• 대한한의학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.11-15
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• 2000

Radix Angelicae Gigantis is sweet and pungent in flavor, warm in property. Its effects are tonifying the blood, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain and moistening the bowels. Its indications are blood deficiency syndrome characterized by sallow complexion, dizziness, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, pains due to blood stasis, and rheumatic arthralgia. Using genes of A. gigas, A. acutiloba, and A. sinensis, the origin of which is identified, as criteria, we analysed many kinds of Angelica with RAPD and RFLP on ITS region, in order to compare and discriminate genes extracted from crude drugs ‘Dang-gui’, that are produced in Korea on the one hand and imported on the other hand. We reached the following conclusion. 1. We could extract DNA from both original plant and dried plant. 2. Especially Uniprimer #1, Uniprimer #2, Uniprimer #4 and Uniprimer ＃9 were useful. 3. Among the restriction enzymes Sma I, Msp I, Hae III, and Hinf I, used in this experiment, four restriction enzymes except Hinf I could be used properly in discriminating all samples used as A. gigas. We think that this result can be used as a method of discriminating crude drug of Angelica L. related drugs, and used in controlling quality and circulation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1971-1982
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• 2017

Piliated Lactobacillus rhamnosus (pLR) strains possess higher adherent capacity than non-piliated strains. The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize probiotic pLR strains in human fecal samples. To this end, mouse polyclonal antiserum (anti-SpaA) against the recombinant pilus protein (SpaA) of L. rhamnosus strain GG (LGG) was prepared and tested for its reactivity and specificity. With the anti-SpaA, a method combining the de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (MRS) agar plating separation and colony immunoblotting (CIB) was developed to isolate pLR from 124 human fecal samples. The genetic and phenotypic characteristics of the resultant pLR isolates were compared by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting, and examination of adhesion to Caco-2 cells, hydrophobicity, autoaggregation, and in vitro gastrointestinal tolerance. Anti-SpaA specifically reacted with three pLR strains of 25 test strains, as assessed by western blotting, immunofluorescence flow cytometry, and immunoelectron microscopy (IEM) assays. The optimized MRS agar separation plus anti-SpaA-based CIB procedure could quantitatively detect $2.5{\times}10^3CFU/ml$ of pLR colonies spiked in $10^6CFU/ml$ of background bacteria. Eight pLR strains were identified in 124 human fecal samples, and were confirmed by 16S RNA gene sequencing and IEM identification. RAPD fingerprinting of the pLR strains revealed seven different patterns, of which only two isolates from infants showed the same RAPD profiles with LGG. Strain PLR06 was obtained with high adhesion and autoaggregation activities, hydrophobicity, and gastrointestinal tolerance. Anti-SpaA-based CIB is a rapid and inexpensive method for the preliminary screening of novel adherent L. rhamnosus strains for commercial purposes.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.203-211
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• 2015

Maize is the dominant cereal crop produced in the US. One of the main fungal pathogens of maize is Fusarium verticillioides, the causative agent of ear and stalk rots. Significantly, the fungus produces a group of mycotoxins - fumonisins - on infested kernels, which have been linked to various illnesses in humans and animals. Nonetheless, durable resistance against F. verticillioides in maize is not currently available. In Texas, over 2.1 million acres of maize are vulnerable to fumonisin contamination, but understanding of the distribution of toxigenic F. verticillioides in maize-producing areas is currently lacking. Our goal was to investigate the genetic variability of F. verticillioides in Texas with an emphasis on fumonisin trait and geographical distribution. A total of 164 F. verticillioides cultures were isolated from 65 maize-producing counties. DNA from each isolate was extracted and analyzed by PCR for the presence of FUM1- a key fumonisin biosynthesis gene - and mating type genes. Results showed that all isolates are in fact F. verticillioides capable of producing fumonisins with a 1:1 mating-type gene ratio in the population. To further study the genetic diversity of the population, isolates were analyzed using RAPD fingerprinting. Polymorphic markers were identified and the analysis showed no clear correlation between the RAPD profile of the isolates and their corresponding geographical origin. Our data suggest the toxigenic F. verticillioides population in Texas is widely distributed wherever maize is grown. We also hypothesize that the population is fluid, with active movement and genetic recombination occurring in the field.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.328-333
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• 1999

