• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제17권1호
• /
• pp.168-175
• /
• 2007

We report here on the cultivation of numerous novel bacterial species from a eutrophic freshwater pond. A total of 60 strains, 15 strains per each culture medium, were obtained from the surface of a eutrophic freshwater pond by employing a conventional dilution-plating method with four different kinds of culture media, including R2A, 1/10R2A, PCA, and 1/10PCA. Among the 60 strains isolated, 27 strains showed less than 97% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities to validly published species, and thus they are considered to comprise 19 novel species. Of the 27 strains assigned to the novel species, the majority of the strains (20 strains) were affiliated with the Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria. The remaining 7 strains were affiliated with the Gammaproteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Deinococci. Because we have isolated 19 novel species from a usual freshwater pond using a conventional culturing technique, our results suggest that an unexplored ecosystem, even if it looks like a common ecosystem found elsewhere, harbors diverse unidentified microbes, which will be definitely further characterized.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제8권1호
• /
• pp.67-73
• /
• 1998

A bacterial strain that excretes hemolysins and proteases into the growth medium was isolated from sea water and designated as KYJ 961. A nearly complete nucleotide sequence of a 16S ribosomal RNA gene from the isolate was determined following the isolation and cloning of amplified genes. On the basis of the 16S ribosomal DNA sequence data, and morphological, chemotaxonomic, and physiological characteristics, strain KYJ 961 was classified as a strain of Bacillus cereus.

• 미생물학회지
• /
• 제47권2호
• /
• pp.130-136
• /
• 2011

러시아의 바이칼에 존재하는 고유종인 Baikalospongia과 Lubomirskia의 sponge로부터 방선균을 분리하였다. 분리된 방선균은 16S rRNA gene 분석 결과, Streptomyces griseoplanus, S. halstedii, S. violascens, S. flavovirens, S. microflavus에 각각 속하였다. 이 방선균들은 온도, 탄소이용, enzyme 활성, fatty acid 조성 등의 실험 결과에서, 각각 서로 다른 특징을 나타냈었다. 분리된 방선균의 배양온도는 30-37, pH는 8-9, 염분농도는 0-1.5에서 가장 잘 자라는 것으로 확인되었다. 주요 cellular fatty acid는 anteiso-$C_{15:0}$, iso-$C_{15:0}$ and iso-$C_{16:0}$로 나타났다. 특히 ATS-BA-19는 DNase와 chitinase 활성을 나타내었고, ATS-BA-16는 cellulase와 protease 활성을 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다. 또 두개의 분리된 방선균에서 그람음성 균주인 Pseudomonas aeruginosa에서 생장을 저해함을 확인하였다.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
• /
• 제36권1호
• /
• pp.35-44
• /
• 2021

A pregnancy diagnosis is an important standard for control of livestock's reproduction in paricular dairy cattle. High reproductive performance in dairy animals is a essential condition to realize of high life-time production. Pregnancy diagnosis is crucial to shortening the calving interval by enabling the farmer to identify open animals so as to treat or re-breed them at the earliest opportunity. MicroRNAs are short RNA molecules which are critically involved in regulating gene expression during both health and disease. This study is sought to establish the feasible of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers of early pregnancy in cattle. We applied Illumina small-RNA sequencing to profile miRNAs in plasma samples collected from 12 non-pregnant cows ("open" cows: samples were collected before insemination (non-pregnant state) and after pregnancy check at the indicated time points) on weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16. Using small RNA sequencing we identified a total of 115 miRNAs that were differentially expressed weeks 16 relative to non-pregnancy ("open" cows). Weeks 8, 12 and 16 of pregnancy commonly showed a distinct increase in circulating levels of miR-221 and miR-320a. Through genome-wide analyses we have successfully profiled plasma miRNA populations associated with pregnancy in cattle. Their application in the field of reproductive biology has opened up opportunities for research communities to look for pregnancy biomarker molecules in dairy cattle.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제17권6호
• /
• pp.913-918
• /
• 2007

A Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, nonmotile, endospore-forming bacterium, designated Gsoil $349^T$, was isolated from soil of a ginseng field and characterized using a polyphasic approach. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the strain Gsoil $349^T$ belongs to the family Paenibacillaceae, and the sequence showed closest similarity with Cohnella thermotolerans DSM $17683^T$ (94.1%) and Cohnella hongkongensis DSM $17642^T$ (93.6%). The strain showed less than 91.3% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Paenibacillus species. In addition, the presence of MK-7 as the major menaquinone and $anteiso-C_{15:0},\;iso-C_{16:0},\;and\;C_{16:0}$ as major fatty acids suggested its affiliation to the genus Cohnella. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 53.4 mol%. On the basis of its phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain Gsoil $349^T$ should be treated as a novel species within the genus Cohnella for which the name Cohnella panacarvi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Gsoil $349^T\;(=KCTC\;13060^T=\;DSM\;18696^T)$.

