Abstract: There are provided a metal carbide catalyst complex for a bifunctional zinc-air battery, containing vanadium metal and a different transition metal, and a zinc-air battery system including the same. Because a catalytic reaction region may be increased by a substituted iron ion and a substituted vanadium ion in a metal carbide catalyst complex for a zinc-air battery, high activity for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance and high activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance may be exhibited.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for preventing and treating lipid-related metabolic diseases, the composition comprising, as an active ingredient, Lactobacillus plantarum ATG-K2 or Lactobacillus plantarum ATG-K6 isolated from fermented vegetables.

Abstract: A novel Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8 and a composition for the prevention or treatment of vaginitis containing the same are proposed. The Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8 has excellent antimicrobial effects against various pathogenic strains as well as Candida albicans and Gardnerella vaginalis, which are vaginitis pathogens, and thus can be easily used as a composition for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis, vaginal candidiasis, etc., or as a functional health food for the prevention or amelioration of these diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention or treatment of sarcopenia, the composition including a Lactobacillus reuteri ATG-F4 strain. More specifically, the strain exhibits an effect of improving muscle rehabilitation and motor ability by increasing the muscle mass in skeletal muscles, thereby being suitably used as an ingredient for compositions for the prevention or treatment of sarcopenia or muscular atrophy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Bifidobacterium longum ATG-F5 strain. The F5 strain is a functional beneficial bacterium which is safe from antibiotic resistance, improves skin health through antibacterial activity against the skin pathogen Cutibacterium acnes, an antioxidant effect on radicals, skin barrier improvement, and anti-inflammatory effects, and enhances skin beauty through a skin whitening function, a wrinkle improvement function, and a dry skin alleviation function. The strain may be used in a cosmetic composition or health functional food.

Abstract: A Lactobacillus reuteri ATG-F4 strain (Accession number KCTC13717BP) is proposed. The strain has the function of enhancing dopamine secretion, and thus can be used as a pharmaceutical composition or a functional health food for the prevention or amelioration of mental illnesses, such as memory disorder, depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and the like, as well as Parkinson's disease, or can be used as a very effective composition for the improvement of memory or cognitive function. Moreover, the strain exhibits anti-inflammatory efficacy of upregulating the expression of IL-10 (interleukin-10) and inhibiting the generation of nitric oxide (NO) and is not resistant to antibiotics, and can thus be readily applied to a variety of foods having health improvement effects.

Abstract: A novel Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8 and a composition for the prevention or treatment of vaginitis containing the same are proposed. The Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8 has excellent antimicrobial effects against various pathogenic strains as well as Candida albicans and Gardnerella vaginalis, which are vaginitis pathogens, and thus can be easily used as a composition for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis, vaginal candidiasis, etc., or as a functional health food for the prevention or amelioration of these diseases.

Abstract: A novel Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8 and a composition for the prevention or treatment of vaginitis containing the same are proposed. The Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8 has excellent antimicrobial effects against various pathogenic strains as well as Candida albicans and Gardnerella vaginalis, which are vaginitis pathogens, and thus can be easily used as a composition for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis, vaginal candidiasis, etc., or as a functional health food for the prevention or amelioration of these diseases.

Abstract: A Lactobacillus reuteri ATG-F4 strain (Accession number KCTC13717BP) is proposed. The strain has the function of enhancing dopamine secretion, and thus can be used as a pharmaceutical composition or a functional health food for the prevention or amelioration of mental illnesses, such as memory disorder, depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and the like, as well as Parkinson's disease, or can be used as a very effective composition for the improvement of memory or cognitive function. Moreover, the strain exhibits anti-inflammatory efficacy of upregulating the expression of IL-10 (interleukin-10) and inhibiting the generation of nitric oxide (NO) and is not resistant to antibiotics, and can thus be readily applied to a variety of foods having health improvement effects.

Abstract: The present invention provides a soil ball for water purification with increased hardness and microbial population. According to the soil ball for water purification with increased hardness and microbial population of the present invention, the addition of a hardener increases the hardness such that the degradation of the soil ball in water is delayed, and the addition of a buffer solution prevents an increase in pH to increase the microbial population, thus improving the effect of water purification.