Susceptibility of 61 strains of Helicobacter pylori to metronidazole was examined by both the disk diffusion method using a cut-off of 15㎜ for resistance and the E test with a cut-off of 8㎎/l. The MIC/sub 50/ and MIC/sub 90/ by the E test were 2 ㎎/l and 256㎎/l, respectively. Metronidazole resistance was found in 22 (36％) out of the 61 H. pylori strains by the E test and in three additional strains by the disk diffusion method. Amongst the latter three isolates, the MICs by the E test were 4 ㎎/l, 6㎎/l, and 6㎎/l, respectively. These figures are one log₂ or half log₂ dilution lower than the cut-off of 8㎎/l recommended as resistance for the E test. All 22 metronidazole resistant H. pylori isolates by the E test that were subjected to random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting showed different DNA fingerprints. Interestingly, >90％ of resistant isolates possess two common DNA bands of 0.4 and 0.9 kb. This study demonstrates that the results of the disk diffusion method for testing H. pylori susceptibility to metronidazole correlates well with that of the E test. The criteria for interpretation need to be internationally standardized so that the results from different centers can be compared.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2000

The recent progress od DNA technologies including DNA fingerprinting (DFP) and random amplified DNA polymorphism (RAPD) analysis make it possible to identify the specific genetic trits of animals and to analyze the genetic diversity and relatedness between or withinspecies or populations. Using those techniquse, some efforts to identify and develop the specific DNA markers based on DNA polymorphism, which are related with economic traits for Korean native animals, Hanwoo(Korean native cattle),Korean native pig and Korean native chicken, have been made in Korea for recent a few years. The developed specific DNA markers successfully characterize the Korean native animals as the unique Korean genetic sources, distinctively from other imported breeds. Some of these DNA markers have been related to some important economic traits for domestic animals, for example, growth rate and marbling for Honwoo, growth rate and back fat thinkness fornative pig, and growth rate, agg weight and agg productivity for native chicken. This means that those markers can be used in important marker-assised selection (MAS) of Korean native domestic animals and further contribute to genetically improve and breed them.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.854-858
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• 2005

A Lactobacillus isolate was collected from the feces of a healthy Korean individual and named as Lactobacillus ruminus SPM0211. It was further characterized by subjecting it to an antibiotic resistance test and genetic analysis. In the antibiotic resistance test, all tested Lactobacillus spp. were classified as 'high resistance' for multiple antibiotics, such as isoniazid, ethambutol, cycloserine, and vancomycin. L. ruminus SPM0211 was classified as 'high resistance' for streptomycin also, while the other tested Lactobacillus spp. were classified as low resistance. This suggests that the antimicrobial spectra may be a good indicator in the discrimination of this strain among the tested Lactobacillus spp. In a polymerase chain reaction-random amplified polymorphic DNA (PCR-RAPD) analysis using the Microbial Uniprimer kit, L. ruminus SPM0211, and L. suebicus were clustered as a group with a 74.3% similarity level, suggesting that these two species are genetically related. Thus, our data suggest that the PCR-RADP method using the Microbial Uniprimer kit may be valuable in discriminating L. ruminus SPM0211 from other Lactobacillus spp.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1101-1108
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• 2011

The rise in global energy demand has prompted researches on developing strategies for transforming coal into a cleaner fuel. This requires isolation of microbes with the capability to degrade complex coal into simpler substrates to support methanogenesis in the coal beds. In this study, aerobic bacteria were isolated from an Indian coal bed that can solubilize and utilize coal as the sole source of carbon. The six bacterial isolates capable of growing on coal agar medium were identified on the basis of their 16S rRNA gene sequences, which clustered into two groups; Group I isolates belonged to the genus Rhizobium, whereas Group II isolates were identified as Chelatococcus species. Out of the 4 methods of whole genome fingerprinting (ERIC-PCR, REP-PCR, BOX-PCR, and RAPD), REP-PCR showed maximum differentiation among strains within each group. Only Chelatococcus strains showed the ability to solubilize and utilize coal as the sole source of carbon. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence and the ability to utilize different carbon sources, the Chelatococcus strains showed maximum similarity to C. daeguensis. This is the first report showing occurrence of Rhizobium and Chelatococcus strains in an Indian coal bed, and the ability of Chelatococcus isolates to solubilize and utilize coal as a sole source of carbon for their growth.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2017

