• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.515-519
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• 2018

Triatoma rubrofasciata is a wide-spread vector of Chagas disease in Americas. In this study, we completed the mitochondrial genome sequencing of T. rubrofasciata. The total length of T. rubrofasciata mitochondrial genome was 17,150 bp with the base composition of 40.4% A, 11.6% G, 29.4% T and 18.6% C. It included 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and one control region. We constructed a phylogenetic tree on the 13 protein-coding genes of T. rubrofasciata and other 13 closely related species to show their phylogenic relationship. The determination of T. rubrofasciata mitogenome would play an important role in understanding the genetic diversity and evolution of triatomine bugs.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.498-508
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• 2019

Bacillus species were isolated from iru, a traditional fermented condiment in Nigeria. Polyphasic approach was used to evaluate the phylogenetic relationship and strain sub-type of the isolated species. Additionally, the phylogenetic profiles of the species isolated from iru were compared with those of bacilli isolated from different continents. The phylogenetic diversity analysis was performed using the combination of 16S rRNA gene sequencing, ITS-PCR, ITS-PCR-RFLP, and M13 RAPD-PCR. The analysis revealed that Bacillus subtilis U170B and B. subtilis U146A isolated from iru were the closest relatives of strains belonging to the phylogeny of B. subtilis sensu stricto and were related to other bacilli isolated from different continents that had functional benefits. The two isolated species exhibited resistance to acidic pH (pH 2.0). The survival rates of B. subtilis U170B, B. subtilis U146A, and B. clausii UBBC-07 (commercial probiotic strain) cultured at pH 2.0 for 3 h were 33.45, 12.44, and 9.53%, respectively. The strains were highly tolerant to bile salts [0.3% (w/v)]. B. subtilis U170B exhibited the highest cell viability (43.45%) when cultured for 3 h in the presence of bile salts, followed by B. subtilis U146A (25%) and B. clausii UBBC-07 (18.94%). B. subtilis U170B and B. subtilis U146A did not exhibit haemolytic activity and were susceptible to different antibiotics. Additionally, these two strains exhibited weak antagonistic activity against B. cereus. The diverse wild strains of B. subtilis can be used as a safe multifunctional starter culture for the industrial production of condiments with health benefits.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.945-951
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• 2007

DNA-DNA hybridization has been established as an important technology in bacterial species taxonomy and phylogenetic analysis. In this study, we analyzed how the efficiency with which the genomic DNA from one species hybridizes to the genomic DNA of another species (DNA-DNA hybridization) in microarray analysis relates to the similarity between two genomes. We found that the predicted DNA-DNA hybridization based on genome sequence similarity correlated well with the experimentally determined microarray hybridization. Between closely related strains, significant numbers of highly divergent genes (>55% identity) and/or the accumulation of mismatches between conserved genes lowered the DNA-DNA hybridization signal, and this reduced the hybridization signals to below 70% for even bacterial strains with over 97% 16S rRNA gene identity. In addition, our results also suggest that a DNA-DNA hybridization signal intensity of over 40% indicates that two genomes at least shared 30% conserved genes (>60% gene identity). This study may expand our knowledge of DNA-DNA hybridization based on genomic sequence similarity comparison and further provide insights for bacterial phylogeny analyses.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.504-507
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• 2001

The partial 16S gene sequences of six filamentous cyanobacterial strains, Oscillatoria lmosa KCTC AG10168, Oscillatoria princeps KCTC AG10153, Oscillatoria sp. KCTC AG 10184, Phormidium tenue KCTC AG10158, Phormidium parchydematicum KCTC AG10164, and Lyngbya hieronymusii KCTC AG10199, which were isolated in the late summer at Daecheong Reservoirs, were determined and assigned their phylogenetic and taxonomic position among taxa of order Ocillatoriales whose partial 16S rRNA gene sequences aligned in this suty, were very heterogeneously clustered with other taxa. The two strains, Oscillatoria limosa KCTC AG10168 and O. princeps KCTC AG10153, formed a cluster with O. sancta PCC7515, which supported 64% of the bootstrap trees with high similarity (19-96.15%). Strain Oscillatoria sp. KCTC AG10184, that was known to produce a nasty substance, was closely related to the toxic Oscillatoria group. The study on morphological variation in various environments and toxin production will confirm the taxonomic status of these species. Phormidium tenus KCTC AG10158 and Phormidium parchydematicum KCTC AG10164 made a cluster with other oscillatorian species of Phormidium, Oscillatoria, and Leptolynbya, which supproted 100% of the bootstrap trees with a very high sequence smilarity (96.8-99.8%) in thsi study. The sequence analysis in this study also supported that taxa of oscillatoriales are not monophyletic. Some of the fractures, such as the presence or absence of sheath and cell shape, which were used to define them, would be inadequate and should be reconfirmed. We suggest that sequences of partial 16S rRNA gene fragments aligned in this study should be more useful than morphological features in the identification and reconfirmation of the taxonomic status of these oscillactorian cyanobacteria.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2002

