Rapid and accurate detection of pathogenic bacteria is crucial for various applications, including public health and food safety. However, existing bacteria detection techniques have several drawbacks as they are inconvenient and require time-consuming procedures and complex machinery. Recently, the precision and versatility of CRISPR/Cas system has been leveraged to design biosensors that offer a more efficient and accurate approach to bacterial detection compared to the existing techniques. Significant research has been focused on developing biosensors based on the CRISPR/Cas system which has shown promise in efficiently detecting pathogenic bacteria or virus. In this review, we present a biosensor based on the CRISPR/Cas system that has been specifically developed to overcome these limitations and detect different pathogenic bacteria effectively including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes. This biosensor takes advantage of the CRISPR/Cas system's precision and versatility for more efficiently accurately detecting bacteria compared to the previous techniques. The biosensor has potential to enhance public health and ensure food safety as the biosensor’s design can revolutionize method of detecting pathogenic bacteria. It provides a rapid and reliable method for identifying harmful bacteria and it can aid in early intervention and preventive measures, mitigating the risk of bacterial outbreaks and their associated consequences. Further research and development in this area will lead to development of even more advanced biosensors capable of detecting an even broader range of bacterial pathogens, thereby significantly benefiting various industries and helping in safeguard human health

본 연구에서는 가축분퇴비에 존재할 수 있는 식중독균 의 검출을 위하여 기존의 배양을 이용한 방법을 대체할 수 있는 real-time PCR을 적용하고자 하였으며, 이에 따라 유전자 증폭에 영향을 미치는 DNA 추출 방법에 따른 식중독균 검출 효율을 비교하였다. 적용한 방법은 가열 처리, 유기용매 및 흡착제 처리, 효소 처리의 3가지로 구분 할 수 있으며, 각 방법에 따른 DNA의 검출 효율을 실험 결과로 나타내었다. 가열 처리 방법에서는 가열 시간의 증가에 따라 DNA 검출 효율이 높아지는 경향을 나타냈으며, 유기용매 및 흡착제는 효과를 나타내지 않았고, 효소 처리의 경우에는 그람 양성균 보다는 그람 음성균의 DNA가 추출 효율이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 퇴비에서 30분 이상의 가열 처리와 효소의 처리를 통한 DNA 추출 방법은 real-time PCR을 적용한 식중독균 검출에 적합한 것으로 판단된다.

The purpose of this study is to develop the quantitative PCR(qPCR) assay that would enable the rapid identification and simultaneous detection of six different endodontic pathogenic bacteria in a single reaction. In this study, six pairs of primers for Treponema denticola, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia, Streptococcus mutans, and Staphylococcus aureus and two pairs of housekeeping genes were designed for a multiplex qPCR based on the SYBR Green method. The genomic DNA was extracted from reference strains and submitted to the qPCR reaction. The specificity of the amplified products was analyzed by melting curves. As a result, six distinct melting peaks were identified by the melting curve analysis and all of the target species were simultaneously discriminated. Therefore, the multiplex qPCR assay developed in this study can be used for rapid identification and detection of T. denticola, P. gingivalis, F. nucleatum, P. intermedia, S. mutans, and S. aureus at the same time. In combination with the melting curve analysis, the level of the target species and total bacterial load can be obtained.

Smoking is a risk factor for oral leukoplakia and oral cancer, as well as lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases and many other systemic diseases. Smoking is considered increasing factor of some oral diseases involved indigenous bacteria. In addition, a relationship between smoking and infection of Human papillomavirus (HPV), which is associated with oropharyngeal cancer, remains unclear. The aim of this study is to assess whether smoking has an impact on increase of bacteria inducing oral disease such as dental caries and periodontitis, and HPV infection. DNA of saliva gathered from smokers and non-smokers, consisted of men and women, was analyzed using PCR. Oral disease-causing bacteria were more detected in men smokers than men non-smokers and HPV was most found in women non-smokers. Taken together, this study suggests smoking is related with variation of oral microorganism existence in some way.

일반적으로 지하수환경은 세균의 수가 적기 때문에 세균의 핵산을 추출하기 위해서는 지하수 시료의 여과를 통하여 대량의 세균을 획득하는 것이 우선적으로 요구되어왔다. 그러나 이러한 여과법은 많은 시간과 인력의 낭비 뿐만 아니라 실험 과정의 특수성으로 인하여 오염의 위험성이 높다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 구아니딘 열탕법을 이용하여 소량의 지하수 시료로부터 핵산증폭실험에 적용할 수 있는 충분한 양의 핵산의 추출을 시도하였다. 지하수 시료는 서울시 내의 질소화합물