• Mycobiology
• /
• 제42권3호
• /
• pp.286-290
• /
• 2014

Fungi are the known sources of irritation associated with atopic diseases (e.g., asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema). To quantitatively estimate their presence in the indoor environment of atopic dermatitis-inflicted child patient's houses (ADCPHs), the high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters installed inside the air cleaners of three different ADCPHs were investigated for the presence of mold. The air cleaner HEPA filters obtained from the three different ADCPHs were coded as HEPA-A, -B, and -C, respectively, and tested for the presence of mold. The colony forming units (CFUs) corresponding to the HEPA-A, -B, and -C filters were estimated to be $6.51{\times}10^2{\pm}1.50{\times}10^2CFU/cm^2$, $8.72{\times}10^2{\pm}1.69{\times}10^2CFU/cm^2$, and $9.71{\times}10^2{\pm}1.35{\times}10^2CFU/cm^2$, respectively. Aspergillus, Penicillium, Alternaria, Cladosporium, Trichoderma, and other fungal groups were detected in the 2,494 isolates. The distribution of these fungal groups differed among the three filters. Cladosporium was the major fungal group in filters HEPA-A and -C, whereas Penicillium was the major fungal group in the filter HEPA-B. Nine fungal species, including some of the known allergenic species, were identified in these isolates. Cladosporium cladosporioides was the most common mold among all the three filters. This is the first report on the presence of fungi in the air cleaner HEPA filters from ADCPHs in Korea.

• Natural Product Sciences
• /
• 제26권3호
• /
• pp.230-235
• /
• 2020

A pregnane steroid, 3α-hydroxy-pregn-7-ene-6,20-dione (1), was isolated from a Hydractinia-associated Cladosporium sphaerospermum SW67 by repetitive column chromatographic separation and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purification. The planar structure of 1 was elucidated from the analysis of the spectroscopic data (1D and 2D NMR spectra) and LC-MS data. The absolute configuration of 1 was determined by interpretation of ROESY spectrum of 1, together with the comparison of reported spectroscopic values in previous studies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the identification of the pregnane scaffold from C. sphaerospermum, a natural source. Compound 1 was evaluated for its effects on lipid metabolism and adipogenesis during adipocyte maturation and showed that compound 1 substantially inhibited lipid accumulation compared to the control. Consistently, the expression of the adipocyte marker gene (Adipsin) was reduced upon incubation with 1. Further, we evaluated the effects of 1 on lipid metabolism by measuring the transcription of lipolytic and lipogenic genes. The expression of the lipolytic gene ATGL was significantly elevated upon exposure to 1 during adipogenesis, whereas the expression of lipogenic genes FASN and SREBP1 was significantly reduced upon treatment with 1. Thus, our findings provide experimental evidence that the steroid derived from Hydractinia-associated C. sphaerospermum SW67 is a potential therapeutic agent for obesity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제21권12호
• /
• pp.1270-1279
• /
• 2011

Bealmijang is a short-term aged paste made from meju, which is a brick of fermented soybeans and other ingredients. Different types of bealmijang are available depending on the geographic region or ingredients used. However, no study has clarified the microbial diversity of these types. We identified 17 and 14 fungal species from black soybean meju (BSM) and buckwheat meju (BWM), respectively, on the basis of morphology, culture characteristics, and internal transcribed spacer and ${\beta}$-tubulin gene sequencing. In both meju, Aspergillus oryzae, Rhizopus oryzae, Penicillium polonicum, P. steckii, Cladosporium tenuissimum, C. cladosporioides, C. uredinicola, and yeast species Pichia burtonii were commonly found. Moreover, A. flavus, A. niger, P. crustosum, P. citrinum, Eurotium niveoglaucum, Absidia corymbifera, Setomelanomma holmii, Cladosporium spp. and unclassified species were identified from BSM. A. clavatus, Mucor circinelloides, M. racemosus, P. brevicompactum, Davidiella tassiana, and Cladosporium spp. were isolated from BWM. Fast growing Zygomycetous fungi is considered important for the early stage of meju fermentation, and A. oryae and A. niger might play a pivotal role in meju fermentation owing to their excellent enzyme productive activities. It is supposed that Penicillium sp. and Pichia burtonii could contribute to the flavor of the final food products. Identification of this fungal diversity will be useful for understanding the microbiota that participate in meju fermentation, and these fungal isolates can be utilized in the fermented foods and biotechnology industries.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
• /
• 제25권2호
• /
• pp.179-183
• /
• 2009

