• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.942-945
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• 2008

There have been concerns about possible pathogenicity and antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus, which constitute more than 50% of probiotics in the worldwide market. In this study, Enterococcus in sixteen products manufactured by ten different companies was tested for the presence of six virulence genes and two vancomycin resistance genes. Results in this study showed the safety of Enterococcus on the Korean market and the importance of screening vanA, vanE, agg, cylA, esp, and gelE. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis showed that the sixteen isolates tested in this study are originated from three strains.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.47.1-47.13
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• 2022

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative bacterium that is known for causing infection in nosocomial settings. As reported by the World Health Organization, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, a category that includes K. pneumoniae, are classified as an urgent threat, and the greatest concern is that these bacterial pathogens may acquire genetic traits that make them resistant towards antibiotics. The last class of antibiotics, carbapenems, are not able to combat these bacterial pathogens, allowing them to clonally expand antibiotic-resistant strains. Most antibiotics target essential pathways of bacterial cells; however, these targets are no longer susceptible to antibiotics. Hence, in our study, we focused on a hypothetical protein in K. pneumoniae that contains a DNA methylation protein domain, suggesting a new potential site as a drug target. DNA methylation regulates the attenuation of bacterial virulence. We integrated computational-aided drug design by using a bioinformatics approach to perform subtractive genomics, virtual screening, and fingerprint similarity search. We identified a new potential drug, koenimbine, which could be a novel antibiotic.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.159-161
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• 2003

The coat protein (CP) gene of Apple mosaic virus (ApMV), a member of the genus Ilarvirus, was selected for the design of virus-specific primers for amplification and molecular detection of the virus in cultivated apple. A combined assay of reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed with a single pair of ApMV-specific primers and crude nucleic acid extracts from virus-infected apple for rapid detection of the virus. The PCR product was verified by restriction mapping analysis and by sequence determination. The lowest concentration of template viral RNA required for detection was 100 fg. This indicates that the RT-PCR for detection of the virus is a 10$^3$times more sensitive, reproducible and time-saving method than the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The specificity of the primers was verified using other unrelated viral RNAs. No PCR product was observed when Cucumber mosaic virus (Cucumovirus) or a crude extract of healthy apple was used as a template in RT-PCR with the same primers. The PCR product (669 bp) of the CP gene of the virus was cloned into the plasmid vector and result-ant recombinant (pAPCP1) was selected for molecule of apple transformation to breed virus-resistant transgenic apple plants as the next step. This method can be useful for early stage screening of in vitro plantlet and genetic resources of resistant cultivar of apple plants.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.110-114
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• 2004

Through in vitro screening for biocontrol agents (BCAs) against Streptomyces scabiei causing potato (Solanum tuberosum) common scab, 19 streptomycete and 17 fungal isolates with antagonistic activity were selected as BCA candidates. For the selection of BCA candidates which are highly resistant to 10 kinds of antibiotics or pesticides, chemical susceptibility testing was initially performed in vitro. A remarkable degree of variation in susceptibility to antibiotics or pesticides was observed among the isolates tested. Streptomycete A020645 isolate was highly resistant to all the tested chemicals except neomycin up to 5,000 ppm. On the other hand, out of 36 antagonistic microbes subjected to in vivo pot tests using cultivar Daejima, four streptomycete isolates namely, A020645, A010321, A010564, and A020973, showed high antagonistic activity with >60% and 55% control value, respectively, and high chemical resistance to 10 kinds of chemicals. Therefore, these isolates were selected as potential BCAs for the control of potato common scab.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.12-24
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• 2015

Rice Blast is the most devastating disease causing major yield losses in every year worldwide. It had been proved that using resistant rice varieties would be the most effective way to control this disease. Molecular screening and genetic diversities of major rice blast resistance genes were determined in 192 rice germplasm accessions using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. The genetic frequencies of the 10 major rice blast resistance genes varied from 19.79% to 54.69%. Seven accessions IC337593, IC346002, IC346004, IC346813, IC356117, IC356422 and IC383441 had maximum eight blast resistance gene, while FR13B, Hourakani, Kala Rata 1-24, Lemont, Brown Gora, IR87756-20-2-2-3, IC282418, IC356419, PKSLGR-1 and PKSLGR-39 had seven blast resistance genes. Twenty accessions possessed six genes, 36 accessions had five genes, 41 accessions had four genes, 38 accessions had three genes, 26 accessions had two genes, 13 accessions had single R gene and only one accession IC438644 does not possess any one blast resistant gene. Out of 192 accessions only 17 accessions harboured 7 to 8 blast resistance genes.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2003

