• 식물병연구
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.377-383
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• 2023

In 2020 and 2021, we surveyed diseases of three-leaf ladybell (Adenophora triphylla) plants grown in fields at two locations in Korea. During the disease surveys, severe leaf rot symptoms were observed on the young plants in Hongseong, and stem rot symptoms on the adult plants in Cheolwon. The incidence of leaf rot was 5-60%, and that of stem rot 1-10%. We obtained 6 fungal isolates each from the leaf rot lesions and the stem rot lesions. All the isolates were morphologically identified as Rhizoctonia solani. Anastomosis test and investigation of cultural features of the fungal isolates revealed that the isolates from the leaf rot lesions corresponded to R. solani AG-1(IB), and those from the stem rot lesions to R. solani AG-2-2(IIIB). Two isolates each of R. solani AG-1(IB) and AG-2-2(IIIB) were used for DNA sequence analysis and pathogenicity test to three-leaf ladybell plants through artificial inoculation. The anastomosis groups and cultural types of the R. solani isolates were confirmed by the sequence analysis. The pathogenicity tests revealed that the isolates of R. solani AG-1(IB) caused only leaf rot symptoms on the inoculated plants, and those of R. solani AG-2-2(IIIB) leaf rot and stem rot symptoms. The induced symptoms were similar to those observed in the fields investigated. Leaf and stem rot of three-leaf ladybell caused by the two anastomosis groups and cultural types of R. solani is first reported in this study.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2024

While investigation of the fungal diseases on apples collected from Cheongsong-gun and Bonghwa-gun in Gyeongbuk province, Korea, between August and September 2023 isolated five fungal strains from fruits with sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) disease. The strains were designated as KNUF-23-CS02, KNUF-23-CS-06, KNUF-23-CS12, KNUF-23-BH01, and KNUF-23-BH03. When grown on potato dextrose agar and 2% water agar, the cultural characteristics of the strains were similar to those previously reported characteristics of Peltaster fructicola Pf001. The strains produced monoblastic, hyaline conidiogenous cells; the conidia were hyaline, unicellular, cylindrical to ovoidal, and 3.5-7×1.7-3.9 and 4.0-6.6×1.8-3.2 μm in size on synthetic nutrient-poor agar or water agars, respectively. Secondary conidia production by microcyclic conidiation and budding was observed. The KNUF-23-BH03 strain was shown to cause SBFS symptoms similar to those observed on the apples in the pathogenicity test. Molecular phylogenetic analyses were conducted based on the isolated species sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region, nuclear large ribosomal DNA subunit, and mitochondrial small ribosomal RNA subunit gene. The five strains were clustered with Peltaster fructicola Pf001. Based on the cultural and morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, the five strains were identified as Peltaster fructicola, which has not been previously reported in Korea.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.498-511
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• 2024

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a destructive disease that affects potato production, leading to severe yield losses. Currently, little is known about the changes in the assembly and functional adaptation of potato rhizosphere microbial communities during different stages of R. solanacearum infection. In this study, using amplicon and metagenomic sequencing approaches, we analyzed the changes in the composition and functions of bacterial and fungal communities in the potato rhizosphere across four stages of R. solanacearum infection. The results showed that R. solanacearum infection led to significant changes in the composition and functions of bacterial and fungal communities in the potato rhizosphere, with various microbial properties (including α,β-diversity, species composition, and community ecological functions) all being driven by R. solanacearum infection. The relative abundance of some beneficial microorganisms in the potato rhizosphere, including Firmicutes, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, and Mortierella, decreased as the duration of infection increased. Moreover, the related microbial communities played a significant role in basic metabolism and signal transduction; however, the functions involved in soil C, N, and P transformation weakened. This study provides new insights into the dynamic changes in the composition and functions of potato rhizosphere microbial communities at different stages of R. solanacearum infection to adapt to the growth promotion or disease suppression strategies of host plants, which may provide guidance for formulating future strategies to regulate microbial communities for the integrated control of soil-borne plant diseases.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제64권10호
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• pp.504-510
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• 2021