To facilitate the genetic manipulation of Cladosporium phlei, a causal agent of leaf spot disease in timothy (Phleum pretense), protoplast-mediated transformation of C. phlei has been developed and the resulting transformants were characterized in this study. Hygromycin B resistance was applied as a dominant selection marker due to the sensitivity of C. phlei to this antibiotic. The transformation efficiency ranged from approximately 20-100 transformants per experiment. Southern blot analysis of stable transformants revealed that transformation occurred by way of stable integration of the vector DNA into the fungal chromosome. PCR analysis and plasmid rescuing of randomly selected transformants suggested that integration of tandem repeat copies of vector DNA was common. In addition, multiple integrations of the transforming vector at different chromosomal sites were also observed. The establishment of a transformation method for C. phlei facilitates strain improvement of this fungus and can be applied as an initial step in the molecular analysis of pigment production in this fungus.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
• /
• 제34권3호
• /
• pp.236-240
• /
• 2018

Crop yield is critically related to the physiological responses and disease resistance of the crop, which could be strongly affected by high temperature conditions. We observed the changes in the growth of barley under higher than ambient air-temperature conditions using a temperature gradient field chamber (TGFC) during winter and spring. Before the stem extension stage of barley growth, Cladosporium sp. spontaneously appeared in the TGFC. The severity of disease became serious under warmer temperature conditions. Further, the stomata closed as the severity of the disease increased; however, stomatal conductance at the initial stage of disease was higher than that of the normal leaves. This was likely due to the Iwanov effect, which explains that stressed plants rapidly and transiently open their stomata before longer-term closure. In this study, we tested three optical methods: soil-plant analysis development (SPAD) chlorophyll index, photochemical reflectance index (PRI), and maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm). These rapid evaluation methods have not been used in studies focusing on disease stress, although some studies have used these methods to monitor other stresses. These three indicative parameters revealed that diseased barley exhibited lower values of these parameters than normal, and with the increase in disease severity, these values declined further. Our results will be useful in efficient monitoring and evaluation of crop diseases under future warming conditions.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
• /
• 제14권
• /
• pp.225-250
• /
• 1981

경남지방(慶南地方)의 지류(紙類) 및 섬유질유물(纖維質遺物) 보관고내(保管庫內) 공중균(空中菌)의 분포(分布) 조사(調査)를 위하여 중요민속자료(重要民俗資料) 37호(號) 이휴정소장출토복식(二休亭所藏出土服飾) 등(等) 4개소(個所)를 대상으로 하였다. 분리배지(分離培地)는 malt extract agar이었으며 잡균(雜菌)의 증식(增殖)을 방지(防止)하기 위(爲)하여 chloram phenicol을 첨가하여 사용하였다. 4개소 유물보관고(遺物保管庫)에서 분리(分離) 동정(同定)된 공중(空中) 사상균(絲狀菌)은 Cladosprium cladosprioides, Alternaria chlamydo-spora, Aspergillus fumigatus, A. versicolor, Eurotium chevalieri penicillum charlesii Var. rapidum, P. oxalicum, P. viridcatum, Trichoderma viride, Acremonium sp, Mucor sp, yeast 등(等) 8속(屬) 9종(種) 이었으며 또한 4개소(個所)의 유물보관고내(遺物保管庫內)에 분포(分布)된 사상균(絲狀菌) 포자(包子)는 Cladosporium cladosporioides가 제일 많았고 그 다음이 Acremonium sp, penicillium, Aspergillus Trichoderma, Aeternaria, Eurotium의 순서이었다. 또한 지류(紙類) 및 섬유질문화재(纖維質文化財)로부터 사상균(絲狀菌)을 직접 채취(直接 採取)하여 분리(分離) 동정(同定)한 결과(結果) 8속(屬) 14(種)이 검출되었다. 이중에서 가장 많이 분리(分離)된 종(種)은 Clodosporium cladosporioides이었고 그 외에 Acremonium, Penicillium, Asper gillus, Trichoderma 등도 분리(分離) 동정(同定) 되었다. 이중에서 특히 아직 우리 나라에서 미기록종(未記錄種)은 Chacetomium globosum, Mucor racemosus, Pspinalosum, Torulaellisii 등(等) 4종(種)이 발견(發見)되었음을 확인(確認)하였다. 끝으로 화학약제(化學藥劑)에 대(對)한 방균(防菌) 효과(效果) 실험(實驗)은 Aspergillus penicillium, cladosporium Trichoderma 등(等) 8종(種)을 대상으로 하였으며 약품(藥品)은 Benzoic acid, Sorbic acide, Dehydroacetic acid, Thymol 등(等) 4가지 화학약품(化學藥品)을 사용(使用)하여 방균효과(防菌效果)를 조사(調査) 하였다. 동실험결과(同實驗結果) Thymol은 0.5%이상(以上)에서 모든 균(菌)의 생장(生長)을 저지하였으며 기타 3가지의 화학약제(化學藥劑)는 각각(各各)의 농도(濃度)에 따라 억제상황(狀況)이 상이(相異)하게 나타났음을 보고(報告) 드린다.

