• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.613-619
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• 2012

We applied several machine learning methods for developing QSAR models for prediction of acute toxicity to fathead minnow. The multiple linear regression (MLR) and artificial neural network (ANN) method were applied to predict 96 h $LC_{50}$ (median lethal concentration) of 555 chemical compounds. Molecular descriptors based on 2D chemical structure were calculated by PreADMET program. The recursive partitioning (RP) model was used for grouping of mode of actions as reactive or narcosis, followed by MLR method of chemicals within the same mode of action. The MLR, ANN, and two RP-MLR models possessed correlation coefficients ($R^2$) as 0.553, 0.618, 0.632, and 0.605 on test set, respectively. The consensus model of ANN and two RP-MLR models was used as the best model on training set and showed good predictivity ($R^2$=0.663) on the test set.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2003년도 Challenges and Achievements in Environmental Health
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• pp.162-165
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• 2003

Uptake efficiencies of PCB 153 in fathead minnow through food chain of sediment-midge-fish were evaluated. Contaminated fish food, the midge Chironomus plumosus was prepared by exposing to sediments with PCB 153. We could harvest the midges with body PCB 153 levels of ∼ 1.0 mg/g and ∼ 10.0 mg/g, respectively, in 2 wk of exposure. PCB 153 level in fish fed with midge of 10.0 mg/g PCB 153 (high-dose group) reached its highest at 11.2 mg/g after 30 d of exposure. However, PCB level in fish fed with midge of 1.0 mg/g PCB 153 (low-dose group) kept increasing following first order rate kinetics until the end of exposure (38 d). When the fish food was changed to the uncontaminated ones, the fish body PCB levels were stabilized in ∼ 3 wk. The uptake efficiency in high-dose fish group was 37%, whereas low-dose group was 55%. Uptake efficiencies in fathead minnows were notably lower than that of pike (∼ 70%). This finding suggests that the uptake efficiency of this PCB congener may depend on the amount of the PCB in diet.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.621-623
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• 2017

Mariculture of rainbow trout Onchorhynchus mykiss has been initiated in or around olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus farms, where viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is often detected in some fish. In the present study, we investigated VHSV infection in seawater-reared rainbow trout because VHSV has never been detected in salmonids in Korea. A total of 104 adult fish were tested for the presence of VHSV by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, followed by virus isolation with the fathead minnow caudal trunk cell line. Cytopathic effects were observed in two samples but the virus was identified as infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus. Thus, VHSV was not isolated from seawater-reared rainbow trout.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.376-382
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• 2013

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to identify the virucidal efficacy against the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) of an aquatic disinfectant tablet composed of calcium hypochlorite. Methods: Virucidal efficacy was determined through the viability of VHSV contacted with the disinfectant in a viral stock cultured in a fathead minnow cell line. An aquatic disinfectant tablet and VHSV were reacted under distilled water (DW), hard water (HW) or organic matter suspension (OM) conditions. Results: Under DW and HW conditions, VHSV was inactivated with 24,000- and 2000-fold dilutions of the aquatic disinfectant tablet, respectively. With the investigation of the antiviral effect of the disinfectant under OM conditions, VHSV was inactivated with a 16,000-fold dilution of the aquatic disinfectant tablet. Conclusions: The results from this study showed that the aquatic disinfectant tablet was a highly effective disinfectant against VHSV. In the future, a controlled field trial is required to determine whether the use of an aquatic disinfectant tablet will be able to reduce VHSV in a cultured marine fish farm.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.79-83
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• 2010

Since 1998, a new viral disease with high mortality has been consistently recorded in Korea in cultured carp, Cyprinus carpio. In this study, we investigated an epizootic of the disease that caused high mortality rates in carp obtained from 11 farms in Korea between 1999 and 2007. Assessment of koi herpesvirus (KHV) levels in diseased carp was carried out to determine if this virus was the etiologic agent of disease in this instance. High mortality rates in carp were recorded mainly in the spring and autumn at water temperatures between $19^{\circ}C$ and $24^{\circ}C$. Diseased fish typically showed surface discoloration, with a thick opaque mucus covering the body and gills. Protozoan parasites and bacteria were recovered from 7/29 (24%) and 2/26 (8%) of fish, respectively. Evidence of viral infection was marked; cytopathic effects (CPEs), characterized by cell rounding and an extended cytoplasm in fathead minnow (FHM) cells, were detected in 40/41 fish (98%). A high mortality rate (80%) resulted when supernatants of cell cultures showing CPEs were applied to previously healthy fish. KHV was detected by polymerase chain reaction in 6/41 fish (15%), but was not detected in supernatants obtained from cell cultures showing CPEs. These results suggest that KHV may not be the etiologic agent of the high mortality occurring among cultured carp in Korea; therefore, some other-as yet unidentified-infective agent must be responsible.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2001

아직까지 시도된 바 없는 살균성 phenylthionocarbamate 유도체들의 phenyl-치환기가 변화함에 따라 TOPKAT 계산으로 예측된 다양한 급성 및 만성 독성값에 미치는 정량적인 분자구조와 독성과의 관계 (QSTRs)를 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. (1) 기질분자의 구조변화에 따른 독성치와 그의 판별점수 (D.S.) 에 기초하여 분자 중 특정부분 (fragment)이 양 (+)의 값으로 독성에 기여하는 대체적인 순서는 Aro. C=C, -O-, -NH- 및 할로겐 (X) 원자의 순이었다. (2) 대부분의 화합물들은 매우 높은 돌연변이와 발암성이 예측되었으며 특히, 치환기의 위치에 관계없이 fluoro-치환체는 $B_2$상수에 따른 입체효과 ($(B_2)_{opt.}=1.54{\AA}$)에 의하여 모두 100% 돌연변이를 발현한 반면에 trifluorornethyl-치환체는 돌연변이 발현 가능성이 전혀 없었다. (3) 가장 높은 독성 발현조건은 phenyl-치환기에 대한 소정의 적정값으로 돌연변이성에는 $(B_2)_{opt.}=1.54{\AA}$, 발암성에서 수컷 rat와 mouse는$(R)_{opt.}=0.16$ 및 $(\pi)_{opt.}=0.16$ 그리고 rat의 경구독성은 $LD_{50};({\varepsilon}LOMO)_{opt}=-0.52e.v.$, chronic LOAEL; $(B_3){opt.}=1.54{\AA}$, 어독성은 ${LC_50}$; $(logP)_{opt.}=4.25$ 및 물벼룩에 대한 독성은 $EC_{50};({\sigma})_{opt}=-0.68$를 나타내는 경우 이었다. (4) 돌연변이성에는 할로겐 중, fluoro-기를 위시하여 nitro 및 methyl-기 등의 순서로 기여하였고 phenyl 고리 상, 치환기의 위치와 전자 수수관계에는 대체로 무관한 경향을 나타내었다.