• BMB Reports
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.783-790
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• 2007

Receptor binding plays an important role in determining host specificity of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry $\delta$-endotoxins. Mutations in domains II and III have suggested the participation of certain residues in receptor recognition and insect specificity. In the present study, we expressed the cloned domain II-III fragment of Cry4Ba and examined its binding characteristics to mosquito-larval midgut proteins. The 43-kDa Cry4Ba-domain II-III protein over-expressed in Escherichia coli as inclusion bodies was only soluble when carbonate buffer, pH 10.0 was supplemented with 4M urea. After renaturation via stepwise dialysis and subsequent purification, the refolded domain II-III protein, which specifically reacts with anti Cry4Ba-domain III monoclonal antibody, predominantly exists as a $\beta$-sheet structure determined by circular dichroism spectroscopy. In vitro binding analysis to both histological midgut tissue sections and brush border membrane proteins prepared from susceptible Aedes aegypti mosquito-larvae revealed that the isolated Cry4Ba-domain II-III protein showed binding functionality comparable to the 65-kDa full-length active toxin. Altogether, the data present the 43-kDa Cry4Ba fragment comprising domains II and III that was produced in isolation was able to retain its receptor-binding characteristics to the target larval midgut proteins.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.284-292
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• 2012

파밤나방(Spodoptera exigua)은 유기합성 농약을 이용한 화학 살충제 외에 뚜렷한 방제방법이 알려져 있지 않으나, 그에 대한 저항성과 더불어 식물을 가해하는 방법에 있어 그들만의 독특한 숙주 가해습성으로 인해 난방제 해충으로 알려져 있다. 화학살충제에 대한 저항성의 해결을 위하여 곤충병원성 바이러스 및 세균을 이용한 살충제가 개발되어 있으나, 이들 역시 파밤나방 유충이 줄기 속으로 들어가는 가해습성으로 인하여 효과적이지 못한 실정이다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 그들의 가해습성과 저항성을 극복할 수 있는 새로운 방제원으로써, 체벽과의 일시적인 접촉을 통해 살충성을 발휘할 수 있는 파밤나방에 대한 병원성 곰팡이를 분리하고 그 특성 및 살충성을 조사하였다. 파밤나방 병원성 곰팡이는 파밤나방 누대사육 중 곰팡이병 증상을 보이며 이병된 사충으로부터 분리하였으며, 분리 곰팡이는 배지에서의 증식상 및 현미경적 관찰을 통한 형태학적 동정과 더불어 ITS, ${\beta}$-tublin 및 EF1-${\alpha}$ 부분의 염기서열 분석을 통해 Nomuraea rileyi로 최종 동정하고 N. rileyi SDSe로 명명하였다. 분리 균주의 파밤나방에 대한 살충력 검정은 $1{\times}10^4-10^8conidia/ml$까지의 다양한 포자현탁액에 파밤나방 3령 유충을 침지하는 조건으로 수행한 결과, 20-54%의 살충률을 나타냈으며 포자현탁액의 농도가 증가할수록 살충력도 증가하는 양상을 나타냈다. 본 연구결과 분리된 N. rileyi 균주가 비록 높은 살충력을 보이지 않았으나, 파밤나방이 난방제 해충임을 감안할 때 다른 방제방법과 함께 종합적 해충 방제 방법에 있어 효과적인 방제수단의 일환이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.67-72
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• 1997

