• ALGAE
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.73-90
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• 2021

Relative to the large number of photosynthetic dinoflagellate species, only a select few possess proteinaceous, carotenoid-rich eyespots which have been demonstrated in other algae to act in phototactic responses. The proteins comprising the different categories of dinoflagellate eyespots are positioned in or near the peridinin-containing photosynthetic plastid membranes which are composed primarily of two galactolipids, mono- and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG and DGDG). Within eyespot-containing dinoflagellates, this arrangement occurs mostly in those with secondary plastids, although some dinoflagellates with tertiary plastids of diatom origin are known to possess eyespots. We here provide an examination of the MGDG and DGDG composition of eyespot-containing dinoflagellates with secondary, peridinin-containing plastids and tertiary plastids of diatom origin to address the fundamental question of whether eyespots and their component proteins and carotenoids are associated with alterations in galactolipid composition when compared to eyespot-lacking photosynthetic dinoflagellates. This is an important question because the dinoflagellate eyespot-plastid membrane system can be considered a more complicated and evolved state of plastid development. Included in this examination are data on the previously unexamined peridinin- and type A eyespot-containing dinoflagellate Margalefidinium polykrikoides, and the type D eyespot-containing, aberrant plastid "dinotom" Durinskia baltica. In addition, we have reviewed the galactolipid composition of algae from the Chlorophyceae, Cryptophyceae, and Euglenophyceae as a comparison to determine if algal classes apart from the Dinophyceae contain altered galactolipids in association with eyespots. We conclude that the presence of an eyespot in dinoflagellates and other algae is not associated with noticeable changes in galactolipid composition.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.607-615
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• 2010

We investigated the temporal variations of heterotrophic dinoflagellates (hereafter HDNF) and photosynthetic dinoflagellates (hereafter PDNF) from 14 June to 4 September 2003 at a single station in Jangmok Bay. We took water samples 47 times from 2 depths (surface and bottom layers) at hide tide. A total of 63 species were encountered and in general the most abundant genera were Prorocentrum and Protoperidinium. The abundance of PDNF and HDNF was in the range of $0.04{\sim}55.8{\times}10^4$ cells/L and in the range of $0.01{\sim}4.35{\times}10^4$ cells/L, respectively. The mean abundance of PDNF was approximately 7 times higher than that of HDNF, and was higher in the surface layer where has enough irradiance for photosynthesis than in the bottom layer. The total dinoflagellate abundance was higher in the NLP (nitrogen limitation period) than in the SLP (silicate limitation period), and the abundance in the hypoxic conditions was similar to that in the normal conditions. The Shannon-Weaver species diversity index were slightly higher in the bottom layer, the SLP and the hypoxic conditions. The PDNF abundance were correlated with temperature, DO, total inorganic nitrogen and phosphate in the whole water column, and the HDNF abundance was significantly correlated with temperature, salinity and DO. This study shows that the dinoflagellate abundance might be affected by abiotic factors such as irradiance, temperature, salinity, DO and the concentrations of inorganic nutrients, and provides baseline information for further studies on plankton dynamics in Jangmok Bay.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.201-211
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• 2002

We investigated the abundance and biomass of dinoflagellates and factors controlling their abundance in marine planktonic ecosystems in Korean coastal waters. The abundance of photosynthetic (PDNF) and heterotrophic dinoflagellates (HDNF) was in the range of 0.7${\times}$10$^2$ cells/1-14.0${\times}$10$^6$ cells/1 and in the range of 3.0${\times}$10$^2$ cells/1-6.47${\times}$10$^5$ cells/I, respectively. Their biomass was 0.5${\times}$10$^{-1}$-2.56${\times}$10$^4$ ${\mu}gC/I$ and 2.0${\times}$10$^{-1}$-1.5${\times}$10$^{2}$ ${\mu}gC/I$, respectively. In order to find factors controlling their abundance, stepwise regression and best subsets regression analyses were used. We found that during the summer the most important factors controlling PDNF abundance are DO, P, N and S (abiotic factors), and for HDNF, the abundance of zooplankton, ciliates and HF (biotic factors), and that high turbidity may effect the distribution of dinoflagellate species.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.111-123
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• 2012

