• Journal of Mycology and Infection
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.111-114
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• 2018

A 19-year-old woman presented with an asymptomatic cutaneous discoloration on her nape. Dermatological examination revealed localized dark brown to dark pigmented velvety macules and patches. She denied a past medical history, except for a 7-kg weight gain over a 6-months period. Histopathologically, the specimen showed hyperkeratosis, epidermal hyperplasia, mild acanthosis, and papillomatosis. In addition, keratin material and fungal spore were noted between the papilloma ridges. Periodic acid-Schiff special stain showed a positive result for the fungal spore in the horny layer. She was treated with a daily oral dose of terbinafine and topical flutrimazole. After 12 weeks of treatment, she is currently under observation without pigmentation and adverse effect. We considered the initial diagnosis as acanthosis nigricans because of weight gain, similar clinical features, and histological findings. However, the final diagnosis was hyperkeratotic head and neck Malassezia dermatosis considering the presence of yeast and the dramatic improvement after antifungal treatment. To the best of our knowledge, hyperkeratotic head and neck Malassezia dermatosis is not well characterized in the literature. It is an unusual variant of pityriasis versicolor. The skin lesion appears brown to dark, scaly, and hyperkeratotic macules and patches located on the face and neck. Here, we reported an unusual case of hyperkeratotic head and neck Malassezia dermatosis.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.287-293
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• 2011

본 연구는 터널표면의 퇴색 및 변색을 초래할 것으로 생각되는 주요 균사형진균을 결정하고, 그 진균을 방제하기 위해 부근 장소에서 분리된 세균들이 항진균 길항능을 가지는 동시에 탄산칼슘 형성을 확인하였다. 이 균주를 이용하여 모르타르에 적용했을 때 항진균 및 압축강도 증진효과를 가진 세균자원을 확보하는데 그 목적이 있다. 터널내의 오염된 지역에서 시료를 취하여 다양한 배지를 이용하여 곰팡이, 효모 및 세균을 분리하였고, 분리된 진균의 ITS-5.8S rRNA gene sequene와 세균의 16s rDNA sequence를 이용해 부분동정을 실시했다. 분리된 미생물의 터널 내 분포를 결정하였으며, 분리된 세균 5종의 탄산칼슘 형성능력을 확인하였다. 터널내 오염지역에서 가장 널리 분포하는 곰팡이인 C. sphaerospermum KNUC253 과 감수성 시험에 널리 이용되는 공시균인 A. niger KCTC6906을 대상으로 항진균 시험을 실시하였다. 터널 분리세균 5종 모두 urea-$CaCl_2$ 고체배지에서 배양했을 때 콜로니 주변부 에서 종 특이적으로 다양한 크기와 형태의 탄산칼슘을 형성함을 확인하였다. 그 중 B. aryabhatti KNUC205는 감수성 곰팡이를 대상으로 뛰어난 항진균 길항능을 보였다.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2010

Paper composed mainly of organic materials and they can be used as nutrient by microorganisms. Therefore microorganisms are damaging the important documents and works of art irreversibly. Previous research reported that mycelium or spores of the fungi were observed on the wax of the volumes of King Sejong especially were heavily deteriorated by fungi. Fungal strains isolated from the annals of Joseon dynasty were identified as Biscogniauxia atropunctata, Aspergillus versicolor, Penicillium polonicum, Ceriporia lacerata, Irpex lacteus. Especially Aspergillus and Penicillium are able to grow on the substrates having a 7-8% moisture content, which is much lower than the general storage condition (RH55-60%) of the paper cultural properties. Moreover, they are known as fungi cause paper deterioration and discoloration. In this study, we selected Aspergillus versicolor and Penicillium polonicum among five strains, then biological aging has been executed for 30 days. The growth of Aspergillus versicolor and Penicillium polonicum in wax was lower than wax treated paper and Hanji. The growth of them in beeswax treated paper and Hanji both were excellent.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.184-187
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• 2003

Verticillium wilt was first observed in 2001 on potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) cv. Superior at Daegwallyong area, one of the major seed potato producing areas in Korea. The wilted potato plants showed typical symptoms including gradual yellowing and interveinal necrosis. There was discoloration in the vascular tissues of the infected stems which turned light brown. Fungal isolates from discolored vascular tissues were whitish to creamy with folding on potato dextrose agar medium, where they used to produce resting dark mycelia but no micro-sclerotia. Conidiophores were septate with side branches, swelled at the base, and arranged in a whorl. Conidia were 2.5-11.2$\times$2.0-4.5 $\mu\textrm{m}$ um in size and were borne in small clusters at the tips of phialides. Optimal temperature range for mycelial growth was $25-30^{\circ}C$. Based on these cultural and morphological characteristics, the fungus was identified as Verticillium albo-atrum Reink & Berth. Pathogenicity tests by root dipping method revealed that the fungus caused the same symptoms as observed in naturally infected potato plants. This is the first report of Verticillium wilt on potato caused by Verticillium albo-atrum in Korea.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.188-192
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• 2004

The main aim of this study was to investigate the sterilization effects of microwave-induced argon plasma at atmospheric pressure on paper materials contaminated with fungi. Plasma-treated filter papers showed no evidence to an unaided eye of burning or paper discoloration due to the plasma treatment. All fungi were perfectly sterilized in less than 1 sec, regardless of strains. These results indicate that this sterilization method for paper materials is easy to use, requires significantly less time than other traditional methods and different plasma sterilization methods, and is also nontoxic.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.18-18
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• 2015