Population screening of newborns is an extremely important and informative diagnostic approach that allows early identification of babies who are predisposed to the development of a number of serious diseases. Some of these diseases are known and have effective treatment methods. Neonatal screening enables the early diagnosis and subsequent timely initiation of therapy. This helps to prevent serious complications and reduce the percentage of disability and deaths among newborns and young children. Primary immunodeficiency diseases and primary immunodeficiency syndrome (PIDS) are a heterogeneous group of diseases and conditions based on impaired immune system function associated with developmental defects and characterized by various combinations of recurrent infections, development of autoimmune and lymphoproliferative syndromes (genetic defects in apoptosis, gene mutation Fas receptor or ligand), granulomatous process, and malignant neoplasms. Most of these diseases manifest in infancy and lead to serious illness, disability, and high mortality rates. Until recently, it was impossible to identify children with PIDS before the onset of the first clinical symptoms, which are usually accompanied by complications in the form of severe coinfections of a viral-bacterial-fungal etiology. Modern advances in medical laboratory technology have allowed the identification of children with severe PIDS, manifested by T- and/or B-cell lymphopenia and other disorders of the immune system. This review discusses the main existing strategies and directions used in PIDS screening programs for newborns, including approaches to screening based on excision of T-cell receptors and kappa-recombination excision circles, as well as the potential role and place of next-generation sequencing technology to increase the diagnostic accuracy of these diseases.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.326-331
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• 2010

오이 지상부에 발생하는 주요 곰팡이병인 노균병, 흰가루병 및 잿빛곰팡이병에 대한 생물적 방제를 위하여 오이식물제로부터 Bacillus subtilis B29, B. subtilis M10 and Streptomyces sp. CC19균주를 분리하였다. 오이 노균병에 대한 유묘검정에서 B. subtilis B29, B. subtilis M10과 Streptomyces sp. CC19균주는 0.5%, 20.2% 및 42.0%의 병반면적율을 나타내었지만, 무처리에서는 82.0% 발생하였다. 오이 흰가루병에 대한 비닐하우스 포장실험에서 B. subtilis B29, B. subtilis M10과 Streptomyces sp. CC19균주는 2.8%, 3.6%와 12.3% 발생하였지만 무처리에서 65.6% 발생면적을 나타내었다. 오이 잿빛곰팡이병에 대한 B. subtilis B29, B. subtilis M10과 Streptomyces sp. CC19균주는 8.0%, 30.8% 및 5.2%를 각각 나타내었고 무처리에서는 81.2%의 병반면적율을 나타내었다. 그러므로 B. subtilis B29균주는 오이에 발생하는 흰가루병, 노균병과 잿빛곰팡이병의 생물적 방제에 유망한 균주로 선발하였다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2011

국내 유통중인 오이 흰가루병 방제용 미생물농약의 혼용 및 기타 약제와의 혼용에 의한 오이 주요 곰팡이병 방제효과를 검정함으로써 오이 흰가루병 방제용 미생물농약의 활용증진 방안을 검토하였다. 오이 흰가루병에 대한 방제효과는 미생물농약의 종류에 따라 큰 차이가 있었는데 바실루스서브틸리스케이비401유상현탁제와 바실루스서브틸리스디비비1501수화제의 오이 흰가루병에 대한 방제효과는 20% 이상 차이가 있었다. 그러나 두 가지 미생물농약의 훈용에 의해 오이 흰가루병에 대한 방세효과가 증진되었고, 오이 흰가루병 방제용 미생물농약 바실루스서브틸리스케이비401유상현탁제와 노균병 방제용 화학약제 디메토모르프수화제의 혼용살포에 의해 오이 흰가루병과 노균병을 80% 이상씩 동시에 방제할 수 있었다. 이와 유사하게 오이 흰가루병 방제용 미생물농약 바실루스서브틸리스케이비401유상현탁제와 친환경자재 난황유의 혼용살포에 의해서도 오이 흰가루병은 95% 정도, 노균병은 70% 정도 방제효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2011

