• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2003

Strain FJI, a filamentous fungus isolated from rotten wood, showed high ability to hydrolyze cellulosic materials. To identify the strain FJI, ITS sequencing analysis and morphological observation were performed. The strain FJI was identified as Trichoderma harzianum. The strain produced a large amount of CMCase, xylanase, ${\beta}-glucosidase$, and avicelase. Optimal culture conditions for the production of the enzymes, such as pH, temperature, and inoculation concentration, were initial pH 6.0-7.0,$25-30^{\circ}C$, and $10^4$ ea-spores/ml in Mandel's medium, respectively. T.hanzianum FJI utilized various cellulosic materials and organic nitrogen sources to produce cellulases and xylanase, and also considerably a crystalline and/or insoluble material like Avicel and rice straw. The highest levels of CMCase and xylanase were 41.2 and 65.6 U/ml in 7 days of cultivation using 2.5% of carbon source (Avicel+CMC) and 0.5% of nitrogen source (peptone), respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.909-917
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• 2016

The shiitake mushroom industry has suffered from Camptomyia (gall midges) pest, which feeds on the mycelium of shiitake mushroom during its cultivation. It has been postulated that fungal damage of shiitake bed-logs is associated with infestation by the insect pest, but this is not well understood. To understand the fungal damage associated with Camptomyia pest, various Trichoderma species were isolated, identified, and characterized. In addition to two previously known Trichoderma species, T. citrinoviride and T. deliquescens, two other Trichoderma species, T. harzianum and T. atroviride, were newly identified from the pestinfested bed-log samples obtained at three mushroom farms in Cheonan, Korea. Among these four species, T. harzianum was the most evident. The results of a chromogenic media-based assay for extracellular enzymes showed that these four species have the ability to produce amylase, carboxyl-methyl cellulase, avicelase, pectinase, and ß-glucosidase, thus indicating that they can degrade wood components. A dual culture assay on PDA indicated that T. harzianum, T. atroviride, and T. citrinoviride were antagonistic against the mycelial growth of a shiitake strain (Lentinula edodes). Inoculation tests on shiitake bed-logs revealed that all four species were able to damage the wood of bed-logs. Our results provide evidence that the four green mold species are the causal agents involved in fungal damage of shiitake bed-logs infested by Camptomyia pest.

• Mycobiology
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.313-320
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• 2020

In Pleurotus sp., green mold, which is considered a major epidemic, is caused by several Trichoderma species. To develop a rapid molecular marker specific for Trichoderma spp. that potentially cause green mold, eleven Trichoderma species were collected from mushroom farms and the Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC). A dominant fungal isolate from a green mold-infected substrate was identified as Trichoderma pleuroticola based on the sequences of its internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and translation elongation factor 1-α (tef1) genes. In artificial inoculation tests, all Trichoderma spp., including T. atroviride, T. cf. virens, T. citrinoviride, T. harzianum, T. koningii, T. longibrachiatum, T. pleurotum, and T. pleuroticola, showed pathogenicity to some extent, and the observed symptoms were soaked mycelia with a red-brown pigment and retarded mycelium regeneration. A molecular marker was developed for the rapid detection of wide range of Trichoderma spp. based on the DNA sequence alignment of the ITS1 and ITS2 regions of Trichoderma spp. The developed primer set detected only Trichoderma spp., and no cross reactivity with edible mushrooms was observed. The detection limits for the PCR assay of T. harzianum (KACC40558), T. pleurotum (KACC44537), and T. pleuroticola (CAF-TP3) were found to be 500, 50, and 5 fg, respectively, and the detection limit for the pathogen-to-host ratio was approximately 1:10,000 (wt/wt).