To understand the phytoplankton community in the eastern part of the Yellow Sea (EYS), in the summer, field survey was conducted at 25 stations in June 2009, and water samples were analyzed using a epifluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry and HPLC method. The EYS could be divided into four areas by a cluster analysis, using phytoplankton group abundances: coastal mixing area, Anma-do area, transition water, and the central Yellow Sea. In the coastal mixing area, water column was well mixed vertically, and phytoplankton was dominated by diatoms, chrysophytes, dinoflagellates and nanoflagellates, showing high abundance ($>10^5\;cells\;l^{-1}$). In Anma-do coastal waters characterized by high dominance of dinoflagellates, high phytoplankton abundance and biomass separated from other coastal mixing area. The southeastern upwelling area was expanded from Jin-do to Heuksan-do, by a tidal mixing and coastal upwelling in the southern area of Manjae-do, and phytoplankton was dominated by benthic diatoms, nanoflagellates and Synechococcus group in this area. Phytoplankton abundance and biomass dominated by pico- and nanophytoplankton were low values in the transition waters and the central Yellow Sea. In the surface of the central Yellow Sea, high dominance of photosynthetic pigments, 19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin and zeaxanthin implies that haptophytes and cyanobacteria could be the dominant group during the summer. These results indicate that the phytoplankton communities in the EYS were significantly affected by the formation of tidal front, thermal stratification, and coastal upwelling showing the differences of physical and chemical characteristics during the summer.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.73-83
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• 1980

디노프라젤레이트(dinoflagellate)들의 광채취색소단백질들은 안데나색소복합체들 내에서 카로테노이드(페리디닌)로부터 크로필 a로 실질적으로 100%의 효율을 갖는 에너지전달현상을 보여준다. 이와같이 디노프라젤레이트에서 광합성을 위한 태양에너지의 채취가 (특히 청(靑)색광에서) 높은 효율로 일어나는 것은 단백질표면의 갈라진 틈안에 위치한 페리디닌과 프로로필 a의 독특한 분자배치에 기인하는 것이다. 고등식물에서 가로테노이드와 크로로필 a 사이에 일어나는 에너지 전달메카니즘에 관해서도 디노프라젤레이트 안데나 색소복합체들과 비교해서 고찰하였다. Algae에서 광합성을 위한 태양에너지, 특히 적(赤)색광의 채취를 다룬 하나의 예로서 Chroomonas Species의 보조광합성색소단백질인 크로오오 모나스 피코시아닌의 분자토포그라피와 에너지전달도 역시 고찰하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.215-225
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• 2004

Biomass and community composition of microphytobenthos in the Saemankeum tidal flat were studied by HPLC analysis of the photosynthetic pigments from November 2001 to November 2002. The environmental factors of sediment were also investigated to examine the relationship between microphytobenthos biomass and sedimentary environments. The detected photosynthetic pigments of microphytobenthos were chlorophyll a, b, c, fucoxanthin, 19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin, violaxanthin, diadinoxanthin, alloxanthin, diatoxanthin, zeaxanthin+lutein, peridinin and beta-carotene. Pheophytin a, the degradation product of chlorophyll a, was also detected. The results of pigmen analysis suggest the presence of diatom (fucoxanthin), euglenophytes (chlorophyll b), chlorophytes (chlorophyll b + lutein), cyanobacteria (zeaxanthin), cryptophytes (alloxanthin), chrysophytes (fucoxanthin + violaxanthin), prymnesiophytes (19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin) and dinoflagellates (peridinin). Chlorophyll a concentration in the top 0.5 cm of sediment was in the range of $0.24\;mg{\cdot}m\^{-2}\;-32.11\;mg{\cdot}m\^{-2}$ in the study area. The increase of chlorophyll a concentration in the spring indicates the occurrence of a microphytobenthic bloom. In the summer, there was a sharp decrease of the chlorophyll a concentration which was probably due to high grazing activity by macrobenthos. The annual mean chlorophyll a concentration in the study area was low compared to that in most of other tidal flat areas probably due to active resuspension of microphytobenthos and high grazing activity by macrobenthos. There was no clear relationship between microphytobenthos biomass and sedimentary environments because of a large variety of physical, chemical and biological factors, Pigment analysis indicated that while diatoms were dominated in the microphytobenthic community of the Geojon tidal flat, euglenophytes and/or chlorophytes coexisted with diatoms in the Mangyung River tidal flat.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1155-1167
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• 2008