• KSBB Journal
• /
• 제25권3호
• /
• pp.289-296
• /
• 2010

e-Lectin은 당 결합 단백질과 세포 응집 단백질로서, 식물방어의 역할도 하는데 방울토마토 열매의 locular fluid에는 곰팡이로부터 식물의 보호 기능을 하는 것으로 생각되는 chitin 결합 lectin이 들어 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 방울토마토의 locular fluid로부터 최종적으로 Sephadex G-200을 통과시켜 lectin을 분리한 다음, 이의 항균성과 분자량, 적혈구 응집력, 혈액특이성, 최적 온도, 열 안정성 및 최적 pH 등의 생화학적 특성을 연구하였다. 식물성 병원균인 4개의 균주 중 Cladosporium cucumerinum과 Monosporascus cannonballus에 대해서는 항균 활성을 나타내었으나, Fusarium oxysporum과 Rhizoctonia solani에 대해서는 항균 활성을 나타내지 않았다. SDS-PAGE의 결과, 2개의 band로 나타났으며, 이의 분자량을 표준 단백질을 이용 측정하여 87 kDa와 47 kDa로 계산되었다. 사람의 A, B, O, AB형의 혈액을 사용하여 각각의 혈구응집반응을 확인한 결과, A, B, O, AB형 모두에서 응집반응이 일어났으며, 이 중 B형 혈액에서 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 분리된 방울토마토 locular fluid lectin의 최적 반응 온도는 $30^{\circ}C$이며, 가장 높은 $30^{\circ}C$를 포함하는 $20-80^{\circ}C$ 범위에서 열 안정성을 보였고, 최적 pH는 7.0이다.

• Mycobiology
• /
• 제43권3호
• /
• pp.258-265
• /
• 2015

The fungi on Meju are known to play an important role as degrader of macromolecule of soybeans. In order to elucidate the origin of fungi on traditional Meju, mycobiota of the air both inside and outside traditional Meju fermentation rooms was examined. From 11 samples of air collected from inside and outside of 7 Meju fermentation rooms, 37 genera and 90 species of fungi were identified. In outside air of the fermentation room, Cladosporium sp. and Cladosporium cladosporioides were the dominant species, followed by Cladosporium tenuissimum, Eurotium sp., Phoma sp., Sistotrema brinkmannii, Alternaria sp., Aspergillus fumigatus, Schizophyllum commune, and Penicillium glabrum. In inside air of the fermentation room, Cladosporium sp., Aspergillus oryzae, Penicillium chrysogenum, Asp. nidulans, Aspergillus sp., Cla. cladosporioides, Eurotium sp., Penicillium sp., Cla. tenuissimum, Asp. niger, Eur. herbariorum, Asp. sydowii, and Eur. repens were collected with high frequency. The concentrations of the genera Aspergillus, Eurotium, and Penicillium were significantly higher in inside air than outside air. From this result and those of previous reports, the origin of fungi present on Meju was inferred. Of the dominant fungal species present on Meju, Lichtheimia ramosa, Mucor circinelloides, Mucor racemosus, and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis are thought to be originated from outside air, because these species are not or are rarely isolated from rice straw and soybean; however, they were detected outside air of fermentation room and are species commonly found in indoor environments. However, Asp. oryzae, Pen. polonicum, Eur. repens, Pen. solitum, and Eur. chevalieri, which are frequently found on Meju, are common in rice straw and could be transferred from rice straw to Meju. The fungi grow and produce abundant spores during Meju fermentation, and after the spores accumulate in the air of fermentation room, they could influence mycobiota of Meju fermentation in the following year. This could explain why concentrations of the genera Aspergillus, Eurotium, and Penicillium are much higher inside than outside of the fermentation rooms.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국식물병리학회 2005년도 한국식물병리학회 임시총회 및 춘계학술발표회
• /
• pp.73-73
• /
• 2005

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국식물병리학회 1999년도 정기총회 및 춘계 학술발표회
• /
• pp.30.2-30
• /
• 1999