• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.40.1-40.11
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• 2023

Microbial community profiling using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing allows for taxonomic characterization of diverse microorganisms. While amplicon sequence variant (ASV) methods are increasingly favored for their fine-grained resolution of sequence variants, they often discard substantial portions of sequencing reads during quality control, particularly in datasets with large number samples. We present a streamlined pipeline that integrates FastP for read trimming, HmmUFOtu for operational taxonomic units (OTU) clustering, Vsearch for chimera checking, and Kraken2 for taxonomic assignment. To assess the pipeline's performance, we reprocessed two published stool datasets of normal Korean populations: one with 890 and the other with 1,462 independent samples. In the first dataset, HmmUFOtu retained 93.2% of over 104 million read pairs after quality trimming, discarding chimeric or unclassifiable reads, while DADA2, a commonly used ASV method, retained only 44.6% of the reads. Nonetheless, both methods yielded qualitatively similar β-diversity plots. For the second dataset, HmmUFOtu retained 89.2% of read pairs, while DADA2 retained a mere 18.4% of the reads. HmmUFOtu, being a closed-reference clustering method, facilitates merging separately processed datasets, with shared OTUs between the two datasets exhibiting a correlation coefficient of 0.92 in total abundance (log scale). While the first two dimensions of the β-diversity plot exhibited a cohesive mixture of the two datasets, the third dimension revealed the presence of a batch effect. Our comparative evaluation of ASV and OTU methods within this streamlined pipeline provides valuable insights into their performance when processing large-scale microbial 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing data. The strengths of HmmUFOtu and its potential for dataset merging are highlighted.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.513-521
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• 2013

Objectives: This study was performed in order to detect indicator bacteria in drinking spring water (DSW) samples in Seoul Metropolitan City, and to identify their genus through 16S rRNA sequencing and then assessing the genetic relation of their strains. Methods: For indicator bacteria detection and identification of total coliforms, we analyzed DSW between the spring and summer seasons. In particular, DSW samples were chosen from sites repeatedly found unsatisfactory in recent years. Results: Heterotrophic plate counts of DSW in the spring and summer season were investigated in the range of 0-550 and 0-800 CFU/mL, respectively. Total coliforms of these were 0-1,900 and 0-2,100 CFU/100mL, fecal coliforms were 0-600 and 0-550 CFU/100mL, and Escherichia coli were 0-7 and 0-326 MPN/100mL. The detection ratio of fecal pollution indicators and that of fecal coliforms increased to 58.6% in the summer from 12.5% in the spring and Escherichia coli increased to 51.4% from 4.7%. As a result of genetic analysis on the isolated bacteria, the genus of total coliforms was classified in the order of Enterobacter spp. 12.7%, Serratia spp. 7.3%, E. hermanii 6.4%, Rahnella spp. 5.5%, Hafnia spp. 4.5%, Escherichia coli 3.6%, Klebsiella spp. 3.6% in the spring season. In the summer season, it was classified in order of Klebsiella spp. 16.6%, Enterobacter spp. 13.0%, Escherichia coli 11.0%, Serratia spp. 8.6%, Raoultella spp. 7.0%, Kluyvera spp. 5.6% and Citrobacter spp. 3.0%. Conclusions: The increase of fecal pollution in summer indicates that special attention to drinking DSW is required.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.503-508
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 가축사체 매몰지 토양의 침출수 오염에 따른 병원성 미생물에 의한 잠재적 위해성을 평가하기 위하여 미생물 군집을 조사하는 것이다. 경기도 지역에 위치한 가축사체 매몰지 세 군데(A, B, C) 토양을 대상으로 DNA를 추출하여, 16S rRNA 염기서열을 분석을 통해 미생물 군집을 조사하였다. 연구결과를 문(phylum)별로 구분해보면, A 토양은 전체 토양미생물이 Proteobacteria (100%) 1개의 문으로 동정되었으며, B 토양은 Actinobacteria (66.4%) > Proteobacteria (31.1%) > Bacteriodetes (2.1%) > Acidobacteria (0.3%) 순으로, C 토양은 Actinobacteria (63.1%) > Proteobacteria (36.9%) 순으로 분포하였다. 속(genus)별로 구분해보면, A 토양에서는 Pseudomonas가 98% 비율로 나타났고，B와 C 토양의 경우 Arthrobacter이 각각 68, 61%로 우점하였다. 세 군데(A, B, C) 토양 미생물 군집의 종 다양성을 Shannon 지수에 근거하여 분석한 결과, B 토양(3.45)과 C 토양(3.43)은 유사한 수준이었으나, A 토양(2.37)은 가장 낮게 계산되었다. 또한, 분석결과 Salmonella, Campylobacter 그리고 Clostridium perfringens과 같은 병원균도 발견되지 않았으나, 세균혈증을 일으키는 Ralstonia pickettii가 높은 농도로 관찰되었다. 본 연구에 사용된 가축 매몰지 토양은 침출수에 의한 미생물학적 오염도가 낮은 것으로 판단되지만, 가축매몰에 따른 병원성 미생물에 의한 토양의 잠재적 위해성을 평가하기 위하여 지속적인 모니터링이 필요하다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.512-521
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• 2016

