• 한국균학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2009

Several entomopathogenic fungi have been exploited to be developed into biological control agents in insect pest management. The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, is a serious insect pest infesting various crops, but not effectively controlled by commercial chemical pesticides due to its high insecticide resistance. A fungal isolate was isolated from S. exigua larvae collected from cabbage field in Andong, Korea. The fungus could be cultured in potato dextrose agar. Larvae of S. exigua injected with the cultured conidia showed a potent entomopathogenicity. To identify the fungus isolate, its internal transcribed space (ITS) and surrounding partial 18S/28S regions were sequenced. The ITS sequence was highly matched (99%) to that of Nomuraea rileyi. Morphological characters of its hyphae and conidia were well fit to those of known N. rileyi. This study reports the first record of an entomopathogenic fungus, N. rileyi, in Korea.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2019

The genomic structure of the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene from the entomopathogenic fungus, Cordyceps pruinosa was characterized. The SOD1 gene of C. pruinosa spans 947 nucleotides and consisted of four exons encoding for 154 amino acids and three introns. Four exons of the SOD1 gene are composed of 13, 331, 97 and 20 nucleotides respectively. Homology search of amino acid sequences of the SOD1 gene of C. pruinosa with another 13 fungi species showed higher sequence similarity of 69% ~ 95% and had the most highest sequence identity of 95% with Beauveria bassiana and Cordyceps militaris, which can easely infect domesticated Bombyx mori and another wild lepidopteran species in artificial or natual manner of infection. This SOD1 gene sequence showed copper, zinc and beta-barrel fold sites. Homology search showed that the Cu/Zn SOD1 gene from the entomopathogenic fungus, C. pruinosa is an orthologous gene homolog present in different species of organism whose ancestor predates the split between the relating species. In addition, C. pruinosa SOD1 gene is placed together within the ascomycetes group of fungal clade. From these results it is concluded that C. pruinosa SOD1 gene is orthologous gene having the same or very similar functions with a common evolutionary ancestor.

• Mycobiology
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.130-132
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• 2000

While studying Bombyx mori "Zipnuae" inoculated with an entomopathogenic fungus, Paecilomyces tenuipes, a mycoparasitic hymenoascomycete with a long neck was isolated from the silkworm rearing room. The fungus was identified as Syspastospora parasitica which has been recognized as a hyperparasite on various moniliaceous hyphomycetes. A descriptive illustration is presented in this study.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제26권3호통권86호
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• pp.399-402
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• 1998

Zoophthora radicans를 생물적 방제에 이용하기 위하며 각국에서는 우수 균주 탐색에 많은 노력을 하고 있지만 국내에서는 이 균이 보고된 바 없다. 본 연구자들은 이 균을 1998년 3월경 경북 성주군 쑥갓 재배 온실내의 복숭아 혹진딧물에서 발견하였다. 이에 국내에서 처음으로 Z. radicans를 보고하며, 무성세대의 형태적 특징을 기재한다. 이 균의 가장 중요한 분류학적 특징은 2차포자가 1차포자로부터 만들어진 긴 분생자병에서 형성되는 것이었다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.126-133
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• 2019

Isaria javanica pf185 is an important entomopathogenic fungus with potential for use as an agricultural biocontrol agent. However, the effect of I. javanica pf185 on plant growth is unknown. Enhanced tobacco growth was observed when tobacco roots were exposed to spores, cultures, and fungal cell-free culture supernatants of this fungus. Tobacco seedlings were also exposed to the volatiles of I. javanica pf185 in vitro using I-plates in which the plant and fungus were growing in separate compartments connected only by air space. The length and weight of seedlings, content of leaf chlorophyll, and number of root branches were significantly increased by the fungal volatiles. Heptane, 3-hexanone, 2,4-dimethylhexane, and 2-nonanone were detected, by solid-phase micro-extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry, as the key volatile compounds produced by I. javanica pf185. These findings illustrate that I. javanica pf185 can be used to promote plant growth, and also as a biocontrol agent of insect and plant diseases. Further studies are necessary to elucidate the mechanisms by which I. javanica pf185 promotes plant growth.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.284-286
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• 1998

