• Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1.1-1.7
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• 2012

Background: The F-box proteins represent one of the largest families of proteins in eukaryotes. Apart from being a component of the ubiquitin (Ub)/26 S proteasome pathways, their regulatory roles in other cellular and developmental pathways have also been reported. One interesting feature of the genes encoding the proteins of this particular family is their variable selection patterns across different lineages. This resulted in the presence of lineage specific F-box proteins across different species. Findings: In this study, 48 non-redundant F-box proteins in E. siliculosus have been identified by a homology based approach and classified into three classes based on their variable C-terminal domains. A greater number of the F-box proteins have domains similar to the ones identified in other species. On the other hand, when the proteins having unknown or no C-terminal domain (as predicted by InterProScan) were analyzed, it was found that some of them have the polyglutamine repeats. To gain evolutionary insights on the genes encoding the F-box proteins, their selection patterns were analyzed and a strong positive selection was observed which indicated the adaptation potential of the members of this family. Moreover, four lineage specific F-box genes were found in E. siliculosus with no identified homolog in any other species. Conclusions: This study describes a genome wide in silico analysis of the F-box proteins in E. siliculosus which sheds light on their evolutionary patterns. The results presented in this study provide a strong foundation to select candidate sequences for future functional analysis.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.368-378
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• 1983

본 연구는 1982년 6월부터 1983년 5월까지 전남 여수반도 남단에 위치한 오동도 해조군락의 특성을 밟히기 위하여 5개의 line transect를 설치하고 연간 계절별로 조사된 자료를 분석 하였다. 해조류의 수직분포는 상부군이 Gelidium divaricatum, Enteromorpha linza, Porphyra yezoensis, Scytosiphon lomentaria, Blidingia nana, Ectocarpus confervoides, 중부군이 Ulva pertusa, Chondria crassicaulis, 그리고 하부군은 Sargossum sagamianum, Undaria pinnatifida, Sargassum thunbergii 및 Gelidium amansii 등의 홍조류로 대표되었다. 출현해조의 종수와 피도는 4월에 최대이고 8월에 최소로되며 종별 우점도의 변화는 연중 출현종은 10월에, 일계절 출현종은 1월 또는 4월에 각각 최대치를 나타내었다. 유사도지수에 따른 5개 transect의 cluster analysis 결과 내만성군과 외양성의 2군으로 분류되었으며 본 지역은 남해안 중${\cdot}$동부 군락에 해당되는 Myelophycus simplex alliance의 Colpomenia sinuosa-Ecklonia cava association에 속한다고 본다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5615-5622
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• 2012

광양만의 3개의 다른 지역에서 바이러스 개체수와 물리화학적 요인의 계절적 분포도를 분석하였다. 또한 바이러스의 형태적 구조를 투과전자현미경을 이용하여 관찰하였다. 대부분의 해양바이러스는 박테리오파지와 유사한 구조를 갖고 있었으나, 일부는 진핵 미세조류 바이러스인 Ectocarpus siliculosus virus (EsV)와 유사하였다. 그룹 1 (폐쇄된 부영양 지역)에서의 바이러스 개체수는 그룹 2 (폐쇄된 빈영양 지역) 및 그룹 3 (개방된 빈영양 지역)에서의 바이러스 개체수보다 높았다. 그룹 1 바이러스의 계절적 개체수는 크게 변화하였다. 바이러스 개체수는 8월에 가장 높은 $7.33{\times}10^8ml^{-1}$에서 12월에 가장 낮은 $0.3{\times}10^8ml^{-1}$로 변화하였고, 봄과 가을에는 중간값을 유지하였다. 질소원 및 인산원의 농도는 바이러스 개체수에 상관관계를 보였다. 특히 용존산소의 계절적 변화는 바이러스 개체수와 반대 경향을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 광양만에서의 해양바이러스 개체수가 물리화학적 환경과 밀접하게 연관되어 있음을 보여준다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.609-618
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 동해 북부지역 거진, 중부지역 죽변 및 남부지역 감포의 조간대에 분포하고 있는 해조상의 지리적 종조성과 우점종 및 서식 특성을 2014년 5월과 8월에 조사하였다. 해조상의 지리적 종조성을 보면 거진, 죽변 및 감포는 모두 온대성 해조상의 특성으로서 거진은 구멍갈파래(Ulva pertusa), 염주말(Chaetomorpha moniligera)이 우점하였고, 죽변은 염주말(C. moniligera), 개서실(Chondria crassicaulis)이 우점하였다. 그리고 감포는 지충이(Sargassum thunbergii), 구멍갈파래(U. pertusa), 솜털류(Ectocarpus sp.)가 우점하였다. 지역별 해조상을 대표적으로 나타낼 수 있는 C/P, R/P와 (R+C)/P의 비율에서 거진은 각각 0.85, 2.10, 2.94, 죽변은 각각 0.58, 3.15, 3.73 그리고 감포는 각각 0.80, 3.91, 4.71로 전체 지역이 온대성 특성의 해조상이 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 군집분석의 결과에 의하면, 이들 지역은 거진의 A 그룹과 죽변과 감포 지역의 B 그룹으로 나누어졌으며, 이것은 지리적 종조성에서 죽변과 감포는 거진보다 온대성 해조상 특성이 강하게 반영되어 나타났다.

