• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Applied Microbiology Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.78-89
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• 2000

Protein secretion in filamentous fungi has been shown to be restricted to actively growing hyphal tips. To determine whether an increase in the amount of growing surface area of a fungus can lead to an increase in the amount of protein secretion, we examined secretion in a temperature-sensitive Neurospora crassa mcb mutant that shows a loss of growth polarity when incubated at restrictive-temperature. Incubation of the mcb mutant at restrictive-temperature results in a three- to five-fold increase in the level of extracellular protein and a 20- fold increase in carboxymethyl cellulase activity relative to a wild-type strain. A mutation in the cr-l gene has been shown previously to suppress the apolar growth phenotype of the mcb mutant, and we find that the level of extracellular protein produced by a mcb; cr-l double mutant was reduced to that of the wild-type control. Immunolocalization of a secreted endoglucanase revealed that proteins are secreted mainly at hyphal tips in hyphae exhibiting polar growth and over the entire surface area of bulbous regions of hyphae that are produced following a shift of the mcb mutant to restrictive-temperature. These results support the hypothesis that secretion of extracellular protein by a filamentous fungus can be significantly increased by mutations that alter growth polarity.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.23 no.4 s.75
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• pp.318-324
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• 1995

The evolutionary relationships of the genus Trichoderma and related taxa were assessed using partial sequencing of 18S ribosomal RNA. Phylogenetic tree divided into three major groups; 1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae-Geotrichum klebahnii-Alternaria mali group; 2. Neurospora crassa-Aspergillus-Penicillium-Chrysosporium pannorum-Scopulariopsis sp. group; 3. Trichoderma group. The genus Trichoderma seemed to be phylogenetically separated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus and Penicillium groups, and have passed through it's own evolutionary pathway.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.149-157
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• 1985

The HCL hydrolyzate of the non-histone protein fractionated from the rat liver nuclei which have been incubated inthe presence of S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-$^{14}C$ ]-methionine shows at least four unidentified radioactive peaks on a basic amino acid analysis chromatogram. One of these unknown compounds (designated as compound 3) is also formed by the rat liver homogenated with the exogenous addition of an appropriate protein substrate. Since boiled rat liver homogenate or fresh homogenate in the absence of an exogenous protein substrate failed to form compound 3, its formation can be considered to be enzyme-catalyzed. The enzyme which yields compound 3 shows a preference of protein substrate in the order of reductively methylated hemoglobin > native > histone type II-A. The rat enzyme is nuclear in location associated with chromatin, and exhibits the highest activity in the liver among various rat organs. A compound 3-forming enzyme is also present in Neurospora crassa, since endogenous formation of the compound 3 can be demonstrated with the crude extract of this mold. The chemical identity of compound 3 is not yet known. However, it resisted to the following treatments; 6 N HCL and 0.1 N Na NaOH hydrolysis at $110^{\circ}C$, OR L-amino acid oxidase.

• The Microorganisms and Industry
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.2-7
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• 1993

polyamine을 생합성하는 율속단계효소인 ornithine decarboxylase(ODC)는 미생물에서 많이 연구되어 왔으며 실제적으로 이 효소에 대한 연구는 세균에서 그 효시를 이루었다(1-5,19,35). 최근 들어서는 Escherichia coli(1-22), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (35-40), Neurospora crassa, Physarum polycephalum에서 보다 상세한 연구가 이루어졌는데, 본 고에서는 Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerveisiae에 관하여 좀 더 자세히 살펴보고자 한다. Polyamines의 연구나 ODC효소에 대한 연구는 미생물이 많이 이용되었는데, 이는 비교적 쉽게 세포배양이 되기도 하지만, ODC가 결손된 변이주를 만들기가 비교적 용이한 이유도 있었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.234-241
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• 2013

Polygalacturonase (PG) gene is a typical gene family present in eukaryotes. Forty-nine PGs were mined from the genomes of Neurospora crassa and five Aspergillus species. The PGs were classified into 3 clades such as clade 1 for rhamno-PGs, clade 2 for exo-PGs and clade 3 for exo- and endo-PGs, which were further grouped into 13 sub-clades based on the polypeptide sequence similarity. In gene structure analysis, a total of 124 introns were present in 44 genes and five genes lacked introns to give an average of 2.5 introns per gene. Intron phase distribution was 64.5% for phase 0, 21.8% for phase 1, and 13.7% for phase 2, respectively. The introns varied in their sequences and their lengths ranged from 20 bp to 424 bp with an average of 65.9 bp, which is approximately half the size of introns in other fungal genes. There were 29 homologous intron blocks and 26 of those were sub-clade specific. Intron losses were counted in 18 introns in which no obvious phase preference for intron loss was observed. Eighteen introns were placed at novel positions, which is considerably higher than those of plant PGs. In an evolutionary sense both intron loss and gain must have taken place for shaping the current PGs in these fungi. Together with the small intron size, low conservation of homologous intron blocks and higher number of novel introns, PGs of fungal species seem to have recently undergone highly dynamic evolution.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.519-519
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• 2013

