• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.463-468
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• 2000

Ther effect of UV on the mortality rate of toxic dinoflagellate Amphidinium Carterae causing a red tide in the coastal area of korea was investigated in the batch and continuous-scale reactor equipped with ultraviolet irradiation-apparatus. Degussa P(sub)25 titanium oxide, a photocatalyst proved to be effective of the mortality of Amphidinium Carterae supplied with photocatalyst and UV radiation were greater than 95% in 2 minutes of UV radiation and the rate were higher than that by UV-radiation without titanium dioxide in the batch and continuous-flow scale reactor, The mortality time of Amphidinium Carterae increased with the cell density under UV-illumination in the batch scale reactor. The mortality rate in the density of $5.0$\times$10^4$ cell/mL at the same experimental condition was more than 90% in 4 minutes in the continuous flow scale reactor. The percentage of 99.9$\pm$0.1% of Amphidinium Carterae in the density of $0.5$\times$10^4$ cells/mL was died in 20 minutes when the phytoplankton was illuminated with UV-radiation without photocatalyst.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.673-679
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 해양미세조류 A. carterae의 기능성 평가를 위해 에탄올 추출을 하였고, 기존의 건강기능성식품인 클로렐라를 에탄올 추출하여 기능성을 비교하였다. 클로렐라 에탄올 추출물(CE)과 A. carterae 에탄올 추출물(AE)의 총페놀성 화합물은 각각 47.39 mg/g과 8.88 mg/g 으로 CE가 5.33배 높았으나, DPPH 라디컬소거능은 22.42%와 20.16%로 비슷한 수준이었다. 반면에 CE와 AE의 ABTS 라디컬 소거능은 각각 28.58%와 17.69%로 CE가 높아 CE의 항산화능은 페놀성 화합물의 효과로 판단된다. AE(10 mg/mL)의 항균활성은 그람음성균 6종과 그람양성균 10종에서 확인하였다. 그리고 CE(10 mg/mL)의 항균활성은 그람음성균 3종과 그람양성균 3종에서 확인되었다. ${\alpha}$-glucosidase의 억제활성은 AE($500{\mu}g/mL$)에서 82.07%이었고, CE는 효소활성을 촉진하는 것으로 나타났다. 암세포 생장억제활성은 $125{\mu}g/mL$ 농도의 AE를 첨가했을 때, HepG2와 HT-29의 생존율이 각각 38%와 11.27%이었다. $31.25-125{\mu}g/mL$의 농도범위에서 CE 첨가가 HepG2와 HT-29의 생장을 촉진하는 것으로 확인되었다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합하면, A. carterae 에탄올 추출물은 페놀성 화합물 이외의 항산화 물질을 보유하고, 항균활성, 항당뇨효과와 암세포 억제활성이 우수한 기능성 물질을 함유하고 있는 것으로 판단되어 기능성 소재로써의 활용가치가 높을 것으로 판단된다.

• ALGAE
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2017

The heterotrophic dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina is known to produce high levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) when fed on diverse algal prey. However, large-scale culturing of algal prey species is not easy and requires a large amount of budget, and thus more easily cultivable and low-cost prey is required. Dried yeast was selected as a strong candidate for an alternative prey in our preliminary tests. Thus, we explored the fatty acid composition and DHA production of O. marina fed on dried yeast and compared these results to those of O. marina fed on two algal prey species: the phototrophic dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae and chlorophyte Chlorella sp. powder. O. marina fed on dried yeast, which does not contain DHA, produced the same high level of DHA as those fed on DHA-containing A. carterae. This indicates that O. marina is likely to produce DHA by itself regardless of prey items. Furthermore, the DHA content (and portion of total fatty acid methyl esters) of O. marina satiated with dried yeast, 52.40 pg per cell(and 25.9%), was considerably greater than that of O. marina fed on A. carterae (26.91 pg per cell; 15.7%) or powder of Chlorella sp. powder (21.24 pg per cell; 16.7%). The cost of dried yeast (approximately 10 US dollars for 1 kg dried yeast) was much lower than that of obtaining the algal prey (approximately 160 US dollars for 1 kg A. carterae). Therefore, compared to conventional algal prey, dried yeast is a more easily obtainable and lower-cost prey for use in the production of DHA by O. marina.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 1999

A red tide organism, Amphidinium carterae was incubated under different iron/chelator and nitrate concentrations to investigate the factors controlling the growth. The chelation capacity played a critical role in regulating the nitrate reductase (NR) activity and in vivo fluorescence of this organism. However, there was a significant difference between the NR activity and in vivo fluorescence in response to trace metals and chelator treatments. In vivo fluorescence was the highest in FeEDTA 10 ${\mu}$M treatments and the lowest in DTPA 10 ${\mu}$M treatments. This indicates that the availability of the trace metal is important in regulating the in vivo fluorescence of this photosynthetic microalgae In contrast, NR activity showed the highest values in trace metal enriched treatments, and trace metal + DTPA treatments showed fairly high NR activities. This suggests that DTPA treatment did not hinder the NR activity as much as it did in vivo fluorescence. In vivo fluorescence and NR activity increased with nitrate concentration of up to 50 ${\mu}$M and remained relatively constant or the rate of increase decreased above that concentration, indicating that initial nitrate concentration of higher than a certain level would not accelerate the growth of A. carterae. Further investigation is needed to elucidate the reason for the difference in timing sequence between the NR and in vivo fluorescence in response to different metal treatments and chelation capacity.

