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Newly recorded genera and species, Pantanalinema rosaneae and Alkalinema pantanalense (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria) isolated in Korea

  • Lee, Ok-Min
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.10-21
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    • 2022
  • Two strains of cyanobacteria were isolated from the soil of Seodaemun-gu, Seoul and from the gravel of the Ansung Stream, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, respectively. They were identified as Pantanalinema rosaneae and Alkalinema pantanalense under the Leptolyngbyaceae through the morphological, ecological, and molecular analyses and first reported in Korea. Belonging to the Leptolyngbya morphotypes, they are thin filamentous cyanobacteria and morphologically indistinguishable cryptic species. The strains of P. rosaneae and A. pantanalense isolated in Korea revealed the same cluster as their type species in the phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene sequences, and similarities in the secondary structures of 16S-23S ITS sequences. Although both P. rosaneae and A. pantanalense were collected from water samples in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil, the P. rosaneae obtained in Korea, was soil-dwelling subaerophytic species whereas A. pantanalense was epilithic species living on gravel in the freshwater. Therefore, they are considered to have an extensive habitat.

Cryptic variation, molecular data, and the challenge of conserving plant diversity in oceanic archipelagos: the critical role of plant systematics

  • Crawford, Daniel J.;Stuessy, Tod F.
    • 식물분류학회지
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    • 제46권2호
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    • pp.129-148
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    • 2016
  • Plant species on oceanic islands comprise nearly 25% of described vascular plants on only 5% of the Earth's land surface yet are among the most rare and endangered plants. Conservation of plant biodiversity on islands poses particular challenges because many species occur in a few and/or small populations, and their habitats on islands are often disturbed by the activity of humans or by natural processes such as landslides and volcanoes. In addition to described species, evidence is accumulating that there are likely significant numbers of "cryptic" species in oceanic archipelagos. Plant systematists, in collaboration with others in the botanical disciplines, are critical to the discovery of the subtle diversity in oceanic island floras. Molecular data will play an ever increasing role in revealing variation in island lineages. However, the input from plant systematists and other organismal biologists will continue to be important in calling attention to morphological and ecological variation in natural populations and in the discovery of "new" populations that can inform sampling for molecular analyses. Conversely, organismal biologists can provide basic information necessary for understanding the biology of the molecular variants, including diagnostic morphological characters, reproductive biology, habitat, etc. Such basic information is important when describing new species and arguing for their protection. Hybridization presents one of the most challenging problems in the conservation of insular plant diversity, with the process having the potential to decrease diversity in several ways including the merging of species into hybrid swarms or conversely hybridization may generate stable novel recombinants that merit recognition as new species. These processes are often operative in recent radiations in which intrinsic barriers to gene flow have not evolved. The knowledge and continued monitoring of plant populations in the dynamic landscapes on oceanic islands are critical to the preservation of their plant diversity.

Classification and Distribution of Chironomidae (Diptera) using DNA Barcoding at Urban Streams in Gwangju, South Korea

  • Yoon, Sang-Hoon;Park, Jeong-Wook;Park, Ji-Young;Seo, Jin-Jong;Jeong, Suk-Kyung;Chung, Jae-Keun;Bae, Seok-Jin
    • 생태와환경
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    • 제52권4호
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    • pp.385-393
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    • 2019
  • Chironomid communities are indicators of water pollution because of their ability to thrive under freshwater conditions. However, it is difficult to distinguish between chironomid larvae based on morphology. DNA barcoding, based on nucleotide sequences of marker genes, can be used to identify chironomid larvae. Samples of chironomid larvae were collected from Gwangju Stream and Pungyeongjeong Stream, tributaries of the Yeongsan River in South Korea. We identified 3 subfamilies, 13 genera, 16 species, and 1 cryptic species. There were 7 genera and 10 species from the subfamily Chironominae, 5 genera and 5 species from subfamily Orthocladiinae, 1 genus and 1 species from subfamily Tanipodinae, and the cryptic chironomid species of the family Chironomidae. There were 21 individuals from, 7 species and 1 cryptic species from the Gwangju Stream and 24 individuals, belonging to 10 species from the Pungyeongjeong Stream. The only species detected in both streams was Cricotopus bicinctus. The relationship between water quality and the species detected was difficult to explain, but the number of species showed a tendency to increase at sites where water quality was poor. Additional investigations and studies are needed to understand the relationship between water quality and the chironomid species occurring in these two streams.