우리나라에서 뽕나무 및 과수의 주요 천공성해충으로 알려진 뽕나무하늘소의 지역별 분포, 알 과 부화유충의 크기 및 월동중 생존률, 그리고 월동태 등 생태적인 특성을 조사하였다. 7개도의 뽕밭에서 뽕나무하늘소의 분포를 조사한 결과 경기지역이 3.05%로 가장 높았고 경남지역은 0.28%로 가장 낮았다. 가지당 산란흔 수는 1가지에 1개가 87.7%로 가장 많았고, 산란흔의 크기는 평균 $2.38\times1.45\times0.34$ cm 였으며, 산란흔을 가지고 있는 가지의 지경은 평균 1.7cm 였다. 알의 크기는 단경 $2.32\pm0.33$ mm, 장경 $6.60\pm0.55$ mm로 긴 타원형이었으며, 무게는 $16.6\pm2.94$ mg 이었다. 부화유충은 체중이 $16.6\pm2.4$ mg, 체장은 $6.36\pm0.66$ mm로 유백색이었다. 유충의 가지내 이동방향은 아래쪽으로 이동하는 것이 야외사육의 경우 94.2%, 실내가지육에서는 87.9%로 대부분 아래쪽으로 이동하였다. 수집한 가지의 산란흔을 가지고 월동태를 조사한 결과 경기.경북지역에서 알의 비율이 유충비율보다 2~3배 많았으며 전북, 전남, 경남지역에서는 유충비율이 높았다. 월동후 유충의 생존율은 91.2%로 매우 높은 반면 알의 생존율은 6.6%로 상당히 낮게 나타났다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때, 비록 낮은 비율이지만 뽕나무하늘소의 경우 알로도 월동함을 알 수 있었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.119-123
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• 2013

We report here a case of oral myiasis in the Republic of Korea. The patient was a 37-year-old man with a 30-year history of Becker's muscular dystrophy. He was intubated due to dyspnea 8 days prior to admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). A few hours after the ICU admission, 43 fly larvae were found during suction of the oral cavity. All maggots were identified as the third instars of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) by morphology. We discussed on the characteristics of myiasis acquired in Korea, including the infection risk and predisposing factors.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.197-204
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• 1993

Flounder culture has been developed mainly in the western parts of japan, and, to date, following six bacterial diseases have been reported. Bacterial white enteritis occurs in 16 to 30-day-old flounder larvae and often causes mass mortality in seed production. Bacterium named Vibrio sp. INFL invades and multiplies in the mucosae of posterier part of intestine, and causes desquamative enteritis. Gliding bacterial disease occurs mostly in juvenile stage and in spring to summer. Diseased signs are partial discoloration and erosion of skin and fins. Histologically, epidermis are removed, and the causative bacterium, Flexibacter maritimus, multiplies on the surface of demis and invades into the muscular tissue. Vibriosis caused by Vibrio anguillarum and related organisum is one of the well-known diseases among marine fish. Outbreaks of the disease in flounder culture are relatively few, but mass mortalities in fingerlings due to the disease were reported. An outbreak of nocardiosis in the autumn of 1984 has been reported, but since then the disease scarcely occurred. The disease is characterized by formation of abscesses under the skin and white nodes in the gill, heart, spleen and kidney. Streptococcicosis occurs frequently in recent years. Beta-hemolytic streptococcus is the causative bacterium, which possesses the same biochemical and serological characteristics as $\beta$-streptococci isolated from some marine and freshwater fish, and is seemed to related to Streptococcus iniae. Edwardsiellosis is the disease that causes most damage in flounder culture in Japan. Characteristic symptoms are swelling of abdomen and intestinal protrusion from the anus due to accumulation of ascites. Edwardsiella tarda, a well-known pathogen of freshwater fish, is the causative bacterium of the disease.

• 한국토양동물학회지
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• 제11권1_2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2006

The chigger is of importance to humans and animals as an irritating pest and a crucial vector of disease. We observed stylostome formation by larvae of Leptotrombidium pallidum in parasitized striped-field mouse (Apodemus agarius) pinna skin. The stylostome formations were also examined in detail by electron microscopy. The proximal and middle parts of the stylostome were formed as a rod-like structure containing a canal. The stylostome was coated with thick degenerated epidermal cells, and seemed to be formed a hyperplastic epidermis. The stylostome formation may result from an interaction between larval secretions and the host tissue. According to histological and morphological characteristics, the stylostome exhibited considerable inflammation in the epidermis and similar reactivity.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2006

