• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.858-868
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• 2009

The abundance, biomass, size distribution, and taxonomic composition of bacterial and protistan (heterotrophic and autotrophic nanoflagellates and ciliates) communities were investigated in six lakes of Masurian Lake District (north-eastern Poland) differing in trophic state. Samples were taken from the trophogenic water layer during summer stratification periods. Image analysis techniques with fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) as well as [$^3H$]-methyl-thymidine incorporation methods were applied to analyze differences in the composition and activity of bacterial communities. The greatest differences in trophic parameters were found between the humic lake and remaining non-humic ones. The same bacterial and heterotrophic nanoflagellate (HNF) cell size classes dominated in all the studied lakes. However, distinct increases in the contributions of large bacterial (>$1.0{\mu}m$) and HNF (>$10{\mu}m$) cells were observed in eutrophic lakes. The bacterial community was dominated by the ${\beta}$-Proteohacteria group, which accounted for 27% of total DAPI counts. Ciliate communities were largely composed of Oligotrichida. Positive correlations between bacteria and protists, as well as between nanoflagellates (both heterotrophic and autotrophic) and ciliates, suggest that concentrations of food sources may be important in determining the abundance of protists in the studied lakes.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.185-210
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• 2003

This paper describes and assesses the parameterisation of MP, the microplankton compartment of the carbon­nitrogen microplankton­detritus model. The compartment is 'the microbial loop in a box' and includes pelagic bacteria and protozoa as well as phytoplankton. The paper presents equations and parameter values for the autotroph and microheterotroph components of the microplankton. Equations and parameter values for the microplankton as a whole are derived on the assumption of a constant 'heterotroph fraction'. The autotroph equations of MP allow variation in the ratios of nutrient elements to carbon, and are largely those of the 'cell­quota, threshold­limitation' algal growth model, which can deal with potential control of growth by several nutrients and light. The heterotroph equations, in contrast, assume a constant elemental composition. Nitrogen is used as the limiting nutrient in most of the model description, and is special in that MP links chlorophyll concentration to the autotroph nitrogen quota.

• 한국생태학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생태학회 1999년도 국제 Symposium 및 '99 춘계 공동 학술 발표대회
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• pp.55-62
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• 1999

Four species of Paraphysomonas collected from the fast- ice covered area Syowa Station, East Ongul Island ($69^{\circ}00'S,\;39^{\circ}35'$) ,Antarctica occurred in the seawater throughout the year and occasionally in the sea ice. P.. antarctica is distributed to a water depth of 35m at 51.3 during the period from August 1983 to January 1984 and also down to 600m St. 5 in September 1983 at cell concentrations of 300-350 cells/ml. The Paraphysomonas spp. were dominant during the period from July to November 1983 in the area studied. The mode of the occurrence and vertical distribution of Paraphysomonas apparently coresponds to those of the bacteria and orgarnic debris-like matter in the seawater. The main components of the plankton population in the area studied, under ice-covered conditions, are Paraphysomonas, Choanoflagellates and bacteria. This work clarified that Paraphysomonas is one o f the most important bacterivores in the microbial loop of the Antarctic marine ecosystem.

• 생태와환경
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• 제39권3호통권117호
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• pp.378-389
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• 2006

본 연구는 2005년 4월부터 12월까지 팔당댐과 경안천에서 박테리아와 원생생물 생물량과 개체크기의 계절적 변화와 이에 영향을 미치는 요인들에 대하여 분석하였다. 조사기간 동안 박테리아의 밀도는 팔당댐과 경안천에서 각각 $2.8{\sim}64.6\;{\times}\;10^6$, $6.1{\sim}43.3\;{\times}\;10^6\;cells\;{\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$로서 두 지점에서 비슷한 분포를 보였고, 수온이 높은 여름동안에도 증가하지 않았다. 원생생물의 총생물량은 팔당호 ($12{\sim}73\;{\mu}gC\;{\cdot}\;L^{-1}$)에 비해 경안천 ($26{\sim}169\;{\mu}gC\;{\cdot}\;L^{-1}$)에서 훨씬 높았으며, 평균 세포크기도 경안천에서 크게 나타났다. 원생생물의 총생물량 중에서 HNAN이 전반적으로 가장 큰 비중을 차지하였으나, 팔당댐에서 4, 10, 11월에 경안천에서 6월에는 섬모충류의 비중이 가장 컸다. PNAN은 상대적으로 매우 낮은 생물량을 보였으나 봄과 가을동안에는 높게 나타났다. HNAN은 두 지점에서 모두 3{\sim}7\;{\mu}m$ 크기의 작은 개체들이 우점하였다. HNAN 평균 세포의 크기는 영양염의 농도가 훨씬 높았던 경안천에서 더 크게 나타났다. 섬모충의 세포당 평균 크기는 여름 동안에 작았다. 팔당댐에서 HNAN 생물량은 Chl-a 농도와 상관성이 있었으며, 또한 섬모충류의 생물량과 관련이 높게 나타나 HNAN의 증가가 섬모충류의 높은 생물량으로 연결된 것으로 판단되었다. 경안천에서 PNAN과 HNAN은 Chl-a 농도와 높은 상관성을 보였고, PNAN의 생물량이 증가할수록 HNAN의 생물량도 증가하였다. 섬모충류의 생물량은 다른 생물보다는 영양염 (TN, TP)과 입자성 물질(SS)과 높은 상관성을 보였다. 또한 두 지점 모두에서 원생생물의 생물량은 박테리아 생물량과 밀접한 관계를 보였고, 섬모충류는 박테리아 뿐만 아니라 편모류의 생물량과도 밀접한 관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 팔당호 생태계에서 본 연구의 결과가 보여준 microbial loop 구성요인들의 높은 생물량과 이들 간의 밀접한 상관관계는 팔당호 생태계 플랑크톤 먹이망 내에서 microbial loop를 통한 먹이망 기능이 중요함을 시사한다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2018

The innate immune recognition is based on the detection of microbial products. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) located on the cell surface and the endosome senses microbial components and nucleic acids, respectively. Chicken TLRs mediate immune responses by sensing ligands from pathogens, have been studied as immune adjuvants to increase the efficacy of vaccines. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of TLR3 and TLR4 genes in chicken were associated with resistance and susceptibility to viral infection. In this study, SNPs of chTLR3 and chTLR4 genes were retrieved from public database and annotated with chicken reference genome. Three-dimensional models of the chTLR3 and chTLR4 proteins were built using a Swiss modeler. We identified 35 and 13 nsSNPs in chTLR3 and chTLR4 genes respectively. Sorting Intolerant from Tolerant (SIFT) and Polymorphism Phenotyping v2 (Polyphen-2) analyses, suggested that, out of 35 and 13 nsSNPs, 4 and 2 SNPs were identified to be deleterious in chTLR3 and chTLR4 gene respectively. In chTLR3, 1 deleterious SNP was located in ectodomain and 3 were located in the Toll / IL-1 receptor (TIR) domain. Further structural model of chTLR3-TIR domain suggested that 1 deleterious SNP be present in the B-B loop region, which is important for TIR-TIR domain interactions in the downstream signaling. In chTLR4, the deleterious SNPs were located both in the ectodomain and TIR domain. SNPs predicted for chTLR3 and chTLR4 in this study, might be related to resistance or susceptible to viral infection in chickens. Results from this study will be useful to develop the effective measures in chicken against infectious diseases.