• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.25.1-25.5
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• 2017

An economic marine alga, which is considered to be an important source of carrageenan, was collected from Jindo of the southern coast of Korea. This species shares the vegetative and female reproductive features of Ahnfeltiopsis and is characterized mostly by its small size (up to 8 cm), terete to subterete thalli at the lower portion, cartilaginous in texture, dichotomous branches, rarely produced proliferations, and an absence of hypha-like filaments in the medulla. It is distinguished from other Korean species within the genus by the thallus feature. In a phylogenetic tree based on the molecular data, this alga nests in the same clade with A. concinna from Japan but forms a sister clade to A. concinna from Mexico and Hawaii (type locality). However, the genetic distance among those sequences was calculated as 0.1-1.3% for rbcL and 1.1% for COI sequences, considered to be intraspecific variation within the genus. Based on the morphology and molecular analysis, this alga is identified as A. concinna originally described from Hawaii. This is the first record of the species in the Korean marine algal flora.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.31.1-31.7
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• 2018

Three economic marine algae that have been used as food and carrageenan sources were collected from Korea during a survey of marine algal flora. They share the generic features of Hypnea, and three major clades supported by the sectional features were confirmed in a phylogenetic tree based on rbcL sequences. The first species, which belongs to a species group corresponding to the sect. Spinuligerae, nests in the same clade with Hypnea yamadae in a genetic distance of 0%. It is morphologically characterized by an entangled base, subcompressed or subterete to terete axes, somewhat percurrent main axis, irregularly alternately branching with wide angle, and rarely hooked spinous branchlets. The second one is also referred to the sect. Spinuligerae and formed the same clade as Hypnea cenomyce. The genetic distance between both sequences was calculated as 0.0-0.1%, which is considered to be intraspecific. This species is distinct by somewhat entangled thallus at the basal part, percurrent axis, short spine-like branchlets densely covering the axis, and medullary lenticular thickenings. The third alga, which forms a species group corresponding to the sect. Pulvinatae, nests in the same clade as Hypnea nidulans (no intraspecific divergence). It shows occasionally epiphytic habitat rather than epilithic habitat of low mat-forming growth and percurrent erect main axes with dense lateral branchlets. Based on these morphological and molecular data, the three Korean species are identified as H. yamadae, H. cenomyce, and H. nidulans. This is the first record of the Hypnea species in Korea.

• ALGAE
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.17-30
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• 2024

Red macroalga Pyropia yezoensis is a high valuable cultivated marine crop. Its acclimation to cold stress is especially important for long cultivation period across winter in coasts of warm temperate zone in East Asia. In this study, the response of P. yezoensis thalli to low temperature was analyzed on physiology and transcriptome level, to explore its acclimation mechanism to cold stress. The results showed that the practical photosynthesis activity (indicated by Φ_PSII and qP) was depressed and pigment allophycocyanin content was decreased during the cold stress of 48 h. However, the F_v/F_m and non-photochemical quenching increased significantly after 24 h, and the average growth rate of thalli also rebounded from 24 to 48 h, indicating a certain extent of acclimation to cold stress. On transcriptionally, the low temperature promoted the expression of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to carbohydrate metabolism and energy metabolism, while genes related to photosynthetic system were depressed. The increased expression of DEGs involved in ribosomal biogenesis and lipid metabolism which could accelerate protein synthesis and enhance the degree of fatty acid unsaturation, might help P. yezoensis thallus cells to cope with cold stress. Further co-expression network analysis revealed differential expression trends along with stress time, and corresponding hub genes play important roles in the systemic acquired acclimation to cold stress. This study provides basic mechanisms of P. yezoensis acclimation to cold temperature and may aid in exploration of functional genes for genetic breeding of economic macroalgae.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.732-738
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• 2018

Novel carbon-based solid acid catalysts were synthesized through a sustainable route from lipid-extracted microalgal residue of Dunaliella tertiolecta, for biodiesel production. Two carbon-based solid acid catalysts were prepared by surface modification of bio-char with sulfuric acid ($H_2SO_4$) and sulfuryl chloride ($SO_2Cl_2$), respectively. The treated catalysts were characterized and their catalytic activities were evaluated by esterification of oleic acid. The esterification catalytic activity of the $SO_2Cl_2$-treated bio-char was higher ($11.5mmol\;Prod.{\cdot}h^{-1}{\cdot}gCat.\;^{-1}$) than that of commercial catalyst silica-supported Nafion SAC-13 ($2.3mmol\;Prod.{\cdot}h^{-1}{\cdot}gCat.^{-1}$) and $H_2SO_4$-treated bio-char ($5.7mmol\;Prod.{\cdot}h^{-1}{\cdot}gCat.^{-1}$). Reusability of the catalysts was examined. The catalytic activity of the $SO_2Cl_2$-modified catalyst was sustained from the second run after the initial activity dropped after the first run and kept the same activity until the fifth run. It was higher than that of first-used Nafion. These experimental results demonstrate that catalysts from lipid-extracted algae have great potential for the economic and environment-friendly production of biodiesel.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.64-71
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• 2020