Soil samples were screened for actinomycete strains capable of producing phospholipase D, and a strain, Streptomyces sp. YU100, showing a high transphosphatidylation activity was isolated. This strain secreted phospholipase D in a culture broth after 12 h of cultivation, and its productivity continued to increase for 36 h of fermentation. In addition, its transphosphatidylation rate of phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylserine was almost $68\%$ within 1 h. The morphological and chemotaxonomical characteristics showed that this strain could be classified as a number of the Streptomycetaceae family, particularly due to the spiral form of its spore chain consisting of 60-70 smooth spores $(0.75{\times}1.0{\mu}m$) on an aerial mycelium, FA-2c type of fatty acid profile in the cell wall, and LL-DAP component in the cell wall peptidoglycan. A phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA provided a clue that the strain YU100 was actually a member of the genus Streptomyces, because the determined sequence exhibited a higher homology with Streptomyes sp. ASB27, S. peucetius JCM9920, and S. griseus ATCC10137. A dendrogram based on the 16S rDNA sequences also showed a phylogenetic relationship between the strain YU100 and these strains. However, the strain YU100 has not yet been assigned to a particular species, because of absence of any other classified species with a high matching score.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2007

볼티모어의 분류체계에 의하면 바이러스는 복제 및 단백질합성 전략에 따라 6개의 집단으로나눌 수 있다. 몇 종류의 작은 DNA 바이러스를 제외한 대부분의 바이러스는 게놈 복제를 위한 자신의 핵산중합효소를 유전자로 암호화하고 있다. 바이러스 핵산중합효소에는 DNA-의존DNA 중합효수, RNA-의존RNA 중합효소, RNA-의존 DNA 중합효소 세 종류가 있으며, 이들은 모두 4개의 공통된 모티프(motif)를 가진다. 우리는 볼티모어의 분류체계와 바이러스의 핵산중합효소와의 관계를 아미노산 서열을 통해 분자 계통분류학적 분석을 통해 알아보고자 하였다. NCBI GenBank에서 얻은 바이러스 중합효소의 아미노산 서열을 CLUSTAL X 프로그램으로 다중서열하고, Neighbor-joining, Maximum-likelihood, Bayesian의 세 가지 방법으로 계통도를 그려보았다. 미세한 차이는 있었으나, 세 가지 방법 모두에서 볼티모어의 분류법과 일치하는 결과를 보였고, 특이하게도 두 가닥 RNA 바이러스는 숙주의 종류에 따라, (-)RNA 바이러스는 게놈의 절편화에 따라 각각2개의 소집단으로 나뉘어지는 것을 볼 수 있었다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.293-299
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• 2006

