• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2012

An anacardic acid analog (1) was isolated from the fungus Paecilomyces variotii which was derived from the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai. Compound 1 was isolated from a natural source for the first time and was evaluated for antibacterial activity against human and marine pathogens, including MDR (multidrugresistant) strains. Compound 1 exhibited mild antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli DC 2, Streptococcus iniae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 3089 (MRSA).

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.61-65
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• 2013

A bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract of the fungus Paecilomyces variotii, which was derived from the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai, led to the isolation of antibacterial compounds viriditoxin and its monomeric subunit semi-viriditoxin. Viriditoxin showed significant antibacterial activity against several marine fish and human pathogens including MDR strains. Significant potencies against resistant pathogens such as VRE Enterococcus faecium, VRE Enterococcus faecalis, and MRSA were highly interesting. Viriditoxin also showed notable antibacterial activity against the fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae. Its potency was over 100-fold higher than oxytetracycline which is employed as a general antibiotic for aquaculture.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.1346-1353
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• 2014

In the present study, an anthraquinone derivative, questinol was successfully isolated from the broth extract of the marine-derived fungus Eurotium amstelodami for the first time. The structure of questinol was determined based on the analysis of the MS and NMR spectral data as well as comparison of those data with the published data. Moreover, the anti-inflammatory effect of questinol in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells was investigated. The results showed that questinol did not exhibit cytotoxicity in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells up to $200{\mu}M$. Questinol could significantly inhibit NO and $PGE_2$ production at indicated concentrations. Questinol was also found to inhibit the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-1${\beta}$, and IL-6. Furthermore, the western blot analysis showed that questinol suppressed the expression level of iNOS in a dose-dependent manner. However, questinol could slightly inhibit the expression of COX-2 at the concentration of $200{\mu}M$. Therefore, our study suggests that questinol might be selected as a promising agent for the prevention and therapy of inflammatory disease.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2016

Isopods are parasitic crustaceans that pose serious threat to fisheries. Several studies have tried to explore the host-pathogen relationship between marine fishes and isopods. The present study aims to understanding the secondary infections in marine fishes pertaining to isopods. To assess the secondary infection in infected fishes, parasite infested and healthy tissues of fishes were collected. The samples were subjected to standard microbiological procedure to identify the presence of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Our results showed the branchial region had the higher microbial load of non-sporulating cenocytic fungi in infected fishes. Moreover, fungal strains isolated from the parasitic lesion confirmed that the parasitation and body lesion facilitates the entry of several pathogenic microbes at the damaged host tissue. More over the immune regulation of fish fights back by producing minute cysts, trying to encapsulate the growing fungus. But this may eventually lead to systemic infestation and death of the fish.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.587-595
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• 2019

Pharmacological research on (CHA), a marine-derived quinazolinone alkaloid with significant cytotoxic activity, is restricted by low yields and is a problem that needs to be settled urgently. In this work, the selection of additional nitrogen sources and the optimization of additional concentrations and longer fermentation times using ammonium acetate, were investigated. CHA production was optimized to 62.1 mg/l with the addition of 50 mM ammonium acetate at 120 h of the fermentation in the shaker flask. This feeding strategy significantly increased 3-deoxy-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase activity and transcript levels of critical genes (laeA, dahp, and trpC) in the shikimate pathway compared with the non-treatment group. In addition, the selection of the feeding rate (0.01 and $0.03g/l{\cdot}h$) was investigated in a 5-L bioreactor. As a result, CHA production was increased by 57.9 mg/l with a $0.01g/l{\cdot}h$ ammonium acetate feeding rate. This work shows that the strategy of ammonium acetate supplementation had an effective role in improving CHA production by Aspergillus fumigatus CY018. It also shows that this strategy could serve as an important example of large-scale fermentation of a marine fungus in submerged culture.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.80-83
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• 2012

The addition of NaBr to the fermentation medium of a marine isolate of the fungus Dothideomycete sp. resulted in induced production of two toluhydroquinone derivatives, 5-bromotoluhydroquinone (1) and 4-O-methyltoluhydroquinone (2), and two known compounds, toluhydroquinone (3) and gentisyl alcohol (4). The structures of 1 and 2 were assigned through the spectroscopic data analyses. Compounds 1-4 showed a potent antibacterial activity against the methicillin-resistant and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MDRSA) with MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) values of 6.2, 12.5, 6.2, and 12.5 ${\mu}g/ml$, respectively. Compounds 1-4 also exhibited a moderate radical scavenging activity against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) with $IC_{50}$ values of 11.0, 17.0, 12.0, and 7.0 ${\mu}M$, respectively, which were more active than the positive control, L-ascorbic acid ($IC_{50}$, 20.0 ${\mu}M$).