홍조류 참풀가사리(Gloiopeltis tenax)는 중국과 일본에서 경제적으로 유용한 종으로 알려져 있으며 이것은 예로부터 접착제나 식용 등으로 이용되었다. 실험에 사용된 재료는 전북 부안군 변산면 격포리에서 채집한 성숙한 사분포자체로부터 사분포자를 방출 받은 후 배양하여 형성된 반상근을 대량으로 확보하였다. 이를 해부현미경 하에서 4등분하여 재생과 생장 과정을 추적하였다. 절단된 반상근을 각 조건별로 배양하였고 광주기는 16:8 h L:D이며 온도조건은 10, 15, 20, 25℃이고 광도조건은 30, 85 µmol photons m^-2s^-1이다. 4등분된 반상근은 타원형으로 생장하다가 원주상의 직립 축을 형성하였다. 반상근의 크기는 배양 12주 후, 광도 85 µmol photons m^-2s^-1의 15℃ 온도에서 9.61±3.59 mm²로 최대였다. 평균 상대생장률은 광도 85 µmol photons m^-2s^-1의 15℃ 온도에서 5.15±0.80 %day-1으로 최대 생장률을 나타내었고 10℃ 온도에서 3.15±0.94 %day^-1으로 최저 생장률을 나타냈으며 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p < 0.05). 결론적으로 참풀가사리의 반상근을 이용한 방법이 효과적인 양식 방법임이 확인되었다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2017

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Sargassum horneri is an edible brown alga that grows in the subtidal zone as an annual species along the coasts of South Korea, China, and Japan. Recently, an extreme amount of S. horneri moved into the coasts of Jeju Island from the east coast of China, which made huge economic and environmental loss to the Jeju Island. Thus, utilization of this biomass becomes a big issue with the local authorities. Therefore, the present study was performed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory potential of crude polysaccharides (CPs) extracted from S. horneri China strain in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. MATERIALS/METHODS: CPs were precipitated from S. horneri digests prepared by enzyme assistant extraction using four food-grade enzymes (AMG, Celluclast, Viscozyme, and Alcalase). The production levels of nitric oxide (NO) and pro-inflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$ and interleukin (IL)-$1{\beta}$ were measured by Griess assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. The levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), nuclear factor (NF)-${\kappa}B$, and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) were measured by using western blot. The IR spectrums of the CPs were recorded using a fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectrometer. RESULTS: The polysaccharides from the Celluclast enzyme digest (CCP) showed the highest inhibition of NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells ($IC_{50}$ value: $95.7{\mu}g/mL$). Also, CCP dose-dependently down-regulated the protein expression levels of iNOS and COX-2 as well as the production of inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-$1{\beta}$, compared to the only LPS-treated cells. In addition, CCP inhibited the activation of NF-${\kappa}B$ p50 and p65 and the phosphorylation of MAPKs, including p38 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase, in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, FT-IR analysis showed that the FT-IR spectrum of CCP is similar to that of commercial fucoidan. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that CCP has anti-inflammatory activities and is a potential candidate for the formulation of a functional food ingredient or/and drug to treat inflammatory diseases.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.920-926
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• 2010

본 연구는 단단한 세포벽을 이루고 있어 지질 추출 및 유용 물질의 용출이 어려운 C. vulgaris를 이용하여, 1200 psi의 압력으로 1회 및 2회의 homogenization 전 처리가 이루어 졌으며, chloroform-methanol 혼합 용액으로 기존 $65^{\circ}C$ 온도에서 짧은 시간(1 hr) 동안 비등이 이루어지던 것과는 달리, $35^{\circ}C$ 온도조건에서 적정시간(5 hr) 동안 교반하는 최적용매추출법으로 얻어낸 지질 추출 부산물에 대한 식품영양학적 가치 평가와 세포독성, 면역 활성 탐색을 통하여 식품첨가물로 이용 가능성을 확인하였다. 일반성분 및 무기질, 아미노산 함량 분석결과 대부분의 유용 물질의 용출량이 증가하였으며, 특히 HCM-35는 총 열량의 감소와 함께 carbohydrate와 crude protein이 각각 30.8%, 56.8%로 높았으며, 그 외 필수 mineral 및 아미노산 함량의 증가를 통하여 다이어트 및 건강식품 첨가물로서 높은 가치를 확인했다. 또한, 정상세포(HEK293, HEL299)에 대한 세포독성은 16% 이하로 낮으며, 면역증진 효과를 분석한 결과 면역 B세포와 T세포에서 각각 $12.8\times10^4$ cells/mL, $11.9\times10^4$ cells/mL로 6일째 가장 높은 생육도를 보였으며, 추출 전 C. vulgaris와 비교하여 큰 차이가 없었다. C. vulgaris의 부산물은 높은 식품학적 및 생리활성 가치가 있다고 사료되며, 부산물의 소재화 가치가 높고, 특히 식품첨가물 이용 시, 다이어트 및 면역 기능을 통한 건강 향상이 기대된다. 또한 색깔, 매끈한 정도, 향기에 관한 관능 성 평가에서 높은 점수를 나타내어, 다이어트 및 건강보조식품 첨가물로 이용될 수 있을 것이다. 더 나아가 이와 같은 부산물 이용은 환경 친화적 자원 내 에너지 절약형 산업으로 환경오염문제 해결 및 산업구조 고도화에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.