복숭아 수확시기에 낙과한 토양에서 Lactobacillus sp. D4와 D5 균주를 분리하였다. 분리한 Lactobacillus sp. D4와 D5 균주를 동정하기 위하여 형태학적 동정, 생화학적 동정 및 16S rRNA 유전자서열 분석을 수행하였다. 16S rRNA 유전자서열 분석 결과 Lactobacillus sp. D4는 Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum ATCC $14917^T$과 Lactobacillus pentosus ATCC $40997^T$에 각각 99.05%, 98.98% 일치하였으며, Lactobacillus sp. D5는 Lactobacillus pentosus ATCC $40997^T$, Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum ATCC $14917^T$에 각각 98.71%, 98.64% 일치하였다. Lactobacillus sp. D4와 D5 균주는 당 이용성 비교에서 Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC $14917^T$과 Lactobacillus pentosus ATCC $8041^T$에 비교하여 다른 결과를 나타내었다. 정확한 동정을 위하여 VITEK MS matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) 분석, multiplex PCR, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR을 수행하였다. 이러한 결과에 근거하여 Lactobacillus sp. D4와 D5 균주는 Lactobacillus plantarum으로 동정되었다.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.48-69
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• 2001

1997년 부터 한국농업전문학교에서 수집하여 재배되고 있는 마 (Dioscorea alata L.) 계통 중 품질이 우수하고 이용 가치가 기대되는 33개 계통에 대한 특성을 조사하였으며, 형태적 차이를 보이는 19개 계통에 대한 RAPD분석을 실시하였다. 1. 주당 괴경의 전체 무게는 최대 2,147g (No.36), 최소 90g (No.20)으로 평균 610g이었다. 주당 평균 괴경수는 2.8개였으며 최대 4.7개, 최소 1.3개였다. 괴경중은 평균 363g이었으며 최대 1200g, 최소 70g이었다. 2. 괴경의 육질은 백색, 담황색 및 적자색 3가지 패턴을 보였으며, 잎은 녹색, 진녹색 및 담녹색으로 분류되었다. 3. RAPD 분석에 사용된 총 113개 primers 중 12개 primer 만이 모든 분류군에서 증폭되었다. 이를 통하여 93개의 밴드를 얻었으며 69개 밴드는(71.0%) polymorphic 하게 나타났다. 4. 유집분석 결과 19개 계통은 유사도 지수 값 0.66~0.90의 범위로 나타났으며, 크게 2개의 그룹, 즉 인도네시아와 가고시마에서 도입된 8개의 계통이 포함된 그룹과, 유사도지수 0.70~0.90의 범위를 갖는 Nauru, Palau Is., Okinawa와 Papua New Guinea에서 도입된 11 계통이 포함된 그룹으로 대별되었다.

• 한국육종학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.488-494
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• 2010

국내에서 수집된 인삼 자원 중에서 작물학적 특성이 우수하다고 조사된 54점(6~7년 근)을 대상으로 UPOV 조사 기준에 따라 주요 형태적인 특성들을 조사한 결과 경수는 1~4개 범위로 1개인 것이 42.6%이고, 2개인 것이 38.6%로 경수가 1~2개인 것이 전체 81.2%로 나타났으며, 경수가 5개인 것은 없었다. 장엽수는 3~6엽 범위로 5엽이 55.6%였고 4엽인 것은 25.9%였다. 경색은 자색계열이 전체 81.5%로 자색이 46.3%, 연자색이 25.9%를 차지하였다. 엽병색도 자색계열이 87%로 이 중 자색이 38.9%, 연자색은 29.6%를 차이 하였다. 잎의 주름 정도는 약간 있다가 20.4%였고, 46.3%가 강하다고 조사되었다. 잎의 거치정도는 없거나 약간 있다고 조사된 것이 51.9%였고, 29.6%가 강하다고 나타났다. 소엽모양은 넓은 타원형이 61.1%였으며, 타원형이 38.9%이였다. 풍기를 포함한 경북 지역 수집종 21점과 금산지역 수집종 29점 등을 포함한 54점의 수집종을 재료로 100개의 random primer를 이용 RAPD 분석 결과 OPA02 등 14개의 primer를 선발하였으며, 크게 금산지역과 풍기지역으로 group지워졌고, 풍기 수집종인 01-9, 01-35, 01-44는 금산지역으로 grouping되어진 반면, 금산지역 수집종 332001, 332002, 332003은 풍기 지역으로 grouping되었다. 금산지역 수집종은 65~86%로 변이가 심한 반면, 풍기지역 수집종은 73~95%사이로 금산지역 수집종의 혼계 정도가 더 심하였다. 특히 형태적 특성 면에서 두 지역간에 경수는 1~2개로 차이가 없었으나 장엽수, 경색, 엽병색, 소엽의 모양 등에서는 다소 차이를 보였다. 따라서 수집종의 유전 분석을 통해 선발된 OPA02, OPA07, OPC08, OPD11, OPD20 등 14개의 primer들은 앞으로 지역 재래종 특성 분류 등 인삼 유전자원의 특성 구분이나 품종개량에 유익하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.