• 환경생물
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2012

We performed qualitative and quantitative surveys on the distribution of seaweed species and dominant species with their standing crop and temporal variations in Hauido tidal flats in order to understand the role of seaweeds in a coastal wetland ecological system that may be used for conservation and management of coastal wetland ecological system. A total of 9 species were found at 7 stations of the study area; 4 species of Chlorophyta (Ulva compressa, U. prolifera, U. pertusa and Ulothrix flacca), 3 species of Phaeophyta (Ectocarpus arctus, Scytosiphon lomentaria and Myelophycus simplex) and 2 species of Rhodophyta (Gracilaria verrucosa and Caulacanthus okamurae). Major dominant species were U. compressa, U. prolifera and U. pertusa (Chlorophyta), Scytosiphon lomentaria (Phaeophyta) and Gracilaria verrucosa (Rhodophyta). Standing crops of U. compressa and U. prolifera were $2.94{\sim}45.25g{\cdot}dw{\cdot}m^{-2}$ and $6.19{\sim}91.9g{\cdot}dw{\cdot}m^{-2}$, respectively, in spring. Seaweed habitat was characterized by textural differences that the percentage of coarse particles and organic material were a little higher in seaweed flourishing areas than in seaweed barren areas.

• ALGAE
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2012

We report an oxidative burst triggered by prostaglandin $A_2(PGA_2)$ in the brown algal kelp Laminaria digitata, constituting the first such discovery in an alga and the second finding of an oxidative burst triggered by a prostaglandin in a living organism. The response is more powerful than the oxidative burst triggered by most other chemical elicitors in Laminaria. Also, it is dose-dependent and cannot be inhibited by diphenylene iodonium, suggesting that another source than NAD(P)H oxidase is operational in the production of reactive oxygen species. Despite the very strong oxidative response, rather few effects at other levels of signal transduction pathways could be identified. $PGA_2$ does not increase lipolysis (free fatty acids) in Laminaria, and only one oxylipin (15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid; 15-HETE) was found to be upregulated in Laminaria. In a subsequent set of experiments in the genome model Ectocarpus siliculosus, none of 5 selected candidate genes, all established participants in various stress responses, showed any significant differences in their expression profiles.

• ALGAE
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2020

Iodine exists as a trace element in seawater, with total iodine being generally constant at about 0.45-0.55 μM. Almost all of this iodine occurs in two main forms: iodate and iodide. Iodate is the thermodynamically stable form under normal seawater conditions, and thus should be the only iodine-containing species in the water column. However, iodate concentrations are found to vary considerably, being generally greater at depth and lower at the surface, while iodide concentrations follow the reverse pattern, being anomalously accumulated in the euphotic zone and decreasing with depth. The fact that iodide concentrations follow a depth dependence corresponding to the euphotic zone suggests that biological activity is the source of the reduced iodine. Nonetheless, the nature and source of iodate reduction activity remains controversial. Here, using a combination of field and laboratory studies, we examine some of the questions raised in our and other previous studies, and seek further correlations between changes in iodine speciation and the presence of marine macro- and microalgae. The present results indicate that microalgal growth per se does not seem to be responsible for the reduction of iodate to iodide. However, there is some support for the hypothesis that iodate reduction can occur due to release of cellular reducing agents that accompany cell senescence during phytoplankton bloom declines. In addition, support is given to the concept that macroalgal species such as giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can take up both iodide and iodate from seawater (albeit on a slower time scale). We propose a mechanism whereby iodate is reduced to iodide at the cell surface by cell surface reductases and is taken up directly as such without reentering the bulk solution.

• ALGAE
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.127-139
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• 2023

Cryptic stages of diverse macroalgae present in natural substrata, "the bank of microscopic forms", were isolated into clonal cultures and identified based on both morphological characteristics and DNA barcoding. Approximately 120 clonal isolates from 308 natural substratum samples were collected from the entire coastline of Kuwait. Amongst these isolates, 77 (64%) were identified through DNA barcoding using the nuclear ribosomal small subunit, RuBisCO spacer (ITS2, tufa, rbcL, psaA, and psbA) and sequencing. Twenty-six isolates (34%) were identified in the division Chlorophyta, 18 (23%) as Phaeophyceae, and 33 (43%) as Rhodophyta. For all DNA sequences in this study, species-level cut off applied was ≥98% homology which depend entirely on the markers used. Three putative new records of Chlorophyta new for the Arabian Gulf were made: Cladophora laetevirens (Dillwyn) Kützing, Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan and Ulvella leptochaete (Huber) R. Nielsen, C. J. O'Kelly & B. Wysor in Nielsen, while Cladophora gracilis Kützing and Ulva ohnoi M. Hiraoka & S. Shimada are new records for Kuwait. For Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpus subulatus Kützing and Elachista stellaris Areschoug were new records for the Gulf and Kuwait. In the Rhodophyta, Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli in Nägeli & Cramer, Ceramium affine Setchell & N. L. Gardner, Gelidium pusillum var. pakistanicum Afaq-Husain & Shameel and Dasya caraibica Børgesen are new records for the Gulf and Kuwait, while the red alga Stylonema alsidii (Zanardini) K. Drew is a new record for Kuwait. Several isolates identified corresponded to genera not previously reported in Kuwait and / or the Arabian Gulf, such as Porphyrostromium Trevisan, a new genus from the Bangiales, and two unidentified species for the Planophilaceae Škaloud & Leliaert. The isolates cultivated from substrata enhance understanding of the marine macroalgal diversity in the region and confirmed that the Germling Emergence Method is suitable for determining the actual diversity of a given study area through isolation from cryptic life-history phases.