Chlorophyll a (chl a) has been used as an indicator for phytoplankton biomass in pelagic ecosystems due to the relative ease of measurement and selectivity for autotrophs in mixed plankton assemblages. However, the use of chi a as an indicator for phytoplankton biomass is restricted due to its inability to resolve taxonomic differences of phytoplankton and the highly variable relationship of chi a with phytoplankton. Here, we describe the analysis of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) photosynthetic pigment data using CHEMTAX, which is a matrix factorization program that uses chemical taxonomic indices (phytoplankton carotenoids) to quantify the abundance of phytoplankton groups. Compared to direct microscopic counting that can distinguish species within broad groups, the resolution of taxonomic groups by CHEMTAX is generally coarse. It can only distinguish between diatoms, dinoflagellates, cryptophytes, cyanobacteria, chlorophytes, prasinophytes, and haptophytes. However, CHEMTAX analysis is much faster and less expensive than microscopic counting methods. HPLC pigment observations were taken in the spring, summer, fall, and winter in$ 2005\sim2006$ within Gamak Bay, South Korea. CHEMTAX results revealed that diatoms were the dominant taxonomic group in Gamak Bay. In inner Gamak Bay, the ratio between diatoms and cryptophytes was $75\sim80%$, and the ratio between dinoflagellates and cryptophytes was $10\sim15%$. In outer Gamak Bay, the ratio between diatoms and cryptophytes was $85\sim90%$, and the ratio between dinflagellates and cryptophytes was only $1\sim5%$. The population structure was seasonal. Relative diatom populations were less in the summer than the winter season.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1094-1099
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• 2005

Photosynthetic dinoflagellates contain a water-soluble, light-harvesting antenna called the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) complex, which has an apoprotein with no sequence similarity to other known proteins. There are two forms of PCP apoproteins; the 15-kDa short form and the 32- to 35­kDa long form. The present study describes the PCP protein and its cDNA from Alexandrium tamarense. A cDNA library was constructed from mRNA isolated from A. tamarense. The complete PCP cDNA was generated by reverse-transcription coupled to polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), together with rapid-amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The A. tamarense PCP cDNA encoded a 55-amino acid signal peptide and a 313-amino acid mature protein with a calculated mass of 32 kDa, which corresponded to that of the long form of PCP. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the sequence of A. tamarense PCP did not cluster with the short-form PCPs, to which it was only about $55\%$ identical, but which were $79-83\%$ identical to other long-form PCPs. The deduced amino acid sequence of A. tamarense PCP contains an internal duplication, which suggests the possibility that long-form PCPs arose by gene duplication or by the fusion of genes encoding the short form. The abundance of PCP mRNA changed substantially in response to different light conditions, indicating the possible existence of a photo-acclimation response in A. tamarense.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.321-329
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• 2010

Photosynthetic pigments, nutrients, and hydrographic variables were examined in order to elucidate the spatio-temporal variation of water column structure and its effect on phytoplankton community structure in the western channel of the Korea Strait in fall 2006 and spring 2007. High phytoplankton biomass in the spring was associated with high salinity, implying that nutrients were not supplied by coastal waters or the Yangtze-River Diluted water (YRDW) with low salinity. Expansion of the Korea Strait Bottom Cold Water (KSBCW) and a cold eddy observed during the spring season might enhance the nutrient supply from the subsurface layer to the euphotic zone. Chemotaxonomic examination showed that diatoms accounted for 60-70% of total biomass, followed by dinoflagellates. Nutrient supply by physical phenomena such as the expansion of the KSBCW and the occurrence of a cold eddy appears to be the controlling factors of phytoplankton community composition in the Korea Strait. Further study is needed to elucidate the mechanisms by which the KSBCW is expanded, and its role in phytoplankton dynamics.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.181-194
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• 2002