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.364-369
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• 2005

Trichoderma harzianum이 생산하는 ${\beta}-mannanase$의 최적 사면배지조성은 2.0% malt extract, 2.0% glucose, 0.1% peptone, 2.0% agar로, 효소생산 배지조성은 3.0% cellulose, 3.0% C.S.L, 1% $KH_2PO_4$, 0.2% $(NH_4){_2}SO_4$로 결정되어 $28^{\circ}C$, 130 rpm, 진탕배양법으로 조효소액을 생산하였다. ${\beta}-mannanase$의 최적 pH와 최적온도는 pH 4.5, $60^{\circ}C$에서 최대 상대활성을 나타내었다. Locust bean gum에 대한 효소적 가수분해 pattern을 TLC에 의해 검토한 결과 반응초기부터 반응말기까지 주요 생성물은 단당류, 중합도 4와 7의 올리고당으로 확인되었다. 중합도별 올리고당을 조제하기 위하여 activated carbon column chromatography에 250 ml/hr유속으로 tube당 20 ml씩 ethanol $0{\sim}50%$의 gradient법으로 분리 회수하였고, 분리된 각각의 올리고당 중 중합도4는 TLC $R_f$ value상으로 ${\beta}-1,4-mannotetraose$로, 중합도 7은 Methylation method에 의해 M-M-M-M-M 구조로 //G-G 동정되었다. (G-와 M-은 각각 ${\alpha}-1,6-D-galactosidic,\;{\beta}-1,4-mannosidic$ 결합을 나타냄). Bifidobacterium longum에 대한 생육활성을 기존의 MRS media와 탄소원으로 중합도 4와 7의 올리고당으로 대체하였을때 3.4배, 4.3배의 생육활성이 증가하였고, Bifidobacterium bifidum에 대해서는 1.2배, 1.1배의 낮은 활성을 나타내었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.428-436
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• 2021

Stem rot is a serious disease in Jerusalem artichoke (JA). To reduce the impact of this disease on yield and quality farmers often use fungicides, but this control method can be expensive and leave chemical residues. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two biological control agents, Trichoderma harzianum T9 and Bacillus firmus BSR032 for control of Sclerotium rolfsii under field conditions. Four accessions of JA (HEL246, HEL65, JA47, and JA12) were treated or notreated with T. harzianum T9 and B. firmus BSR032 in a 4 × 2 × 2 factorial experiment in two fields (environments), one unfertilized and one fertilized. Plants were inoculated with S. rolfsii and disease was evaluated at 3-day intervals for 46 days. T. harzianum T9 and B. firmus BSR032 reduced disease incidence by 48% and 49%, respectively, whereas T. harzianum T9 + B. firmus BSR032 reduced disease incidence by 37%. The efficacy of T. harzianum T9 and B. firmus BSR032 for control of S. rolfsii was dependent on environments and genotypes. The expression of host plant resistance also depended on the environment. However, HEL246 showed consistently low disease incidence and severity index in both environments (fertilized and unfertilized). Individually, T. harzianum T9, B. firmus BSR032, or host plant resistance control stem rot caused by S. rolfsii in JA. However, no combination of these treatments provided more effective control than each alone.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.90.2-91
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• 2003

In commercial greenhouses, senescent flower petals or flowers of vegetables such as tomato, strawberry, hot pepper and zucchini squash were blighted to be removed from fruits within five days after spraying of Trichoderma harzianum YC459 (TORY), a biocontrol agent for the gray mold rot of vegetables caused by B. cinerea The mechanism for selective colonization of senescent floral tissues by T. harzianum YC459 was elucidated using fresh and senescent (Hays and 14days after flowering, respectively) floral tissues of zucchini squash (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne). The spores of T. hrzianum YC459 were produced more on agar and liquid culture media supplemented with 5％ dry powder of senescent floral tissues than fresh tissues during 15days. Mycelial growth was also much better in the media with senescent tissues than with fresh tissues. Enzyme activities of amylase, polygalacturonase and cellulase in the liquid media which might be involved in the colonization of tissues by T. harzianum YC459 were compared. The activities of three enzymes were much higher in the media with senescent floral tissues than with fresh floral tissues reaching to the maximum during 9 to 12days of incubation. Based on the results, the removal of senescent floral tissues, a possible inoculum source of the pathogen, may be another mechanism for biocontrol of gray mold rot of vegetables by T. harzianum YC459.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.823-828
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• 2009