• ALGAE
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.213-231
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• 2013

Amphidinium massartii Biecheler is an epiphytic and toxic dinoflagellate. Prior to the present study, A. massartii has been reported in the waters off the Mediterranean, Australian, USA, and Canadian coasts. We isolated Amphidinium cells from the coastal waters of Jeju Island, Korea and their morphology and rDNA sequences indicated that they were A. massartii. Herein, we report for the first time the occurrence of A. massartii in the waters of the temperate region in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The large subunit (LSU) rDNA sequences of the Korean strains were 0.7% different from those of an Australian strain of A. massartii CS-259, the closest species, but were 4.1-5.8% different from those of the other Australian strains and the USA strains of A. massartii and from those of Amphidinium sp. HG115 that was isolated from subtropical Okinawan waters. In phylogenetic trees based on LSU, internal transcribed spacer, small subunit rDNA, and cytochrome b sequences, the Korean strains belonged to the A. massartii clade, which was clearly divergent from the A. carterae clade. The morphology of the Korean A. massartii strains was similar to that of the originally described French strain and recently described Australian strain. However, we report for the first time here that scales were observed on the surface of the flagella. In conclusion, the Korean A. massartii strains have unique rDNA sequences, even though they have a very similar morphology to that of previously reported strains. This report extends the known range of this dinoflagellate to the temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2003

To know the effects of the red tide and toxic dinoflagellates on survival and growth of larvae of the mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, laboratory experiments were conducted by incubating larvae with either unialgal culture of 4 dinoflagellate species (Amphidinium carterae, Prorocentrum triestinum, Gymnodinium impudicum, or Akashiwo sanguinea) or a standard food (Isochrysis galbana) for 10 days. The survival of larvae was higher than 80% when the food was A. carterae, G. impudicum, or A. sanguinea. The lowest survival (20%) was found when the food was P. triestinum. When the food was P. triestinum, the survival of larvae rapidly decreased from 87% at day 4 down to ca. 50% at day 6, and 20% at day 10. This implies that the larval population of M. galloprovincialis can seriously be affected if they are exposed to the red tide water dominated by P. triestinum for more than 4 days. Shell length of larvae either increased or decreased according to the food species. When the food was A. carterae, G. impudicum, or A. sanguinea, shell length of larvae increased. But, it decreased when the food was P. triestinum. Though shell length increased in 3 treatments, the daily increments (0.63 $\mu$ m for A. carterae, 0.46 m for $\mu$ G. impudicum, and 1.10 m for $\mu$ A. sanguinea) were smaller than that of the standard food (3.79 m for $\mu$ I. galbana). Correlation analyses chowed that the change in shell length was not significant when the food was A. carterae or G. impudicum. Therefore, all of 4 dinoflagellates affected the growth of M. galloprovincialis larvae: growth was negative for P. triestinum, nil for A. carterae and G. impudicum, and positive but lower than standard food for A. sanguinea. These imply that the dinoflagellates are less valuable as foods for M. galloprovincialis larvae. So, decreased growth rate of larvae is expected during red tides, which will consequently cause delayed metamorphosis or failure to recruitment to the adult populations. In considering the harmful effects of red tides on the aquatic ecosystem, not only the effects on adult populations of fish and shellfish, but also the effects on larval populations should be included.

• ALGAE
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2013

Marine microalgae are a promising source of organisms that can be cultured and targeted to isolate the broad spectrum of functional metabolites. In this study, two species of cyanobacteria, Chlorella ovalis Butcher and Nannchloropsis oculata Droop, one species of bacillariophyta, Phaeoductylum tricornutum Bohlin, and one species of Dinophyceae, Amphidinium carterae (Hulburt) were cultured and biomasses used to evaluate the proximate comical compositions. Among the determined proximate chemical compositions of the cultured marine microalgae, the highest content of crude proteins and lipids were exhibited in P. tricornutum and A. carterae, respectively. Solvent-solvent partition chromatography was subjected to fractionate each of the cultured species and separated n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and aqueous fractions. Nitric oxide production inhibitory level (%) and cytotoxicity effect on lipo-polysaccharide-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages were performed to determine the anti-inflammatory activity. N. oculata hexane and chloroform fractions showed significantly the strongest anti-inflammatory activity at $6.25{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$ concentration. The cancer cell growth inhibition (%) was determined on three different cell lines including HL-60 (a human promyelocytic leukemia cell line), A549 (a human lung carcinoma cell line), and B16F10 (a mouse melanoma cell line), respectively. Among the extracts, C. ovalis ethyl acetate and A. carterae chloroform fractions suppressed the growth of HL-60 cells significantly at 25 and $50{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$ concentrations. Thus, the cultured marine microalgae solvent extracts may have potentiality to isolate pharmacologically active metabolites further using advance chromatographic steps. Hence, the cultured marine microalgae can be described as a good candidate for the future therapeutic uses.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2015