본 연구에서는, 전기적 충격이 없고 넓은 면적을 동시에 처리할 수 있는 형태의 유전체 장벽 방전(DBD: Dielectric Barrier Discharge)을 이용한 대기압 저온 플라즈마 장치를 제작하고 이를 이용하여 빵 곰팡이(Neurospora crassa) 살균에 대한 기본 분석을 하였다. 실험에 사용한 저온 대기압 면방전 플라즈마의 파워는 사인파 교류전압을 인가하여, 방전전압은 1.4~2.3 kV, 방전전류는 20~30 mA의 값을 가지며, 전압과 전류의 위상차는 약 80도의 기울기 차이가 난다. 이때의 출력은 약 4 W를 가지며, 공랭식 쿨러를 이용하여 유전체의 열을 배출하였다. 시료대의 온도 측정결과 방전과 동시에 쿨러를 작동할 경우 최대 10분에서 37도를 넘지 않았다. 장치에서 발생하는 플라즈마에 의한 O3의 양은 플라즈마 발생부로부터 10 mm 이내에서 약 25~30 ppm 이 측정되었으며, NO나 NO2 는 거의 검지되지 않았다. 증류수(Deionized water)속에 담긴 빵 곰팡이(Neurospora crassa) 포자를 면방전 플라즈마 발생장치로 처리하였을 때, 포자의 발아율은 처리시간 및 출력파워가 증가함에 따라 급격히 감소하였으나 VM (Vogel's Minimal) 배양액에 넣고 플라즈마 처리를 한 경우에는, 증류수의 결과와 달리 살균효과가 미비함을 보였다. MTT 측정법 또한 같은 경향성을 보였으며, 이를 통해 포자를 둘러싸고 있는 환경이 플라즈마의 살균효과에 영향을 미치는 것으로 보인다. 본 실험을 통해, 유전체 장벽을 이용한 면방전 플라즈마 발생장치가 플라즈마 제트(jet)와 달리 직접적인 플라즈마 접촉 없이도 미생물 살균이 가능하다는 것을 보았으며, 처리대상의 생체용액과 같은 주변 환경에 영향을 받음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 면방전 플라즈마 장치로부터 발생하는 O3과 같은 활성종들이 빵 곰팡이의 비활성화에도 역할을 할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.85-91
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• 1998

Habitative microorganisms were isolated from the floated air and surface of record materials of library with ancient archives. The major ecological fungi from them were isolated and identified as Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae, Neurospora sitophile, Mucor mucedo, Mucor rouxii, Penicilliun notatum, Rhizopus delema, Rhizopus nigricans, Thamnidium elegans, and Tricoderma viridae. When the cellulase activity of fungi isolated from ancient archives and documents was analyzed, Mucor rouxii and Penicilliun notatum showed the highest avicelase and filter paper activity, to 18.089 and 2.819 units, respectively, showing destructive ability of old archives and documents. Whereas, Mucor mucedo revealed the highest CMCase activity of exoglucanase to 7.044 units.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.192-196
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• 1999

CHEF-PFGE(Contour-Clarnped Homogeneous Electric field- Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis) was used to identify electrophoretic karyotype for eight strains belonging to the Fzisoriuni section Liseolo. Chromosome numbers were nine to thirteen bands, ranging in size Cram 0.75 to 6.45 Mb. The total genome size was eslimated to range from 38.19 Mb to 43.12 Mb and numerous chromosome-length polymorphisms (CLPs) were observed. For the chromosome localizalion of the gene, 1GS sequence(2.6 Kb) of rDNA from F: moniliforme, chs-2 gene(2.8 Kb) and 4 - 3 gene(3.8 Kb) from Neuuospora cmssa were wed as probes.

• The Microorganisms and Industry
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.12-14
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• 1988

빛에 의한 생물체의 분화는 작용파장별로 분류 할 때 고등식물에서 흔히 나타나는 붉은 빛에 의한 분화와 곰팡이류에서 볼 수 있는 푸른빛에 의한 것 두 종류가 있다. 곰팡이는 Chlorophyll이나 Phytochrome이 없어 붉은ㅅ개 파장을 흡수하는 phytochrome에 의한 분화는 없으나 푸른색은 곰팡이의 생활사에 중요한 요인이 된다. 예를 들면 Phycomyces와 Trichoderma의 photophorogenesis, Cyathus와 Coprinus의 fruiting body형성, Poycomyces와 Neurospora의 photocarotenogenesis, Phycomyces와 Pilobolus의 phototropism등 곰팡이의 metabolism과 development가 푸른 빛에 의하여 영향을 받는다. 한편 곰팡이의 포자및 포자생성기관은 녹색, 갈색, 흑색 등 phenoloxidase의 산물인 melanin 색소를 가지는 경우가 많으며 그 예로는 Podospora, Schizophyllum, Aspergillus 등과 같이 reproduction 할 때 phenoloxidase가 직접적 혹은 간접적으로 연관되어 있다. 버섯형성균류의 하나인 Coprinus congregatus는 버섯형성과정에서 빛을 필요로 하며 이때 phenoloxidase가 어떠한 역할을 하는지 실험하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.30-36
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• 2001

The microbiodeterioration of paper material like books, archival material, manuscripts both illustrated and written, decorative wall papers, etc. is a serious problem throughout the world in museums, libraries, archives, etc. where these materials are placed. The major ecological fungi from record materials of library with ancient achieves were isolated and identified as Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae, Neurospora sitophile. Mucor mucedo, Mucor rouxii, Penicillium notatum, Rhizopus delema, Rhizopus nigracans, Thanmnidium elegans, Tricodema viridae, Bacillus cereus. Bacillus megaterium, Enterrobacter aerogenes, and Staphylococcus auerus. This study was carried out to investigate the antigungal activities of essential oils. The Essential oils from herb were obtained by vapor distillation method, and the antimicrobial activities were examined with ten fungi & four bacteria. It was found to have activity against microorganisms isolated from a achieves stack rooms.