본 연구는 식 의약용버섯으로 알려진 끈적긴뿌리버섯(Oudemansiella mucida) 배양액에서 추출한 물질이 항진균효과를 갖고 있는지 규명하기위한 실험을 수행하였다. 균사체의 배양액에서 항진균 물질을 생산하기 위한 전단계로 끈적긴뿌리버섯의 균사생장에 적합한 온도, pH, 탄소영양원, 질소영양원, 탄소/질소 비율 및 최적의 고체배지 등을 선발하기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 균사생장에 최적인 온도와 pH는 각각 $25^{\circ}C$와 pH 5이었으며, 최적 탄소영양원과 질소영양원은 각각 maltose와 calcium nitrate였다. 균사생장을 위한 탄소/질소 영양원의 비율이 20 : 1이고 배지의 glucose 농도가 3%일 때, 균사생장이 가장 활발하였으며, 최적의 고체배지에는 Hennerberg 배지가 선정되었다. 균사생장의 실험 결과를 토대로 끈적긴뿌리버섯의 균사체를 배양한 후 그 배양여액을 이용하여 식물병원 곰팡이에 대한 항진균 효과를 규명하였다. 끈적긴뿌리버섯의 균사체 배양액에서 추출한 물질과 시판되고 있는 항진균 농약을 이용하여 Colletotrichum acutatum, Botrytis cinerea 및 Pyricularia oryzae 등 식물병원성 곰팡이를 대상으로 균사생장과 포자발아를 저해하는 효과를 조사한 결과 끈적긴뿌리버섯의 균사체에서 생산된 물질은 식물병원균의 균사생장을 저해하는 효과를 나타내었으나 공시된 항진균 농약에 비해 저해효과는 낮게 나타났다. 공시된 식물병원균 포자의 발아를 억제하는 효과는 folpet을 제외한 모든 공시 농약에 비해 낮게 나타났다. 따라서 끈적긴뿌리버섯의 균사체 배양액에서 추출한 물질에는 항균성을 나타내는 물질을 함유되어 있어서 새로운 항진균 제제로 개발할 수 있는 가능성이 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.112-117
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• 2013

Phytophthora capsici는 고추에 역병을 일으켜 우리나라뿐만 아니라 전 세계적으로 심각한 피해를 주는 대표적인 식물병원균이다. 최근 환경문제로 화학 농약을 대체하여 유용미생물을 이용한 생물학적 방제가 가장 바람직한 방제 방법으로 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 고추역병에 피해를 보이지 않는 건전한 고추재배지 근권에서 토양시료를 채취하여 토양근권세균을 분리하였다. 총 360여점의 미생물 콜로니를 분리하였으며, 이들 콜로니의 색깔과 모양 등의 형태학적 특징을 기준으로 총 12개의 그룹으로 재분류하였다. 그 중 항균작용을 알아보기 위해 실시한 in vitro 실험에서 고추역병균에 길항효과를 보인 GJ-1, GJ-11, GJ-12 균주를 분리하였으며 길항효과가 없는 균주 2개(GJ-4, GJ-5)를 대조군으로 선발하였다. 선발된 5균주에 대하여 sidero-phore의 활성을 검정한 결과 GJ-1과 GJ-5 두 균주가 CAS 배지에서 orange halo zone을 크게 형성하여 siderophore를 많이 분비하는 균주로 확인되었다. 그리고 토양중의 난용성 인산염을 가용화시켜 식물의 생장촉진효과를 보이는 phosphate solubilization 활성을 검정한 결과 GJ-1, GJ-5, GJ-12 균주가 난용성 인산염에 대한 분해능력을 나타내었다. 따라서 P. capsici에 강한 항균활성을 나타내며 siderophore를 생산하고 인산가용화 능력이 뛰어난 유용미생물 GJ-1을 최종적으로 선발하였다. 최종 선발된 GJ-1균주를 동정하여 Bacillus sp.로 명명하였다. Bacillus sp. GJ-1의 길항작용은 Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium ultimum, Fusarium solani에 대한 식물병원성 진균에서도 좋은 효과를 나타내었다. 따라서 Bacillus sp. GJ-1은 생물학적 방제제로 고추역병균을 포함하여 다른 토양 식물병원성 진균 방제에 이용 가치가 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.15-15
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• 2014