와편모류는 해양의 주요 일차 생산자로서, 독립영양성, 종속영양성 및 혼합영양성 등의 다양한 영양방식을 가지는 생물군으로서 해양 미소먹이망에서 중요한 생태학적 역할을 담당하고 있다. 그러나 와편모류에 대한 대부분의 연구가 연안이나 외해의 표영생태계에 국한되어 수행되었으며, 사질조간대에 서식하는 저서성 와편모류에 대한 연구는 매우 미흡하며, 국내에서는 제주연안을 제외하고는 거의 전무하다. 본 연구는 전라북도 서해안에 위치한 동호의 사질조간대에서 2012년 11월부터 2014년 2월까지 매월 간조기에 저서성 와편모류의 출현양상을 조사하고 주요 출현종의 28S rDNA 염기서열을 획득하여 분자계통학적 분석을 실시하였다. 연구기간동안 Gymnodiniales, Gonyaulacales, Peridiniales, Prorocentrales의 4개 목에 속하는 총 13속 27종의 저서성 와편모류가 출현하였고, Amphidinium 속이 9종으로 가장 다양한 종이 출현하였다. 동호를 비롯하여 서해안에 위치한 모항, 송호, 가마미와 제주 협재에서 분리한 저서성 와편모류 총 16종, 34개 종주에서 28S rDNA 염기서열 정보를 성공적으로 확보하였으며, 분자계통학적 분석에 이용하였다. Amphidinium에 속하는 종들은 Gymodiniales 목의 4개의 분기군 가운데 3개의 분기군에 걸쳐서 분지하여, 다계통학적(polyphyletic) 특성을 나타내었다. 28S rDNA염기서열을 이용한 유전적 거리를 비교한 결과 국내에서 출현한 Amphidinium mootonorum 종주들은 캐나다에서 분리한 종주와 19.2%의 유전적 차이를 보여 종내 변이가 출현 종들 가운데 가장 큰 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 해역에서 독성 와편모류인 Amphidinium carterae와 A. operculatum이 간헐적으로 출현하여 이들의 독성과 정량적인 모니터링이 추후에 필요하다.

• 환경생물
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2012

To understand growth characteristics of eight dominant red tide species ($Prorocentrum$ $minimum$, $Heterocapsa$ $triquetra$, $Scrippsiella$ $trochoidea$, $Akashiwo$ $sanguinea$, $Chattonella$ $marina$, $Heterosigma$ $akashiwo$, $Amphidinium$ $carterae$ and $Rhodomonas$ $salina$) in the Korean coastal water, the growth rates were examined in relation with the impacts of water temperature and bio-volume. Of these, $P.$ $minimum$, $C.$ $marina$, $H.$ $akashiwo$, $A.$ $carterae$ and $R.$ $salina$ were eurythermal species with relatively high growth rates in a borad ranges (15 to $25^{\circ}C$) of water temperature. On the other hand, the growth rate of $H.$ $triquetra$, $S.$ $trochoidea$ and $A.$ $sanguinea$ were high in relatively mid temperature (optimum: $25^{\circ}C$) condition. In particular, $H.$ $triquetra$ was well adapted in low temperature of 5 to $15^{\circ}C$, implying that the species can survive and grows even at very low temperature. Based on results of our experiment, the growth characterestics of five eurythermal species and three mid temperature species may have dominated in Korean coastal water during summer season and fall season, respectively. Contrastively, the growth characteristics of $H.$ $triquetra$ make a consistently dominant during the cold winter season. In addition, the growth rates of large bio-volume species were lower than those of small bio-volume species, indicates that growth of single cells of several flagellates might be depended on the cells sizes.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.314-319
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• 1979

바닥 말무리 dinoflagellate의 광합성 에너지 수용 색소인 peridinin의 전자 흡수스펙트럼을 PPP SCF MO 계산결과와 형광 편광 실험결과에 견주어 분석하였다. 청색광 부위의 흡수띠 (470 nm)는 $B{\leftarrow}A$ 천이에 대응하여 분자의 장축과 거의 평행 방향으로 편광되어 있음이 예측된다. 소위 "cis peak" 영역의 근자외선 흡수띠는 두개의 비교적 약한 ${\pi}{\rightarrow}{\pi}^*$천이 $(C{\leftarrow}A$와 $D{\leftarrow}A)$에 기인하며 그 편광축은 $^1B{\leftarrow}A$편광축 방향과 근접되어 있음이 MO 계산과 편광 측정에 의해 추정되었다. 그리고 락톤 카르보닐 원자단의 전자구조는 $^1B$ 상태에서도$^1A$ 상태 (ground state)에 비해서 과히 변화함이 없으나, allene기는 charge transfer적 성격을 농후하게 띠고 있어서 들뜬상태에서는 allene기가 전자결핍상태가 되는 것이 예측된다.