기생은 공생하는 두 생물사이에 한쪽(기생생물)은 이득을 얻는 반면에 다른 한쪽(숙주)은 해를 입는 관계를 말한다. 이러한 기생관계가 생물학적으로 적조를 제어하기 위한 하나의 방법으로서 응용될 수 있으며, 특히 적조생물을 숙주로 하는 기생성 와편모류인 Amoebophrya spp.는 그 잠재력이 큰 것으로 오랫동안 주목받아 왔다. Amoebophrya spp.는 유독성 및 유해성 적조를 일으키는 종을 포함하여 24속 40여종 이상의 와편모류들을 감염시킬 수 있는 것으로 알려져 있다 기생성 와편모류 Amoebophrya는 포자(dinospore)의 분산 및 감염 단계,감염 후 숙주 세포내에서 성장단계 (trophont), 그리고 숙주 세포 밖의 생식단계(vermiform) 등의 간단한 생활사를 가지고 있다. 최근의 연구결과에 의하면, 분산 및 감염을 담당하는 dinospore는 각 숙주-기생생물 관계에 따라 감염능력, 생존능력 및 감염 성공률 등 서로 다른 생물학적 차별성을 보인다. 각 숙주기생생물 관계 기원 dinospores의 서로 다른 생물학적 특성, 교차 감염실험 및 분자생물학적 연구결과 등으로 보아 Amoebophrya ceratil가 숙주 특이성이 없는 단일종이라는 이전의 주장보다는 아마도 숙주 특이성을 갖고 있는 여러 분류군으로 구성된 종 복합체 (species complex)라는 가설이 타당하다. 숙주 와편모류들은 기생성 와편모류 Amoebophrya에 의해 일단 감염되고 나면 더 이상 성장하지 못하고 생식능력을 잃고 모두 사망하게 되는데, 이 감염 과정동안 해당 플랑크톤 생태계에 대한 영향은 다양하게 나타난다. 독립영양성 와편모류들이 감염될 경우 그들의 광합성 능력이 크게 영향을 받으며, 감염위치(핵 또는 세포질)에 따라서 영향받는 속도가 다르다. 이 기생성 와편모류에 의한 감염은 광주성 및 유영속도 등에 영향을 미쳐서 숙주 와편모류의 일주 수직이동 양상과 같은 동태에도 커다란 영향을 끼칠 수 있다. 기생성 와편모류의 감염으로 인한 숙주의 사망은 자연 사망할 때보다 시간적으로 더 빨리 숙주로부터 다량의 유기물이 방출되게 할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 기생생물에 의한 감염은 감염기간 동안에도 숙주로부터 상당한 양의 용존 유기물이 인위적으로 방출되게 할 가능성이 있다. 기생생물에 감염시에는 상대적으로 크기가 큰 숙주 와편모류의 생체량이 사망과 동시에 크기가 작은 수많은 포자들로 생물학적 전환이 일어나고, 이어서 이들 포자들은 섬모류 등의 포식자들에게 먹이로서 이용i소화될 수 있으므로, 숙주 와편모류가 지녔던 물질과 에너지가 미소생물고리내에서 보다 오랜기간 동안 머무를 수 있는 가능성이 더욱 커질 것으로 생각된다 다양한 숙주-기생생물 관계에 대하여 다양한 물리, 화학적 환경요인과 여타의 생물학적 요인들이 어떠한 영향을 미치는지에 대한 보다 심도있는 연구는 플랑크톤 생태학과 적조역학에서 기생성 와편모류의 역할을 보다 잘 이해하도록 하는데 기여할 것으로 기대된다.