanced keratinase production (68.9 U/ml), compared to control without glucose (63.2 U/ml). The synthesis of keratinase was repressed by addition of $NH_4Cl$ in B. megaterium F7-1. The highest keratinase production (70.9 U/ml) was obtained with the feather medium containing glucose and $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$. Keratinase was produced in the absence of feather (4.9 U/ml), indicating its constitutive synthesis. Feather degradation resulted in free SH group formation. B. megaterium F7-1 effectively degraded chicken feather meal (86%), whereas duck feather, human nail, human hair and sheep wool displayed relatively low degradation rates (8-34%).

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.315-318
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• 2005

The effects of inorganic salts and feather concentrations on pretense production by Bacillus megaterium F7-1 were investigated. Pretense production was dependent on the presence of phosphates in the medium. Supplementation of medium with calcium ion slightly increased protease production. The highest protease production was obtained at $1.4\%$ feather. The optimal medium contained $2.0\%$ glucose, $0.8\%$ skim milk, $0.06\%\;K_{2}HPO_{4}\%,\;0.04\%\;KH_{2}PO{4},\;0.06\%\;NaCl,\;0.03\%\;MgCl_{2}\cdot6H_{2}O,\;0.002\%\;CaCl_{2}\cdot2H_{2}O,\;and\;1.4\%$ whole feather. By using this optimized medium, increased production of the protease was achieved compared with the cases of using basal medium.