• 식물분류학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2007

제비꽃속 42집단에 대한 계통 유연관계를 알아보기 위하여 엽록체 DNA의 matK 유전자와 atpB-rbcL intergenic spacer 지역에 대한 염기서열을 분석하였다. MatK 분석에서는 노랑제비꽃절과 장백제비꽃절이 독립된 clade를 형성하였으며, 진정제비꽃절의 5개 아절은 paraphyletic하게 분리되었다. AtpB-rbcL 분석에서는 노랑제비꽃절이 단계통을 형성하였지만, 장백제비꽃절은 잔털제비꽃을 제외한 제비꽃아절 분류군들이 포함되어 있는 clade의자매군을 형성하였고, 진정제비꽃절은 paraphyletic한 분계조로 분리되어, matK 유전자와는 장백제비꽃절과 잔털제비꽃의 위치에 차이를 보였다. 두 가지 유전자의 염기서열 자료를 유합하여 분석한 결과는 제비꽃속 분류군들이 크게 3개의 분계조로 유집되는 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 기본염색체 수가 x=6인 노랑제비꽃절과 장백제비꽃절은 아욱제비꽃아절과 낚시제비꽃아절(x=10)에 속하는 분류군들이 포함된 clade의 자매군을 형성하면서 분리되었고, 잔털제비꽃은 진정제비꽃절의 콩제비꽃아절과 고깔제비꽃아절(x=10 또는 12)의 분류군들과 함께 분계조를 이루었으며, 잔털제비꽃을 제외한 제비꽃아절 (x=12)의 19개 집단도 하나의 clade를 형성하였다. 그러나 outgroup으로 부터 clade 각각의 기원에 대해서는 선행된 ITS와 trnL-F 지역에 의한 결과와는 일치하지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.452-462
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• 2023

Opportunistic infections due to Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii species complexes continue to rise unabated among HIV/AIDS patients, despite improved antifungal therapies. Here, we collected a total of 20 environmental and 25 presumptive clinical cryptococcal isolates from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples of 175 patients enrolled in an ongoing clinical trial Ambition 1 Project (Botswana-Harvard Partnership). Identity confirmation of the isolates was done using MALDI-TOF MS and PCR. We describe the diversity of the isolates by PCR fingerprinting and sequencing (Oxford Nanopore Technology) of the intergenic spacer region. Mating types of the isolates were determined by amplification of the MAT locus. We report an unusual prevalence of 42.1% of C. neoformans × C. deneoformans hybrids Serotype AD (n = 16), followed by 39.5% of C. neoformans Serotype A (n = 15), 5.3% of C. deneoformans, Serotype D (n = 2), 7.9% of C. gattii (n = 3), and 5.3% of C. tetragattii (n = 2) in 38 representative isolates that have been characterized. Mating type-specific PCR performed on 38 representative environmental and clinical isolates revealed that 16 (42.1%) were MATa/MAT𝛼 hybrids, 17 (44.7%) were MAT𝛼, and five (13.2%) possessed MATa mating type. We used conventional and NGS platforms to demonstrate a potential link between environmental and clinical isolates and lay a foundation to further describe mating patterns/history in Botswana.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.194-199
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• 1995

A portion (7.4 kb) of ribosomal DNA tandem repeat unit from a genome of the mushroom T. matsutake has been cloned. A 1.75 kb EcoRI fragment was cloned first using S. cerevisiae 255 rRNA gene as a probe, and this was then used for further cloning. A chromosomal walking experiment was carried out and the upstream region of the 1.75 kb fragment was cloned using SmaI/BamHI enzyme, the size was estimated to be 5.2 kb in length. Part of the downstream region of the 1.75 kb fragment was also cloned using XbaI/BamHI enzymes. Restriction enzyme maps of three cloned DNA fragments were constructed. Northern hybridization, using total RNA of T. matsutake, and the restriction fragments of three cloned DNAs as probes, revealed that all four ribosomal RNA genes (large subunit[LSU], small subunit [SSU], 5.85 and 5S rRNA genes) are present in the cloned region. The gene organization of the rDNA are regarded as an intergenic spacer [IGS]2 (partial) - SSU rRNA - internal transcribed spacer [ITS]1 - 5.8S rRNA - ITS2 - LSU rRNA - IGS1 -5S rRNA - IG52 (partial).