• Molecules and Cells
• /
• 제22권1호
• /
• pp.78-88
• /
• 2006

The phylogeny of the subfamily Tephritinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) was reconstructed from mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences using 53 species representing 11 currently recognized tribes of the Tephritinae and 10 outgroup species. The minimum evolution and Bayesian trees suggested the following phylogenetic relationships: (1) monophyly of the Tephritinae was strongly supported; (2) a sister group relationship between the Tephritinae and Plioreocepta was supported by the Bayesian tree; (3) the tribes Tephrellini, Myopitini, and Terelliini (excluding Neaspilota) were supported as monophyletic groups; (4) the non-monophyletic nature of the tribes Dithrycini, Eutretini, Noeetini, Tephritini, Cecidocharini, and Xyphosiini; and (5) recognition of 10 putative tribal groups, most of which were supported strongly by the statistical tests of the interior branches. Our results, therefore, convincingly suggest that an extensive rearrangement of the tribal classification of the Tephritinae is necessary. Since our sampling of taxa heavily relied on the current accepted classification, some lineages identified by the present study were severely under-sampled and other possible major lineages of the Tephritinae were probably not even represented in our dataset. We believe that our results provide baseline information for a more rigorous sampling of additional taxa representing all possible major lineages of the subfamily, which is essential for a comprehensive revision of the tephritine tribal classification.

• Journal of Species Research
• /
• 제10권2호
• /
• pp.99-116
• /
• 2021

In 2018, as a subset study to discover indigenous prokaryotic species in Korea, a total of 18 unreported bacterial strains were discovered. From the high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>98.8%) and formation of a robust phylogenetic clade, it was determined that each strain belonged an independent and predefined bacterial species. There were no official report that these 18 species were previously described in Korea; therefore, one strain of Williamsia, one strain of Rhodococcus, three strains of Microbacterium, three strains of Agromyces, one strain of Arthrobacter, one strain of Paeniglutamicibacter, one strain of Pseudarthrobacter, one strain of Nocardioides, one strain of Fibrella, one strain of Hymenobacter, one strain of Deinococcus, two strains of Fictibacillus, and one strain of Paenibacillus are described as unreported bacterial species in Korea. Gram reaction, basic biochemical characteristics, and colony and cell morphologies are described in the species description section.

• Journal of Species Research
• /
• 제10권4호
• /
• pp.321-335
• /
• 2021

In 2020, a total of 12 bacterial strains were isolated from soil after a comprehensive investigation of indigenous prokaryotic species in Korea. It was determined that each strain belonged to independent and predefined bacterial species, with high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>98.7%) and formation of a robust phylogenetic clade with the closest species. This study identified four families in the phylum Actinobacteria, two families in the phylum Proteobacteria, one family in the phylum Bacteroidetes one family in the phylum Firmicutes; and four species in the family Nocardiaceae, two species in the family Nocardioidaceae, one species in the family Cellulomonadaceae, one species in the family Hymenobacter, one species in the family Methylobacteriaceae, one species in the family Microbacteriaceae, one species in the family Bacillaceae and one species in the family Sphingomonadaceae. There is no official report of these 12 species in Korea, so they are described as unreported bacterial species in Korea in this study. Gram reaction, basic biochemical characteristics, colony, and cell morphology are included in the species description section.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
• /
• 제44권3호
• /
• pp.96-100
• /
• 2019

The purpose of this study was to develop Peptoniphilus mikwangii-specific quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) primers based on the 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rDNA) gene. The specificity of the primers was determined by conventional PCR using 29 strains of 27 oral bacterial species including P. mikwangii. The sensitivity of the primers was determined by qPCR using the purified genomic DNA of P. mikwangii KCOM $1628^T$ (40 ng to 4 fg). The data showed that the qPCR primers (RTB134-F4/RTB134-R4) could detect P. mikwangii strains exclusively and as little as 40 fg of the genomic DNA of P. mikwangii KCOM $1628^T$. These results suggest that the developed qPCR primer pair can be useful for detecting P. mikwangii in epidemiological studies of oral bacterial infectious diseases.

• 환경생물
• /
• 제29권3호
• /
• pp.144-153
• /
• 2011

제주도 한라산에 위치한 국내 최대규모의 고산습지인 숨은물벵뒤 습지의 Alphaproteobacteria와 Gammaproteobacteria강에 속하는 세균 종의 다양성을 조사하였고, 신분류군 후보 균주 19종을 확보하였다. 신종후보 균주의 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열을 분석하였을 때 표준균주와 98.7% 미만의 유사도를 보이는 균주들을 신종후보균주로 간주하였다. 총 19종의 세균이 Alphaproteobacteria와 Gammaproteobacteria 강에 속하는 신종후보 균주들로 발견되었다. Alphaproteobacteria 강에 속하는 균주들은 Sphingomonadaceae 과 Novosphingobium 속에 속하는 4종과 Rhizobiaceae 과 Rhizobium 속에 속하는 2종이 분리되었다. Gammaproteobacteria 강에 속하는 균주들은 Moraxellaceae 과 Acinetobacter 속에 속하는 2종, Pseudomonadaceae과 Pseudomonas 속에 속하는 3종, Enterobacteriaceae과의 Enterobacter 속에 속하는 1종, Erwinia 속의 2종, Leclercia 속의 1종, Rahnella 속의 1종, Serratia속의 1종, Yersinia 속의 2종이 분리되었다. 분리된 19개 후보신종에 대하여 배양학적 특징, 생리화학적 특징 및 지방산 분석 결과를 정리하였다.