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.302-306
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• 2009

이 연구에 사용된 9종류의 나노입자는 직경 100 nm 이하의 크기를 가진 입자로, 알테미아 cyst가 nauplius로 부화되는 과정에서 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 살펴보았다. 24시간 경과 후 나노입자를 첨가하지 않은 대조구에서는 82%가 nauplius로 부화하였다. 20 mg/L 농도에서는 AGZ020, Nano silver, P-25, Sb, 및 SnO 나노입자가 각각 18%, 20%, 13%, 50% 및 0%의 부화율을 보여 유해성이 큰 것으로 나타났으나, Ag-$TiO_2$, In, Sn, 및 Zn 나노입자에서는 각각 75%, 60%, 73% 및 73%로 대조구에 비해 유해성을 가졌지만, AGZ020, Nano silver, P-25, Sb, 및 SnO 나노입자에 비해 상대적으로 미약한 것으로 나타났다. 이는 나노입자가 가지고 있는 성분에 따라서 차이가 났다. AGZ020, Nano silver 및 P-25 나노입자는 은(Ag)이 2% 함유되어 항균제로서 널리 사용되어지고 있으며, 산소를 결합시킨 SnO 나노입자는 광촉매제로 사용되고 있다. 이들 나노입자들은 현재 가전, 기능성 화장품, 항균제 및 광촉매제 등 사용이 일반화되어 수중환경으로 유입될 가능성이 높아지고 있다. 이에 따라 수중생태계에 점차 영향을 줄 가능성이 높기에, 나노입자가 가지는 잠재적 위험성을 지속적으로 연구해야 할 것이다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.188-192
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• 2009

New $\alpha$-pyrones (1 and 2) and cyclohexenones (13 and 14) were isolated along with known analogues (3, 5−12) from the ethyl acetate extract of the whole broth of the fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus, a strain derived from a marine sponge Petrosia sp. Their structures were established by interpretation of 1D and 2D NMR, and FABMS data. It is interesting to isolate cyclohexenone derivatives from the genus Paecilomyces (family Trichocomaceae, order Eurotiales), since these cyclohexenones were previously reported only from far distinct genera, Phoma and Alternaria (family Pleosporaceae, order Pleosporales). Compounds 6, 7, and 9 were evaluated for cytotoxicity against a small panel of human solid tumor cell lines. Their cytotoxicity was insignificant upto a concentration of 30 ${\mu}g/mL$.

• 해양환경안전학회:학술대회논문집
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• 해양환경안전학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.137-141
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• 2008

이 연구에 사용된 9종류의 나노입자는 직경 100nm 이하의 크기를 가진 입자로, 알테미아 cyst가 nauplius로 부화되는 과정에서 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 살펴보았다. 24시간 경과 후 나노입자를 첨가하지 않은 대조구에서는 82%가 nauplius의 부화하였다. 20mg/L 농도에서는 AGZ020, Nano silver, P-25, Sb, 및 SnO 나노입자가 각각 18%, 20%, 13%, 50% 및 0%의 부화율을 보여 유해성이 큰 것으로 나타났으나, Ag-$TiO_2$, In, Sn, 및 Zn 나노입자에서는 각각 75%, 60%, 73% 및 73%로 대조구에 비해 유해성을 가졌지만, AGZ020, Nano silver, P-25, Sb, 및 SnO 나노입자에 비해 상대적으로 미약한 것으로 나타났다. 이는 나노입자가 가지고 있는 성분에 따라서 차이가 났다. AGZ020, Nano silver 및 P-25 나노입자는 은(Ag)이 2% 함유되어 항균제로서 널리 사용되어지고 있으며, 산소를 결합시킨 SnO 나노입자는 광촉매제로 사용되고 있다. 이들 나노입자들은 현재 가전, 기능성 화장품, 항균제 및 광촉매제 등 사용이 일반화되어 수중환경으로 유입될 가능성이 높아지고 있다. 이에 따라 수중생태계에 전파 영향을 준 가능성이 높기에, 나노입자가 가지는 잠재적 위험성을 지속적으로 연구해야 할 것이다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.281-287
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• 2023

The symbiotic association between fungus-gardening termites Macrotermes and its fungal symbiont has a moderate degree of specificity-although the symbiotic fungi (Termitomyces) form a monophyletic clade, there is not a one-to-one association between termite species and their fungus-garden associates. Here, we aim to determine the origin and phylogenetic relationships of Termitomyces in Oman. We used sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and the nuclear large subunit ribosomal RNA (LSU rRNA, 25S) gene and analyzed these with sequences of Termitomyces from other geographic areas. We find no evidence for more than a single colonization of Oman by Termitomyces. Unexpectedly, we find Termitomyces in Oman is most closely related to the symbiont of M. subhyalinus in West Africa rather than to those of geographically closer populations in East Africa.