• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.139-142
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• 2020

The family Trogossitidae Latreille occurs worldwide, including some Pacific islands. The family contains about 50 genera and 600 described species, and the group was recently classified by Kolibáč into three subfamilies, Lophocaterinae, Peltinae and Trogossitinae. Among the lophocaterine genera, a genus Ancyrona Reitter includes 62 species in most parts of the world except the Nearctic region, and is divided into five informal species groups by Kolibáč. In this study, the genus Ancyrona and its a single species, A. diversa (Pic), is newly reported in the Korean fauna. A diagnosis, habitus photographs, and illustrations of female diagnostic characters are provided, with a key to Palaearctic species of the genus Ancyrona.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.46-50
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• 2015

Two species of Phycitinae, Rabiria rufimaculella (Yamanaka, 1993) and Copamyntis martimella Kirpichnikova & Yamanaka, 2002, are reported for the first time from Korea. Rabiria rufimaculella can be recognized by having two reddish-yellow and short bands near the postmedial and antemedial line, and by the bifurcate gnathos and the cornutus which is formed by numerous thorn-shaped sclerites in male genitalia. Copamyntis martimella can be distinguished with the congeners by the uniformly distributed setae on the sacculus and the curved aedeagus in male genitalia and the peanut-shaped signum near the middle of the corpus bursae in female genitalia. The adults and genitalia of the species are redescribed and illustrated.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.1014-1021
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• 2019

In the bacterial community, unicellular organisms act together as a multicellular being. Bacteria interact within the community and programmed cell death (PCD) in prokaryotes is a sort of altruistic action that enables the whole population to thrive. Genetically, encoded cell death pathways are triggered by DNA damage or nutrient starvation. Given the environmental and bacterial diversity, different PCD mechanisms are operated. Still, their biochemical and physiological aspects remain unrevealed. There are three main pathways; thymineless death, apoptosis-like death, and toxin-antitoxin systems. The discovery of PCD in bacteria has revealed the possibility of developing new antibiotics. In this review, the molecular and physiological characteristics of the three types of PCD and their development potential as antibacterial agents are addressed.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.296-303
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• 2020

Three species of the genus Dohrniphora, viz., D. cornuta, D. malaysiae, and D. prescherweberae were newly recorded from Korea. These newly recorded species can be easily identified by the characteristic that inner face of male hind femur equipped with a group of peg-like stout setae on basal sensory area. Peg-like setae are arranged perpendicularly in D. cornuta whereas linear in D. malaysiae and somewhat arched in D. prescherweberae. Also, concave area near the peg-like setae is also well developed in male which is smooth in D. cornuta, on the other hand, there is well developed distal carina in D. malaysiae and with groups of microtrichia in D. prescherweberae. In this study, detailed descriptions with photographs of three newly recorded species and a key to males of all Korean Dohrniphora species are provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2021

A eunicid polychaete, Marphysa victori Lavesque, Daffe, Bonifácio & Hutchings, 2017 is described for the first time from the intertidal zones of the Korean coasts. It is characterized by having three types of pectinate chaetae (INS, isodont-narrow-slender; AWS, anodont-wide-slender; and AWT, anodont-wide-thick), appearance of pectinate chaetae from chaetiger 2, the chaetae consisted of pectinate and compound spinigers, and pygidium with one pair of pygidial cirri. In genetic analysis based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), intra-specific genetic distance between the specimens of M. victori from its type locality, France and Korea are in the range of 0.000-0.013. This paper includes the morphological description and photographs of M. victori new to Korean fauna, with partial sequences of the mitochondrial COI as DNA barcode data on this species.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.65-68
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• 2022

The subgenus Abstrulia Casey belonging to the genus Tetratoma Fabricius of the family Tetratomidae is distributed ten species over the Holarctic region, including eight Palaearctic species. In East Asia, four species from Russian Far East and two species from Japan have been recorded, respectively. In the Korean Peninsula, two species, T. (A.) ainu (Nakane) and T. (A.) pictipennis Reitter, were reported up to date, and latter species is newly recorded in South Korea in this paper. A redescription, habitus photograph, and illustrations of diagnostic characters of the species are provided, with a key to species of the subgenus Abstrulia.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.118-122
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• 2023