A ura5 gene encoding Orotate Phosphoribosyl Transferase (OPRTase) of Metarhizium anisopliae was cloned by PCR methods and sequenced. The sequenced ura 5 gene encodes a polypeptide of 234 amino acid residues. This deduced amino acid sequence showed high similarity to other fungi OPRTase and there was no intron sequence between ATG starting codon and TGA ending codon.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.80-84
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• 1996

곤충병원성선충과 곰팡이를 이용한 파리의 생물적 방제 가능성을 검토한결과, 여과지상에서의 큰집파리에 대한 고충병원성선충의 병원력은 동래에서 분리한 Steinernema glaseri strain이 $96.7\pm$2.8%의 치사유을 보여 가장 효과가 좋았으며, 다음이 S. carpocapsae로서 $90.0\pm$0.0%였고 함양에서 분리한 Heterorhabditis bacteriophora strain은 $86.7\pm$2.7%, 포천에서 분리한 S. carpocapsae strain은 $70.0\pm$9.4%였다. 농가 화장실에 곤충병원성선충 260,000마리씩을 처리한 경우, H. bacteriophora 함양 strain이 100%, S. glaseri 동래 strain이 $76.9\pm$3.9%, S. carpocapsae 포천 strain이 $58.5\pm$6.1%의 파리유충을 치사시켰다. 곤충병원성곰팡이 Beauveria brongniartii 7.0$\times${TEX}$10^{9}${/TEX} cfu를 단독처리한 농가 화장실에서는 집파리유충의 치사율이 $73.6\pm$0.1%였으나, S. carpocapsae포천 strain이 130,000마리와 곰팡이 혼합처리에서는 77.8$\pm$3.9%, H. bacteriophora 함양 strain 130,000마리와 곰팡이 혼합처리에서는 $77.7\pm$5.1%의 치사율을 보여, 파리방제의 곤충병원성선충과 곰팡이의 이용가능성이 있었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.30-33
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• 1997

환경친화형 생물농약개발을 위한 방안의 일환으로, 벼별구 등 농해충병원사상균 Metarhizium anisopliae의 분자생물학적 육종을 위해 영양요구성 돌연변이를 상보하는 선택유전자, ura5 (Orotate phosphoribosyl transferase)를 cloning하였다. Cloning방법으로는 기존에 알려진 사상균의 ura5 유전자들간에 확인된 상보성 염기배열을 합성하여, 이것을 primer로 사용하여 PCR기법에 의해 부분적으로 cloning하였다 또한, PCR기법에 의해cloning된 uras유전자단편의 염기배열을 결정한 결과, Trichoderma resei의 ura5유전자와는 아미노산수준에서 약 85%의 상동성을 나타내었으며, 이 단편을 이용하여 Metarhizium anisopliae의 genomic library로 부터 ura5유전자가 포함된 약 4.4 kb의 DNA단편을 cloning 하였다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2009

Entomopathogenic fungi were isolated directly from a cadaver of adult Monochamus alternatus supporting fungal sporulation, using a semi-selective medium and then screened several fungal colonies. The pathogenicity of each fungus was tested using oak longicorn beetle, Moechotypa diphysis, as substitutive insect. As the result, only one of them showed high pathogenicity against M. diphysis, with up to 100% mortality within 21 days of inoculation. Selected fungus was named as MaW1 and identified by Beauveria bassiana using microscopic examination and DNA analysis. Pathogenicity was also evaluated to M. alternatus.

• Mycobiology
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2006

Characteristic growth patterns of Cordyceps militaris isolates on various media, under varying light conditions and at varying incubation periods were examined. Light was found to be the most critical single factor in determining the density, texture, and pigmentation of the mycelial culture of the fungus. However, under the light condition, the degree of pigmentation and mycelial density were found to be affected by the incubation period and type of medium. Irrespective of the variations in medium type or incubation period, there was no pigmentation of the mycelium under dark condition. Radial growth of the mycelium was faster under dark incubation rather than under light incubation. Abundant mycelial density and darkest pigmentation of C. militaris isolates were produced in nutritionally rich media like SDAY, SMAY and CZYA, suggesting that these media may fulfill all the requirements for vegetative growth of the fungus. Growth characteristics of C. militaris isolates could be easily observed by the simple agar culture method, which would be useful to characterize the phenotypic characteristics of large number of pure cultures of the fungus under given conditions of growth factors such as medium, light and temperature.