An endo-${\beta}-1$,4-xylanase (${\beta}$-xylanase) from Trichoderma harzianum C4 was purified without cellulase activity by sequential chromatographies. The specific activity of the purified enzyme preparation was 430 units/mg protein on D-xylan. The complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding ${\beta}$-xylanase (xynII) was amplified by PCR and isolated from cDNA PCR libraries constructed from T. harzianum C4. The nucleotide sequence of the cDNA fragment contained an open reading frame of 663 bp that encodes 221 amino acids, of which the mature protein is homologous to several ${\beta}$-xylanases II. An intron of 63 bp was identified in the genomic DNA sequence of xynII. This gene was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains under the control of adh1 (alcohol dehydrogenase I) and pgk1 (phosphoglycerate kinase I) promoters in 2 ${\mu}$-based plasmids, which could render recombinants able to secrete ${\beta}$-xylanase into the media.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.92-98
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• 1987

느타리버섯 볏짚배지(培地)에 발생하는 유해균류(有害菌類)를 조사하고 그중 발생(發生) 및 피해(被害)가 큰 균류(菌類)의 배양적(培養的) 성질에 관한 실험을 실시한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 느타리버섯 볏짚배지(培地)에서 12종류(種類)의 진균류(眞菌類)가 분리(分離)되었는데 그 중 Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Rhizopus 등은 발생빈도(發生頻度)가 높고 발생양(發生量)도 많았다. 2. 느타리버섯 볏짚배지(培地)에서는 7종(種)의 Trichoderma가 동정되었는데 발생빈도(發生頻度)는 T. pseudokoningii, T. aureoviride, T. viride, T. harzianum, T. koningii의 順이었다. 3. 유해균류(有害菌類)의 발생(發生)은 일반 버섯재배사(栽培舍)에서 재배회수(栽培回數)가 증가(增加)할수록 많았고 추기재배(秋期栽培)보다는 춘기재배(春期栽培)에서 심하였다. 4. 볏집추출배지(抽出培地) 및 느타리버섯 추출배지(抽出培地)에서 Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Rhzopus 등 공시한 균들의 균사생장과 분생포자의 형성이 양호한 결과를 보이므로서 볏짚배지(培地) 및 균상(菌床)의 버섯과 그 파열물들이 균류(菌類)의 발생(發生)에 알맞는 조건을 부여하였다. 5. Trichoderma spp.는 톱밥추출배지(抽出培地) 및 미강추출배지(米糠抽出培地)에서 생장(生長)이 극히 양호하여 균상(菌床)에 접종(接種)한 종균(種菌)은 균류(菌類)의 배지(培地)가 되었다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.310-315
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• 2010

Agrocybe aegerita is an important mushroom cultivated in Korea, with good feel and a peculiar fragrance. A. aegerita can be cultivated throughout the year using culture bottles but is more susceptible to contamination than other mushrooms. Twenty-two pathogens were isolated from the fruiting bodies and compost of A. aegerita, and seven isolates were isolated from Pleurotus ostreatus to compare with the A. aegerita isolates, collected from Gimje, Iksan, Gunsan of Chonbuk, and Chilgok of Gyeongbuk Province in 2009. These isolates were identified based on morphological and molecular characteristics. Of the 29 isolates, 26 were identified as Trichoderma spp. and the remaining three were Aspergillus spp., Mucor spp., and Penicillium spp. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that the 26 isolates of Trichoderma were divided into four taxa, namely T. harzianum, T. pleuroticola, T. longibrachiatum, and T. atroviride. Among the Trichoderma spp., 16 isolates (55.2%) were identified as T. harzianum, six as T. pleuroticola (20.7%), two as T. longibrachiatum, and the remaining two were T. atroviride.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.365.2-365
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• 2001