The genus Hydroporus Clairville is the most diverse group belonging to the subfamily Hydroporinae in the family Dytiscidae. However, members of this group have not been recorded in the Korean peninsula. The genus Hydroporus Clairville is characterized by the following features: body glabrous to distinctly setose; elytra and ventral surface mainly piceous to black; epipleuron lacking a carina on humeral angle; metacoxal process conjointly with hind margin straight or slightly angulate medially. We collected the high mountain wetland and identified the species of Hydroporus uenoi Nakane based on male genitalia for the first time. A habitus photo, a redescription, mitochondrial DNA sequence, illustrations of the aedeagus of species, and habitat information are provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.300-303
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• 2023

The family Ciidae, commonly known as minute tree-fungus beetles, encompasses approximately 640 species distributed among 43 genera, classified into two subfamilies(Ciinae and Sphidociinae). In South Korea, total 13 species in five genera are known: Cis boleti(Scopoli), C. hieroglyphicus Reitter, C. jezoensis Nobuchi, C. mikagensis Nobuchi & Wada, C. sasajii Kawanabe, C. seriatopilosus Motschulsky, Ennearthron chujoi Nakane & Nobuchi, E. ishiharai Miyatake, E. robusticorne Kawanabe, Neoennearthron bicarinatum Miyatake, Octotemnus japonicus Miyatake, O. laminifrons (Motschulsky), and Xylographus scheerpeltzi Nobuchi. In this study, two Ciidae species, Cis japonicus Nobuchi, 1955 and Orthocis nigrosplendidus(Nobuchi, 1955), are reported for the first time in the Korean Peninsula. Diagnoses of two species, habitus photographs of adult and male genitalia are provided.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Plant Pathology Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.120.2-120
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• 2003

Agrobacterium vitis is a causal agent of crown-gall disease on grapevine. In Korea, grapevine variety (GeoBong) have severely been infected by the bacteria since stems of the variety were buried in soil for overwintering. Infection ratio over 70-80％ was observed on 7 years old GeoBong grapevine in Ansung and Cheonan. PCR specific primers for A. vitis strains were designed using nucleotide sequences of vir A gene in Ti-Plasmid, pheA gene in chromosomal DNA and a URP-PCR polymorphic band. Three hundred bacterial strains were isolated from the different 80 galls formed on GeoBong grapevine in Cheonan and Ansung of Korea and were screened to identify A. vitis using the three specific PCR primers for Agrobacterium vitis. Twenty-four bacterial strains that are detected by the primers were further confirmed by pathogenicity and biochemical methods. To investigate the genomic diversity of the bacterial strains, twenty primers of 20 mer referred to universal rice primers (URP) were applied for PCR fingerprinting, Of them, URP2R and URP2F primers could effectively be used to detect polymorphism within the bacterial strains.

• Journal of Species Research
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.151-160
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• 2018

Seven bacterial strains, 15J4M-1, 15J13-8, 16MFM10, 15J1-8, SR1-5-4, 15J13-6, and 15J8-11 assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes were isolated from soil samples collected from Jeju, Korea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strains 15J4M-1, 15J13-8, 16MFM10, 15J1-8, SR1-5-4, 15J13-6, and 15J8-11 were most closely related to Bacillus selenatarsenatis $SF-1^T$ (with 99.4% similarity), Brevibacterium luteolum $CF87^T$ (99.5%), Carnobacterium iners CCUG $62000^T$ (99.6%), Exiguobacterium profundum $10C^T$ (99.3%), Larkinella insperata LMG $22510^T$ (99.3%), Pseudokineococcus lusitanus CECT $7306^T$ (99.4%), and Spirosoma endophyticum $EX36^T$ (99.3%), respectively. This is the first report of these seven species in Korea.