Wilt disease in Oak trees occurs during summer season in Korea. Mass attack of trees by an ambrosia beetle (Platypus koryoensis) was the characteristic feature before appearance of the wilting symptoms. Raffaelea sp. caused the discoloration of xylem area called as wound heartwood. Raffaelea sp. was observed both on the body surfaces and inside the mycangia of the beetle Platypus sp. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis showed that fungal spores were present within the wall of gallery and vessels that formed tyloses. The results revealed that the water movement in vessels was blocked as the fungus started to grow which caused the formation of tyloses thereby resulting wilt symptoms. We found that both female and male beetle Platypus sp. had fungi on their bodies and their large and small mycangia. This study confirmed that the fungus was transferred to oak trees by Platypus sp.

• Mycobiology
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.319-324
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• 2016

Dieback in strawberry (Seolhyang cultivar) was first observed during the nursery season (June to September) in the Nonsan area of Korea in the years 2012 and 2013. Initial disease symptoms included dieback on runners, as well as black rot on roots, followed by wilting and eventually blackened, necrotic discoloration in the crowns of daughter plants. A fungus isolated from the diseased roots, runners, and crowns is close to Lasiodiplodia theobromae based on morphological characteristics. Analysis of a combined dataset assembled from sequences of the internal transcribed spacer and translation elongation factor 1- alpha genes grouped nine fungal isolates with the type strain of L. theobromae. The isolates showed strong pathogenicity on strawberry cultivars Kumhyang, Seolhyang, and Akihimae, fulfilling Koch's postulates. Based on these results, the pathogen responsible for dieback on strawberry plants in Korea was identified as L. theobromae.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.468-472
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• 2007

Wiskott-Aldrich 증후군은 WAS 단백질 유전자의 돌연변이에 의해서 야기되는 면역결핍질환으로 X 염색체 열성으로 유전되는 양상을 보인다. 혈소판감소증과 그로 인한 출혈경향, 면역결핍으로 인해 반복되는 감염, 아토피성 피부염등의 소견을 보인다. 첫 번째 증례는 서울대학교 치과병원 소아치과에 내원한 2세 11개월의 남아로 서울대학교 어린이병원에서 골수이식수술 전에 감염성 요소의 제거를 위해 의뢰되었다. 두 번째 증례는 2세 6개월의 남아로 구각부 및 치은의 연조직 질환과 치아 및 치은의 착색을 주소로 본과에 의뢰되었다. 이들 두 환자에서 보이는 Wiskott-Aldrich 증후군의 특징적인 치과적 소견과 치과치료시의 주의사항에 대해 보고하는 바이다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.313-318
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• 2004

우리나라에서 오이 속썩음은 대전을 비롯한 여러 오이 재배지역에서 발생하였다. 본 병의 발생은 조사포장에서 평균 4.2%, 최대 21.5%까지 발생하였다. 병 발생은 오이 꽃이 붙어 있는 부위부터 시작되었다. 병원균을 접종하여 감염된 오이의 내부조직은 길이 2cm, 폭이 2mm 이상으로 갈변되었다. 후에 갈변은 진전되어 과일의 심피에 이르렀으며, 감염된 오이의 끝부분이 울퉁불퉁하게 되었다. 병반부위에서 분리된 병원균은 형태적 특징에 의하여 Didymella bryoniae으로 동정되었다. 병원균의 균사생장 온도범위는 $5{\sim}32^{\circ}C$이고, 최적 균사생장 온도는 $26{\sim}28^{\circ}C$이었다. 포자현탁액을 오이 꽃에 접종하여 오이 과일의 내부에서 자연감염된 것과 유사한 병징이 나타났다. 오이, 수박, 참외, 멜론 및 호박에서 분리된 D. bryoniae균주들은 접종실험에 의하여 오이 속썩음이 나타났다. 오이 속썩음의 발생 온도범위는 $10{\sim}32^{\circ}C$이며, 최적 발생온도는 $25{\sim}28^{\circ}C$이었다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.316-319
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• 2010

2010년 3월 강릉의 저장고에 보관중인 야콘의 덩이뿌리에서 잿빛곰팡이병이 발생하였다. 병징은 전형적으로 덩이뿌리 표면에서 암갈색 병반으로 나타났고, 감염된 부위의 절단면은 수침상 갈색 병반이 형성되었다. Botrytis 속의 5균주가 병든 부위에서 분리되었다. 감자한천배지에서 풍부하게 형성된 분생포자는 단세포, 무색 혹은 옅은 갈색, 타원형~난형이고, 크기는 $8.2{\sim}14.8{\times}6.5{\sim}9.9\;{\mu}m$이다. 시간이 지나면서 둥글거나 불규칙한 검은색의 균핵이 형성되었다. 균사생장과 균핵형성을 위한 최적생육온도는 $20^{\circ}C$이었다. 형태적, 배양적 특성을 기초로 분리된 모든 균은 Botrytis cinerea Persoon: Fries로 동정되었다. 기주에 대한 병원성 검정 결과, 병원균은 야콘의 덩이뿌리뿐만 아니라 잎과 엽병에도 병원성을 나타내었다. 이것은 국내에서 Botrytis cinerea가 야콘 잿빛곰팡이병을 일으킨다는 최초 보고이다.