The tea looper caterpillar, Ectropis obliqua, is one of the major pests of tea bushes. E. obliqua single-nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (EcobSNPV) has been used as a commercial pesticide for biocontrol of this insect. However only limited genetic analysis for this important virus has been done up to now. EcobSNPV was characterized in this study. Electron microscopy analysis of the occlusion body showed polyhedra of 0.7 to $1.7\;{\mu}m$ in diameter containing a single nucleocapsid per envelope of the virion. A 15.5 kb genomic fragment containing EcoRI-L, EcoRI-N and HindIII-F fragments, was sequenced. Analysis of the sequence revealed that the fragment contained eleven potential open reading frames (ORFs): lef-1, egt, 38.7k, rrl, polyhedrin, orfl629, pk-1, hoar and homologues to Spodoptera exigua multicapsid NPV (SeMNPV) ORFs 15, 28, and 29. Gene arrangement and phylogeny analysis suggest that EcobSNPV is closely related to the previously described Group II NPV. Bioassays on lethal concentration $(LC_{50}\;and\;LC_{90})$ and lethal time $(LT_{50}\;and\;LT({90})$ were conducted to test the susceptibility of E. obliqua larvae to the virus.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.187-201
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate the temporal and spatial variability of taxonomic groups and major species of the mesozooplankton community in Lake Shihwa, Korea. Monthly collections were carried out at five stations in Lake Shihwa for a period of one year. The mesozooplankton community showed distinct seasonal variability with water temperature and salinity. Major mesozooplankton species in each seasonal community were derived from non-metric MDS and SIMPER as follows: winter community (Acartia hongi and Eurytemora pacifica), spring community (Acartia hudsonica and Polychaeta larvae), summer community (Acartia sinjiensis, Pavocalanus crassirostris, Evadne tergestina and Cirripedia nauplii) and fall community (Paracalanus indicus and Podon leuckarti). The succession of the seasonal species, A. hudsonica and A. sinjiensis, was the most remarkable event during the seasonal changes of the mesozooplankton community. The species response curve of these species fitted with the logistic regression in relation to water temperature and salinity. The curve also correctly represented the characteristics of the occurrence of A. hudsonica and A. sinjiensis in Lake Shihwa.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.265-268
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• 2009

Karaj is an area with large influx of refugee people in Iran. To increase knowledge about parasitic infections, we carried out this research during 2006-2008. We recorded the stool examination results and some of their personal characteristics. A total of 13,915 human stools were examined, and 649(4.7%) were positive for intestinal parasites. Among them, 13 (0.09%) had worm and 636 (4.6%) had protozoan infections. Maximum infections belonged to Giardia intestinalis, and 534 (3.8%) samples had this infection. Other parasitic infections included Entamoeba coli(0.39%), Entamoeba histolytica (0.021%), Blastocystis hominis (0.08%), Trichomonas hominis (0.1%), Iodamoeba butschlii (0.06%), Chilomastix mesnili (0.007%), Endolimax nana (0.05%), Enterobius spp. eggs (0.028%), Taenia proglottids (0.028%), and Strongyloides stercoralis larvae (0.03%). The maximum numbers of referred people to laboratories were in July and the maximum percentage of infections was in August. There is a point that all 5 Strongyloides stercoralis infections were pertained to 2008. With attention to the rate of parasitic infections (4.7%), it seems that we should take additional educational information to wide spectrum of people living in this city.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.545-549
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• 2014

Sparganosis is an infection with a parasitic tapeworm larva that occurs by eating infected foods or drinking contaminated water. The larvae can migrate to a tissue or muscle in the chest, abdominal wall, extremities, eyes, brain, urinary tract, pleura, pericardium, spinal canal, or scrotum. Herein, we report a 5-month old infant with scrotal sparganosis who was initially suspected to have a scrotal inflammatory mass with a history of applying raw frog meat into the umbilicus. Preoperative ultrasound examinations and computed tomography (CT) scanning misdiagnosed the mass as a scrotal teratoma. The scrotal mass was surgically removed, and the histopathology proved it to be scrotal sparganosis. This case displays the youngest patient ever reported with scrotal sparganosis, and the first description of CT characteristics of scrotal sparganosis. A detailed medical history is necessary for patients with scrotal masses suspected of sparganosis. In addition, ultrasound and CT examinations are helpful to rule out other causes of a scrotal mass.