두툽상어 (Scyliorhinus torazame)부터 분리된 항산화 효소 Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD 또는 SOD1)의 핵산 염기서열 및 추정 아미노산 서열을 대상으로 분자 계통학적 분석을 실시하였다. 종래 알려져 있는 척추동물의 Cu,Zn-SOD 서열들을 포함하여 neighbor-joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP), maximum likelihood (ML) 및 Bayesian 분석 등을 포함한 다양한 계통 분석을 수행하였으며, 이를 통해 연골어류인 본 어종의 척추동물 분류군 내에서의 계통적 위치를 추정하고자 하였다. 다양한 분자 계통수로부터 얻어진 대부분의 consensus tree들에서 분석에 사용한 분류군들은 종래 알려진 분류학적 위치와 비교적 잘 일치하였고, 이중 두툽상어는 같은 연골어류종인 blue shark와 높은 유연관계를 나타내면서 보다 진화한 경골어류들과는 확연히 구분되는 분지를 형성하였다. 특히 핵산 염기서열을 바탕으로 한 neighbor-joining 분석에서 두툽상어는 경골어류와 양막동물에 비해 보다 원시형태의 척추동물 Cu,Zn-SOD 유전자의 한 형태를 보유하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.273-278
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• 2010

왜매치 Abbottina springeri Banarescu and Nalbant의 분자계통학적 위치를 밝히기 위해 한국에 서식하는 버들매치속 2종과 모래주사속 5종의 핵 유전자인 recombination activating gene 1 (RAG1)의 염기서열을 분석하였다. RAG1 유전자 염기서열 정보에 기초한 계통수에서 배들매치 A. rivularis는 단계통군을 형성하는 왜매치, Biwia zezera 및 모래주사속 종들과 분리되었다. 이 계통 내에서 B. zezera는 왜매치와 모래주사속 5종을 구성된 단계통 그룹과 자매계통 관계를 보였다. 분자계통수 상에서 버들매치속 2종은 다계통군으로 나타났고, 이러한 결과는 골격 특징들에 근거한 이들의 계통적 관계를 밝힌 선행연구와 잘 일치하였다. 따라서 입의 피질돌기 유무와 부레의 골낭 유무와 크기 등과 같은 형태적 특징들에 근거한 버들배치속과 모래주사속의 현분류체계는 진화 역사를 잘 반영하지 못하는 것으로 여겨진다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2000

한국산 미꾸리과 어류의 계통유전학적 관계를 고찰하고자 8종의 mitochondrial cytochrome b의 유전자 서열을 비교한 결과 대부분 이전의 형태학적 연구의 결과와 일치하였다. 그러나 종개속 Orthrias과 쌀미꾸리속 Lefua의 분류학적 위치는 미꾸리과 Cobitidae와 paraphyletic group으로 나타났으며 이 두 속의 sequence divergence는 0.184~0.272으로 나타나 미꾸리과와 잉어과 사이의 divergence와 유사하였다. 한편 참종개속 Iksookimia 2종과 북방종개 Cobitis melanoleuca는 각각 다르게 분화한 결과를 보여 주었으며 또한 중국산 미꾸리와 한국산 영덕 미꾸리의 sequence divergence는 0.099로 종간의 divergence를 보여주어 주목되었다. 미꾸리과 어류 가운데 참종개속의 일부 어류는 분류학적 위치로 보아 이들의 기원이 미꾸리과의 속간 잡종기원으로 생각된다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2002

Cytochrome P45O (CYP) gene has been known to play one of the most important roles in metabolizing the exogenous materials. In insect, CYP is particularly known to detoxify toxic materials by adding oxygen molecule to the hydrophobic region of the materials. Thus, CYP-dependent metabolism is associated with the adaptation of insect to host plant chemicals. This in turn is known to be one of the driving forces for CYP diversification. In the present study, we cloned seven gene fragments of CYP 4 (CYP4) family from the midgut of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, through RT.PCT, Sequence analysis of the product showed the gene fragment to contain an open reading frame of ~150 amino acids, consisted of ~450 bp. The cloned gene fragments contained typical, conserved regions found in CYP4 family. Pairwise comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences among seven clones ranged in divergence from 0% to 52.86% and resulted in five distinct clones. The other two clones were identical or differ by one amino acid respectively to the corresponding clone, although each differed by ten nucleotides. Analysis of correlation between GenBank-registered, full length CYP4 and the cloned fragments resulted in statistically significant relationship ($r^{2}$ = 0.96085; p < 0.001), suggesting utility of the partial sequences as such full-length sequences. Phylogenetic analysis of the clones with GenBank-registered insect and mammal CYP4 family sequences by parsimony and several distance methods subdivided the clones into two groups: tones belonging to CYP4S and the others to CYP4M families.