• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 1999년도 임시총회 및 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.62.1-62
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• 1999

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2003년도 제39회 학술심포지움
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• pp.94-94
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• 2003

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.208-217
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• 2018

In this study, samples were collected from the leaves and stems of healthy wild Pistachio trees (Pistacia atlantica L.) from various locations of Baneh and Marivan regions, Iran. In total, 61 endophytic bacteria were isolated and grouped according to phenotypic properties. Ten selected isolates from each group were further identified by partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Based on the results, isolates were identified as bacteria belonging to Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Bacillus, Pantoea and Serratia genus. The ability of these isolates was evaluated to phytohormone production such as auxin and gibberellin, siderophore production, phosphate solubilization, atmospheric nitrogen fixation, protease and hydrogen cyanide production. All strains were able to produce the plant growth hormone auxin and gibberellin in different amounts. The majority of strains were able to solubilize phosphate. The results of atmospheric nitrogen fixation ability, protease and siderophore production were varied among strains. Only Ba66 could produce a low amount of hydrogen cyanide. The results of biocontrol assay showed that Pb78 and Sp15 strains had the highest and lowest inhibition effects on bacterial plant pathogens, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Pss20 and Pseudomonas tolaasii Pt18 under in vitro condition. Pb3, Pb24 and Pb71 strains significantly promote root formation on carrot slices. To our knowledge this is the first report of the isolation of endophytic bacterial strains belonging to Pantoea, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Serratia and Stenotrophomonas genus from wild pistachio trees with plant growth promoting potential and biocontrol activity.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.283-288
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• 2008

Plant leaf surface is an important niche for diverse epiphytic microbes, including bacteria and fungi. Plant leaf surface plays a critical frontline defense against pathogen infections. The objective of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a starch-based super-absorbent polymer(SAP) combination, which enhances water potential and nutrient availability to plant leaves. We evaluated the effect of SAP on the maintenance of bacterial populations. In order to monitor bacterial populations in situ, a SAP mixture containing Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci that expressed recombinant green fluorescent protein(GFPuv) was spray-challenged onto whole leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana. The SAP combination treatment enhanced bacterial robustness, as indicated by disease severity and incidence. Unexpectedly, bacterial numbers were not significantly different between leaves treated with the SAP combination and those treated with water alone. Furthermore, young leaves treated with the SAP combination had more severe symptoms and a greater number of bacterial spots caused by primary and secondary infections compared to young leaves treated with the water control. In contrast, bacterial cell numbers did not statistically differ between the two groups, which indicated that measurement of viable GFP-based bacterial spots may provide a more sensitive methodology for assessing virulence of bacterial pathogens than methods that require dilution plating following maceration of bacterial-inoculated leaf tissue. Our study suggests that the SAP combination successfully increased bacterial aggressiveness, which could either be used to promote the ability of biological agents to control weedy plants or increase the robustness of saprophytic epiphytes against competition from potentially harmful microbes.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2006

WRKY family proteins are a class of plant-specific transcription factors involved in stress response signaling pathways. In this study a gene encoding a putative WRKY protein was isolated from a pepper EST database (http://genepool.kribb.re.kr). The cDNA, named Capsicum annuum WRKY2 (CaWRKY2), encodes a putative polypeptide of 548 amino acids, containing two WRKY domains with zinc finger motifs and two potential nuclear localization signals. Northern blot analyses showed that CaWRKY2 mRNA was preferentially induced during incompatible interactions of pepper plants with PMMoV, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 61, and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vesicatoria race 3. Furthermore, CaWRKY2 transcripts were strongly induced by wounding and ethephon treatment, whereas only moderate expression was detected following treatment with salicylic acid and jasmonic acid. CaWRKY2 was translocated to the nucleus when a CaWRKY2-smGFP fusion construct was expressed in onion epidermal cells. CaWRKY2 also had transcriptional activation activity in yeast. Taken together our data suggest that CaWRKY2 is a pathogen-inducible transcription factor that may have a role in early defense responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.137-143
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• 1999

A novel chromosomal gene tagging technique using a specific fragment of the fatty acid desaturase-like open reading frame (des-like ORF) from the tox-argK gene cluster of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola was developed to identify Xanthomonas spp.released into the environment as biocontrol agents. X. campestris pv. convolvuli FB-635, a pathogen of Convolvulus arvensis L., (bindweed), was chosen as the organism in which to develop and test the system. A 0.52 kb DES fragment amplified from P. syringae pv. phaseolicola C-199 was inserted into pGX15, a cosmid clone containing a 10.3 kb Eco RI-HindIII fragment derived from the xanthomonadin biosynthetic gene cluster contained in plasmid pIG102, to create a pigG::DES insertion. The 10.8 kb EcoRI-BamHI fragment carrying the pigG:: DES insertion was cloned into pLAFR3 to generate pLXP22. pLXP22 was then conjugated into X. campestris pv. convolvuli FB-635 and the pigG::DES insertion integrated into the bacterial chromosome by marker exchange. Rifampicin resistant, tetracycline sensitive, starch hydrolyzing, white colonies were used to differentiate the marked strain from yellow pigmented wild-type ones. PCR primers specific for the unique DES fragment were used for direct detection of the marked strain. Result showed the marked strain could be detected at very low levels even in the presence of high levels of other closely related or competitive bacteria. This PCR-based DES-tagging system provides a rapid and specific tool for directly monitoring the dispersal and persistence of Xanthomonas spp.released into the environment.