제주도에서 채집된 토양시료로부터 xylanase 활성을 나타내는 균주를 분리하여 WJ-2로 명명하였다. 균주 WJ-2의 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열을 결정하여 이를 토대로 상동성을 검색한 결과, Streptomyces 속의 균주들과 높은 염기서열 상동성을 보였다. 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열을 토대로하는 neighbor-joining 계통수를 제작하여 Streptomyces atrovirens와 가장 높은 계통발생적 연관성이 갖고 있는 것을 밝혔다. 또한 DNA-DNA hybridization 분석을 통하여 Streptomyces atrovirens의 신규한 아종임을 증명하였다. 균주 WJ-의 게놈내 GC 농도는 73.98 mol%이었으며, 주요 세포벽 지방산으로 anteiso-$C_{15:0}$ (36.19%)을 함유하고 있었다. 균주 WJ-2의 성장 및 xylanase 생산은 배지내에 질소원으로 soytone과 탄소원으로 xylan을 첨가하였을 때 급격히 증가되는 것을 확인하였다. 액체배양액으로부터 준비된 조효소의 xylanase 활성은 pH 7.0과 $55^{\circ}C$에서 가장 높게 나타났다. Thin layer chromatography (TLC) 분석을 통하여 균주 WJ-2의 조효소는 xylan을 분해하여 최종분해산물로서 xylobiose와 xylotriose 생산하는 효소임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2021

Anteholosticha bergeri and Bakuella granulifera were isolated from soil samples collected from Muuidong and Songdo-dong, Incheon and confirmed new to South Korea. Including these two newly recorded species, 11 species of Anteholosticha and four species of Bakuella have been recorded in South Korea to date. Anteholosticha bergeri was discriminated from congeners by following characters: cortical granules, 12-16 macronuclei, 5-8 midventral pairs, 2-3 pretransverse cirri, 4-6 transverse cirri, and three dorsal kineties. Bakuella granulifera was identified by cortical granules, 5-11 buccal cirri, 2-5 frontoterminal cirri, 2-5 midventral cirri rows, and 8-12 transverse cirri. The Korean A. bergeri population corresponds to the Austrian population, except for the number of marginal and transverse cirri, and the Korean B. granulifera population corresponds to the Namibian population, except for body size. In addition, small subunit ribosomal RNA(18S rRNA) gene sequences from both species were determined.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.361.4-361
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• 2001

• 대한치주과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한치주과학회 1998년도 제38회 종합학술대회 연제초록
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• pp.94-94
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• 1998

• 한국잠사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국잠사학회 2000년도 잠사과학 100주년 국제심포지엄 및 추계학술대회
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• pp.135-135
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• 2000

• 미생물학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.121-127
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• 1999

염기서열 해독작업에서 각 핵산 단편을 조립하는 contig 구성문제에 활용이 가능한 computer program을 개발하였다. 본 프로그램은 국내에서 광범위하게 사용되고 있는 MS-Windows 운영체제의 개인용 컴퓨터에서 작동이 가능하며, GenBank, FASTA, ASCII 등과 같은 다양한 형태의 염기서열 자료를 입력할 수 있다. 두 단편에서 최대 유사도를 나타내는 부분을 정렬하는 작업에는 염기서열의 국부적 상동성을 계산하고 dynamic programming 알고리즘을 적용하는 방법을 이용하였다. 또한 사용하기 편리한 그래픽 방식의 인터페이스를 제공하여 초보자라도 손쉽게 조작할 수 있다는 장점을 갖는다. 본 프로그램의 성능을 검증하기 위하여 세균과 곰팡이로부터 해독된 16S rRNA 와 18S rRNA 유전자의 단편 염기서열을 재구성하는 작업에 프로그램을 사용하였을 때에 효율적인 작업이 가능하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1473-1483
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• 2014

Reports of herbicide resistance events are proliferating worldwide, leading to new cultivation strategies using combinations of pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides. We analyzed the impact during a one-year cultivation cycle of several herbicide combinations on the rhizobacterial community of glyphosate-tolerant Bt-maize and compared them to those of the untreated or glyphosate-treated soils. Samples were analyzed using pyrosequencing of the V6 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene. The sequences obtained were subjected to taxonomic, taxonomy-independent, and phylogeny-based diversity studies, followed by a statistical analysis using principal components analysis and hierarchical clustering with jackknife statistical validation. The resilience of the microbial communities was analyzed by comparing their relative composition at the end of the cultivation cycle. The bacterial communites from soil subjected to a combined treatment with mesotrione plus s-metolachlor followed by glyphosate were not statistically different from those treated with glyphosate or the untreated ones. The use of acetochlor plus terbuthylazine followed by glyphosate, and the use of aclonifen plus isoxaflutole followed by mesotrione clearly affected the resilience of their corresponding bacterial communities. The treatment with pethoxamid followed by glyphosate resulted in an intermediate effect. The use of glyphosate alone seems to be the less aggressive one for bacterial communities. Should a combined treatment be needed, the combination of mesotrione and s-metolachlor shows the next best final resilience. Our results show the relevance of comparative rhizobacterial community studies when novel combined herbicide treatments are deemed necessary to control weed growth.