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.137-141
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• 2013

ITS 1, 2, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene 염기서열 분석과 주사전자현미경 구조 분석을 통해 3종의 페루산 곤충병원성진균들의 동정을 수행하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 두개의 ITS 부위와 5.8S rRNA gene 부위를 포함하는 PCR product를 증폭하여 염기서열 분석을 수행하였으며 분석된 염기서열을 이용하여 NCBI의 BLAST를 이용하여 가장 높은 상동성을 보이는 종들의 ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 염기서열 정보와 비교분석을 위한 근연종들의 염기서열 정보를 다운로드하여 neighbor joining 분석을 수행하였다. 이를 통해 5.8S rRNA 유전자 염기서열은 속 수준에서도 거의 차이를 보여주지 않을 정도로 매우 안정적으로 보존되어 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며 종간 구분이 모호한 결과를 보여주었다. 그와 반대로 ITS 부위의 염기서열은 종에 매우 특이적임을 확인할 수 있었으며, 비교분석에 사용된 Beauveria bassiana strain 간의 차이는 확인할 수 없었다. ITS 염기서열 분석결과를 뒷받침하고자 곤충병원성 진균류의 동정을 위한 분류 key로 사용되는 미세구조 관찰을 위해 주사전자현미경 관찰과 광학현미경 관찰을 통해 B. bassiana 및 Lecanicillium attenuatum의 전형적 구조를 관찰할 수 있었다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2020

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae (Fof) 에 의한 딸기 시들음병은 국내 딸기재배에서 가장 중요한 병해 중 하나이다. 국내 발생하는 Fof의 특성을 분석하고자 시들음병균의 유전적 다양성, 병원성과 살균제 반응을 조사하였다. 분리균은 Fo080701를 제외한 모든 균주에서 Fof 특이적 primer에 증폭되었다. 분리균의 nuclear ribosomal intergenic spacer region과 EF-1α sequences 분석 결과 3개의 lineage를 형성하였다. 대부분의 분리균은 lineage 1에 속하였으며 lineage 3에 3개 균주와 lineage 2에 1개 균주가 포함되었다. 분리된 모든 균주는 설향품종에 병원성을 보였다. Prochloraz는 DNA lineage 2에 속하는 Fo080701균주를 제외하곤 시들음병균의 EC₅₀값이 0.02-0.1 ㎍/ml로 낮은 농도에서 효과적으로 균사 생장을 억제하였다. Metconazole의 EC₅₀값도 0.04-0.22 ㎍/ml로 prochloraz와 비슷한 억제 효과를 보였다. Pyraclostrobin의 EC₅₀값은 0.23-168.01 ㎍/ml로 균주에 따라 차이가 컸다. 딸기 재배포장에서 boscalid+fludioxonil, fluxapyroxad+pyraclostrobin, prochloraz manganese이 딸기 시들음병 방제에 효과적이었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.264-270
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• 2004

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae is a fungal pathogen causing strawberry wilt disease. The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of intergenic spacer (IGS) region of rDNA were used to identify genetic variation among 22 F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae isolates. All isolates could be distinguished from each other by RAPD analysis and RFLP of 2.6 kb amplified with primer CNS1 and CNL12 for IGS region of rDNA. Cluster analysis using UPGMA showed eight distinct clusters based on the banding patterns obtained from RAPD and rDNA RFLP. These results indicate that F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae isolates are genetically distinct from each other, There was a high level genetic variation among F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.788-797
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• 2001

The usefulness of three PCR methods were evaluated for the epidemiological typing of Staphylococcus aureus: an enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence PCR (ERIC-PCR), repetitive extragenic palindromic element PCR (REP-PCR), and 16S-23S intergenic spacer PCR (ITS-PCR). The analysis was performed using a collection of S. aureus strains comprised of 6 reference and 79 isolates from patients with various diseases. Among the 85 S. aureus strains tested, 6 references and 6 isolates were found to be susceptible to methicillin, whereas the remaining 73 isolates were resistant to it. PCR methods are of special concern, as conventional phenotypic methods are unable to clearly distinguish among methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains. The ability of the techniques to detect different unrelated types was found to be as follows: ERIC-PCR, 19 types; REP-PCR, 36 types; and ITS-PCR, 14 types. On the basis of combining the ERIC, REP, and ITS fingerprints, the 85 S. aureus strains were grouped into 56 genetic types (designated G1 to G56). The diversities for the 85 S. aureus strains, calculated according to Simpson\`s index, were 0.88 for an ERIC-PCR, 0.93 for a REP-PCR, and 0.48 for an ITS-PCR, and the diversity increased up to 0.97 when an ERIC-PCR and REP-PCR were combined. The above discrimination indices imply that the genetic heterogeneity of S. aureus strains is high. Accordingly, this study demonstrates that DNA sequences from highly conserved repeats of a genome, particularly a combination of ERIC sequences and REP elements, are a convenient and accurate tool for the subspecies-specific discrimination and epidemiologic tracking of S. aureus.