Fusarium graminearum (teleomorph Gibberella zeae) is an important plant pathogen that causes head blight of major cereal crops such as wheat, barley, and rice, as well as causing ear and stalk rot on maize worldwide. Plant diseases caused by this fungus lead to severe yield losses and accumulation of harmful mycotoxins in infected cereals [1]. Fungi utilize spore production as a mean to rapidly avoid unfavorable environmental conditions and to amplify their population. Spores are produced sexually and asexually and their production is precisely controlled. Upstream developmental activators consist of fluffy genes have been known to orchestrate early induction of condiogenesis in a model filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying conidiogenesis in F. graminearum, we characterized functions of the F. graminearum fluffy gene homologs [2]. We found that FlbD is conserved regulatory function for conidiogenesis in both A. nidulans and F. graminearum among five fluffy gene homologs. flbD deletion abolished conidia and perithecia production, suggesting that FlbD have global roles in hyphal differentiation processes in F. graminearum. We further identified and functionally characterized the ortholog of AbaA, which is involved in differentiation from vegetative hyphae to conidia and known to be absent in F. graminearum [3]. Deletion of abaA did not affect vegetative growth, sexual development, or virulence, but conidium production was completely abolished and thin hyphae grew from abnormally shaped phialides in abaA deletion mutants. Overexpression of abaA resulted in pleiotropic defects such as impaired sexual and asexual development, retarded conidium germination, and reduced trichothecene production. AbaA localized to the nuclei of phialides and terminal cells of mature conidia. Successful interspecies complementation using A. nidulans AbaA and the conserved AbaA-WetA pathway demonstrated that the molecular mechanisms responsible for AbaA activity are conserved in F. graminearum as they are in A. nidulans. F. graminearum ortholog of Aspergillus nidulans wetA has been shown to be involved in conidiogenesis and conidium maturation [4]. Deletion of F. graminearum wetA did not alter mycelial growth, sexual development, or virulence, but the wetA deletion mutants produced longer conidia with fewer septa, and the conidia were sensitive to acute stresses, such as oxidative stress and heat stress. Furthermore, the survival rate of aged conidia from the F. graminearum wetA deletion mutants was reduced. The wetA deletion resulted in vigorous generation of single-celled conidia through autophagy-dependent microcycle conidiation, indicating that WetA functions to maintain conidia dormancy by suppressing microcycle conidiation in F. graminearum. In A. nidulans, FlbB physically interacts with FlbD and FlbE, and the resulting FlbB/FlbE and FlbB/FlbD complexes induce the expression of flbD and brlA, respectively. BrlA is an activator of the AbaA-WetA pathway. AbaA and WetA are required for phialide formation and conidia maturation, respectively [5]. In F. graminearum, the AbaA-WetA pathway is similar to that of A. nidulans, except a brlA ortholog does not exist. Amongst the fluffy genes, only fgflbD has a conserved role for regulation of the AbaA-WetA pathway.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.52-61
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• 2021

Decay fungi can decompose plant debris to recycle carbon in the ecosystem. Still, they can also be fungal pathogens, which can damage living trees and/or wood material and cause a large amount of timber loss. We isolated and identified basidiomycetous fungi from the decayed bark of Mongolian oak wrapped with sticky roll traps. The degrading enzyme activities were then tested for all fungal isolates. The decay ability of selected isolates was assessed based on the weight loss of wood discs after inoculating with culture suspension of decay fungi under the different humidity levels. A total of 46 basidiomycetous fungal isolates belonged to 12 species, and 10 genera were obtained from Jong Myo (16 isolates), Chang Kyung palace (7 isolates), Cheong Gye (10 isolates), and Gun Po (13 isolates). Gymnopus luxurians was the most dominant fungus in the present study, and this species distributed in all survey sites with 9 isolates in Jong Myo, followed by 3 isolates in Chang Kyung palace, while Cheong Gye and Gun Po had only 1 isolate each. Among 46 isolates, 44 isolates secreted at least one enzyme, while 25 isolates produced both cellulase and phenol oxidase enzymes, and 2 isolates produced neither. The assessment of decay ability by artificial inoculation indicated that the weight loss of wood discs was significantly influenced by humidity conditions when inoculated with bark decay fungi. The percent weight losses by G. luxurians inoculation in RH of 90-100% and RH of 65-75% were 4.61% and 2.45%, respectively. The weight loss caused by Abortiporus biennis were 6.67% and 0.46% in RH of 90-100% and RH of 45-55%, respectively. The humidity reduction approach should be applied for further studies to control the growth and spread of bark decay fungi on the trunks wrapped with sticky roll traps.