• 식물병연구
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.268-272
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• 2015

마늘 세균점무늬병은 국내에서 제주지역 난지형 마늘에서 Pseudomonas syringae pv. morri에 의해 발생하는 세균병해로 주요 병해 중 하나이다. 본 연구는 자연로그를 취한 이항분산에 대한 관측분산의 회귀모델인 binary power law를 이용하여 포장 내 병 발생의 공간분포 특성을 분석하였다. 회귀식의 기울기(b) 값이 1.361로 기준치인 1보다 커 세균점무늬병은 공간적으로 집중분포하고 있었다. 축차표본조사법은 평균이병주율($p_m$)의 추정과 요방제수준($p_t$) 이상 또는 이하 여부를 판단할 수 있도록 개발하였다. 본 연구결과는 기존의 조사지점수 고정 조사 방법에 비해 조사비용 면에서 더 효율적인 동시에 조사결과의 정확도를 더 높일 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.148-156
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• 2020

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 6605 has two multidrug resistance (MDR) efflux pump transporters, MexAB-OprM and MexEF-OprN. To understand the role of these MDR efflux pumps in virulence, we generated deletion mutants, ΔmexB, ΔmexF, and ΔmexBΔmexF, and investigated their sensitivity to plant-derived antimicrobial compounds, antibiotics, and virulence. Growth inhibition assays with KB soft agar plate showed that growth of the wild-type (WT) was inhibited by 5 μl of 1 M catechol and 1 M coumarin but not by other plant-derived potential antimicrobial compounds tested including phytoalexins. The sensitivity to these compounds tended to increase in ΔmexB and ΔmexBΔmexF mutants. The ΔmexBΔmexF mutant was also sensitive to 2 M acetovanillone. The mexAB-oprM was constitutively expressed, and activated in the ΔmexF and ΔmexBΔmexF mutant strains. The swarming and swimming motilities were impaired in ΔmexF and ΔmexBΔmexF mutants. The flood inoculation test indicated that bacterial populations in all mutant strains were significantly lower than that of WT, although all mutants and WT caused similar disease symptoms. These results indicate that MexAB-OprM extrudes plant-derived catechol, acetovanillone, or coumarin, and contributes to bacterial virulence. Furthermore, MexAB-OprM and MexEF-OprN complemented each other's functions to some extent.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.206-212
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• 2008

인간이 서로 간의 의사소통을 위해 언어를 사용하듯이, 세균의 경우도 외부 환경 변화를 신속히 감지하여 서로 효과적으로 대응하기 위해서 주변 세포들과 소통할 수 있는 세균만의 독특한 화학적 언어를 사용하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 특히, 일정 세포 농도에 도달했을 때 자체적으로 생산된 화학적 신호를 통해 개체 수를 인지하고 그에 따라 특정 유전자의 발현을 동시에 조절하는 quorum sensing (QS) 기작은 다양한 세균 종들에서 광범위하게 존재한다. 본 연구는 다양한 천연물 추출물들을 대상으로 QS 저해 활성을 확인하였는데 QS 지시균주인 Agrobacterium tumefaciens NT1과 화학적으로 합성한 QS autoinducers을 사용한 bioassay를 수행하였다. 그 결과 양배추, 파, 양파의 추출물들에서 QS 저해 활성을 확인하였고, recycling preparative HPLC (prep-HPLC)를 통한 정제 과정을 통해, 83분 지점의 peak에 해당하는 성분들이 공통으로 QS 저해 활성을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 그 QS 저해 성분을 QSI-83으로 지정하고 thin layer chromatography (TLC)를 통해 P. syringae pv. tabaci의 autoinducers 합성을 저해하는 활성을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 열에 대한 안정성과 세균 생장에서의 영향을 조사하였는데, 그 결과 QSI-83은 열에 안정하며 세균의 생장에는 영향을 끼치지 않는 물질임을 확인하였다. 따라서 우리는 천연물로부터 분리된 새로운 성분이 QS 저해제로서 이용될 수 있음을 제안한다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.179-183
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• 2002

1999년 3월부터 4월까지 전남과 경남지역의 참다래 주산지 172 포장에서 발병상황을 조사하였다. 해남, 완도, 진도, 장흥, 보성 등의 17개 포장에서 적갈색 수피터짐 증상이 조사되었으며, 발병주율은 2.2~100%로 지역에 따른 차이를 보였고 궤양병에 의해 폐원된 면적은 22.8 ha.로 피해가 심한 지역은 완도 13 ha, 진도 3.9 ha, 고흥 3.6 ha등이었다. 1996년부터 1997년까지 2년에 걸쳐 줄기와 잎에서 발생소장을 조사하였다. 줄기에서 2월 중순부터 3월 상순에 초발하여 4월 하순까지 발병하였으며, 잎에서 는 4월 하순에 병징을 보이기 시작하여 5월에 발병이 급격히 증가하였고 6월 하순까지 발병하였다. Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae 균주의 생장적온은 $25^{\circ}C$, 22, 27, 17순이었고, 5와 3$0^{\circ}C$에서는 생육이 부진하였고, 33$^{\circ}C$이상에서는 생육하지 못하였다. 비가림하우스와 파풍망하우스재배는 궤양병 전염억제효과가 우수하였다.