• Mycobiology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.92-100
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• 2018

The filamentous Ascomycota Colletotrichum gloeosporioides sensu lato is a fungus that has been reported worldwide as a causal agent of anthracnose disease in avocado and other crops. In Mexico, this species affects fruits from an early stage of development in the orchard until the post-harvest stage. Although fungicides are continuously applied to control Colletotrichum species, pericarp cankers and soft rot mesocarp in fruits are still frequently observed. Considering the lack of a precise description of the causative agent, the aim of the current study was to determine the pathogens involved in this symptomatology. Twenty-four isolates were consistently obtained from the pericarp of avocado fruits cv. "Hass" collected in the central avocado-producing area of Mexico. Morphological features such as colony growth, conidia size, and mycelial appressorium were assessed. Bayesian multilocus phylogenetic analyses were performed using amplified sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region of the nuclear ribosomal DNA; actin, chitin synthase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase partial genes; and APn2-Mat1-2 intergenic spacer and mating type Mat1-2 partial gene from the nine selected isolates. In addition, fruits were inoculated with a conidial suspension and reproducible symptoms confirmed the presence of Colletotrichum fructicola in this area. This pathogenic species can now be added to those previously reported in the country, such as C. acutatum, C. boninense, C. godetiae, C. gloeosporioides, and C. karstii. Disease management programs to reduce the incidence of anthracnose should include C. fructicola to determine its response to fungicides that are routinely applied, considering that the appearance of new species is affecting the commercial quality of the fruits and shifting the original population structure.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.140-147
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• 2017

Fusarium wilts of strawberry, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae, is a serious soil-borne disease. Fusarium wilt causes dramatic yield losses in commercial strawberry production and it is a very stubborn disease to control. Reliable chemical control of strawberry Fusarium wilt disease is not yet available. Moreover, other well-known F. oxysporum have different genetic information from F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae. This analysis investigates the genetic diversity of strawberry Fusairum wilt pathogen. In total, 110 pathogens were isolated from three major strawberry production regions, namely Sukok, Hadong, Sancheong in Gyeongnam province in South Korea. The isolates were confirmed using F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae species-specific primer sets. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analyses were executed using the internal transcribed spacer, intergenic spacer, translation elongation factor1-${\alpha}$, and ${\beta}$-tubulin genes of the pathogens and four restriction enzymes: AluI, HhaI, HinP1I and HpyCH4V. Regarding results, there were diverse patterns in the three gene regions except for the ${\beta}$-tubulin gene region. Correlation analysis of strawberry cultivation region, cultivation method, variety, and phenotype of isolated pathogen, confirmed that genetic diversity depended on the classification of the cultivated region.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2021

당귀는 일반적으로 이용되는 대표적인 다년생의 약용식물이다. 최근 국제적 추세에 따라 자국의 유전자원의 발굴, 보존 등이 강화됨에 따라 인접국가와 국내 자생 당귀 계통을 판별할 수 있는 기준설정에 관한 연구의 필요성이 대두되고 있지만, 분자생물학적 판별 기술의 개발은 아직 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 국내 토종 당귀인 참당귀와 세발당귀, 그리고 해외 유래 당귀 종의 기원을 판별하기 위해 핵의 리보솜에 존재하는 ITS 유전자단편에서 SNP를 이용한 판별 프라이머를 확보하였으며, 이를 보완하여 보다 신속하게 판별하기 위하여 ARMS-PCR 기술을 이용한 판별 마커와 그 조건을 확립하였다. 그러므로, 본 연구에서 개발된 SNP 마커는 다양한 지역 또는 국가에서 서식하는 당귀 종들의 신속한 확인을 위해 매우 유용하게 이용될 것으로 생각된다.