Systematic Relationships of Korean Freshwater Snails of Semisulcospira, Koreanomelania, and Koreoleptoxis (Cerithiodiea; Pleuroceridae) revealed byMitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Sequences

  • Kim, Woo-Jin;Kim, Dae-Hee;Lee, Jun-Sang;Bang, In-Chul;Lee, Wan-Ok;Jung, Hyung-Taek
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제26권4호
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    • pp.275-283
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    • 2010
  • Many freshwater snail taxa are difficult to identify using morphological traits due to phenotypic plasticity. However, using of molecular DNA marker in combination with morphological traits can provide a reliable means for discriminating among freshwater snail taxa including cryptic species. To discriminate among Korean freshwater snail taxa and resolve their systematic relationships, wesequenced a fragment of mtDNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene from 82 specimens collected from ten different sites distributed along the Korean peninsula. We identified more than seven freshwater snail taxa including cryptic species in Korea. Whereas traditional shell morphology of freshwater snails offers only weak discriminatory power for recognizing 'good' taxa, DNA sequence data provided positive and reliable identification. In addition, a major Semisulcospira clade was clearly separated from the remaining lineages observed including cryptic species. However, a phylogenetic tree inferred from the COI gene data did not fully resolve systematic relationships among pleurocerid taxa in Korea. Establishing more robust shell characteristics for identifying taxa unambiguously and hence improving traditional key shell morphology characters for freshwater snail species is an urgent requirement and will require more rigorous examination of all nominal taxa. While molecular data generated here will be useful for species identification and for describing the systematic relationships among Korean freshwater snails, further analysis will be required.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens KU12로부터 Octopine형 Ti 및 잠재 플라스미드의 제거에 의한 숙주 개발 (Host Construction by Curing the Octopine Type Ti and Cryptic Plasmids in Agrobacterium tumefaciens KU12)

  • 하운환;이용욱;문혜연;심웅섭
    • 미생물학회지
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    • 제32권1호
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    • pp.53-59
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    • 1994
  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens KU12내에 존재하는 240kb 크기으 octopine형 Ti 플라스미드인 pTiKU12와 45kb 크기의 잠재 플라스미드인 pTi12를 제거하여 무독성의 A. tumefaciens 균주를 제조하였다. Octopine형 Ti 플라스미드인 pTiKU12는 고온(37${\circ}C$)에서의 배양과 ethidium bromide가 첨가되어 있는 배지에서의 배양을 각각 실시하여 제거하였으며, 잠재 플라스미드인 pTi12는 pTi12의 복제기원이 클로닝되어 잇는 재조합 플라스믿인 pYWXP와의 비화합성을 이용하여 제거하였다. pYWXP는 ethidium bromide가 첨가되어 있는 배지에서 고온(37${\circ}C$)으로 배양하여 제거하였다.

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Characterization of Two Cryptic Plasmids from Levilactobacillus zymae GU240

  • Le, Huong Giang;Kim, Min Jae;Jeon, Hye Sung;Yoo, Ji Yeon;Kang, Yun Ji;Kim, Tae Jin;Kim, Jeong Hwan
    • 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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    • 제50권1호
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2022
  • Two small cryptic plasmids, pHG1 and pHG2, were isolated from Levilactobacillus zymae (formerly Lactobacillus zymae) GU240 and characterized. pHG1 is 1,814 bp in size with a GC content of 37.4% and contains two open reading frames. orf1 can potentially encode a protein of 101 amino acids (aa) with 99% identity with the copy number control protein of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei. orf2 can potentially encode a protein of 230 aa with 99% identity with a replication protein from multiple species. Six inverted repeats (IR I-VI) and six direct repeats (DR I-VI) were found in pHG1. pHG2 is 2,864 bp in size, with a GC content of 39.6%. pHG2 has two orfs. orf1 might encode a protein with 99% identity with the TrsL transmembrane protein. orf2 might encode a protein with 99% identity with plasmid recombination proteins from lactic acid bacteria. Both pHG1 and pHG2 may be useful as frames for constructing lactic acid bacteria-Escherichia coli shuttle vectors.