Succinimidyl ester surface chemistry: implications of the competition between aminolysis and hydrolysis on covalent protein immobilization.

N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester terminal groups are commonly used to covalently couple amine-containing biomolecules (e.g., proteins and peptides) to surfaces via amide linkages.

Dynamics of Panax ginseng Rhizospheric Soil Microbial Community and Their Metabolic Function.

The bacterial communities of 1- to 6-year ginseng rhizosphere soils were characterized by culture-independent approaches, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), and amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA). Culture-dependent method (Biolog) was used to investigate the metabolic function variance of microbe living in rhizosphere soil. Results showed that significant genetic and metabolic function variance were detected among soils, and, with the increasing of cultivating years, genetic diversity of bacterial communities in ginseng rhizosphere soil tended to be decreased.

[Isolation of endophytic bacteria in roots of Panax ginseng and screening of antagonistic strains against phytopathogens prevalent in P. ginseng].

In this study, endophytic bacteria were isolated from roots of P. ginseng by plate culture method, and as a result, 40 endophytic bacterial strains were isolated, Bacillus spp. and Pseudomonas spp.

[Establishment of ARDRA system for Panax ginseng cultivated soil microbial community study].

In this study, ARDRA system was established for Panax ginseng cultivated soil microbial community analysis. In the process of soil analysis we found that, ARDRA can not only distinguish soil microbial communities, proportion of each microbial type in total microorganisms can be calculated based on profiles of restricted enzyme digested 16S rDNA, also. Results indicated that, ARDRA system established was able to analyze microbial communities of P.