Objectives : Gram-positive bacteria have became increasing resistant to antibacterial agents, and hence multi-drug-resistant bacterial pathogens are now a major problem in clinical medicine. There is, therefore, a need for new antibacterial agents. In the course of our screening program for potent antibacterial agent from medicinal plants, the extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza (S. miltiorrhiza) showed antibacterial activity against methcillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and antibiotic-resistant S. aureus. Methods : S. miltiorrhiza was extracted with 80$\%$ EtOH. The extract was suspended in H2O and fractionated successively with hexane chloroform, ethyl acetate, and n-buthanol. The chloroform fraction, which showed the highest antibacterial activity(MICs, 78㎍/ml) against MRSA, was chromatographed on a silica gel column and recycling prep-LC to give the pure antibacterial component. Results and Conclusions : The second fraction among the chloroform soluble portion of an aqueous EtOH extract of S. miltiorrhiza root showed outstanding antibacterial activity against MRSA and antibiotic-resistant S. aureus compared to the other fraction. An active compound was isolated from the second fraction using silica gel column chromatoraphy and recycling prep-LC. Based on these data together with the IH-, 13C-NMR, mass and mp, the active compounds were identified tanshinone Ⅰ, dehydrotanshinone Ⅰ and cryptotanshinone. Among tanshinones, cryptotanshinone and dihydrotanshinone Ⅰ MICs against MRSA and antibiotics-resistant S. aureus were 12.5, 12.5 and 6.3㎍/ml, respectively.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.200-203
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• 2021

Rice blast caused by the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is arguably the most devastating rice disease worldwide. Development of a high-throughput and reliable field blast resistance evaluation system is essential for resistant germplasm screening, resistance genes identification and resistant varieties breeding. However, the occurrence of rice blast in paddy field is easily affected by various factors, particularly lack of sufficient inoculum, which always leads to the non-uniform occurrence and reduced disease severity. Here, we described a procedure for adequately inducing the occurrence of rice seedling blast in paddy field, which involves pretreatment of diseased straw, initiation of seedling blast for the first batch of spreader population, inducing the occurrence of the second batch of spreader population and test materials. This procedure enables uniform and consistent infection, which facilitates efficient and accurate assessment of seedling blast resistance for diverse rice materials.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.96-102
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• 2020

Fusarim oxysporum에 의한 덩굴쪼김병은 수박 재배에 큰 피해를 일으키는 중요한 병이다. 이 병을 방제하기 위해 덩굴 쪼김병 저항성 박 대목을 이용하는 것이 가장 좋은 방법이다. 본 연구는 박 덩굴쪼김병 저항성 자원을 선발할 수 있는 방법을 확립하기 위해 수행하였다. 효과적인 접종법을 개발하기 위해 접종 후 온도(15, 20, 25, 30℃), 접종 농도(1 × 10⁵, 5 × 10⁵, 1 × 10⁶, and 5 × 10⁶ conidia·mL^-1), 접종 시기(파종 7, 10, 13, 16일 후)를 조사하였다. 박 덩굴쪼김병을 접종하였을 때 접종 후 배양 온도나 파종 후 접종 시기의 영향이 적었다. 그러나, 덩굴쪼김병에 저항성인 박의 경우 접종농도가 높을수록 발병이 심하게 나타났다. 따라서, 박 덩굴쪼김병에 대한 효과적인 접종법으로 파종 10일 된 유묘 뿌리를 1 × 10⁵ - 1 × 10⁶ conidia·mL^-1 농도로 30분간 접종한 후 감염되지 않은 토양에 옮겨 심고 25℃에서 3주 동안 재배하는 것을 제안한다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2011

Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron.에 의해 발생하는 무 뿌리혹병에 대한 효율적인 저항성 검정법을 확립하기 위하여, GN-1 균주를 사용하여 접종원 농도, 무 생육 시기 및 접종 후 배양 기간 등 발병 조건에 따른 무 뿌리혹병발생을 조사하였다. 종자를 파종하고 10일 동안 재배한 무 유묘에 뿌리혹병균을 포트 당 $1.0{\times}10^9$개의 포자 농도가 되도록 관주하여 접종하였을 때 뿌리혹병이 가장 많이 발생하였다. 그리고 뿌리혹병 발생을 위해서, 접종한 무 유묘는 $20^{\circ}C$ 생육상에서 하루에 12시간 동안 광을 처리하며 3일 동안 배양하고, 그 후 온실($20{\pm}5^{\circ}C$)에서 6주 동안 재배한 후에 발병 정도를 조사하는 것이 효율적이었다. 확립한 무 뿌리혹병 저항성 검정법을 이용하여, 시판 중인 무 품종 46개의 P. brassicae GN-1 균주(저항성 배추 품종을 침입할 수 없는 균주)와 YC-1 균주(15개 저항성 배추 품종에 뿌리혹병을 일으키는 균주)에 대한 저항성 정도를 실험한 결과, 실험한 무 품종 중 35개 품종은 두 균주 모두에 대하여 저항성을, 그리고 1개 품종은 감수성을 나타내었다. 한편, 나머지 10개 품종은 균주에 따라 서로 다른 반응을 나타냈다. 이상의 결과로부터 본 연구에서 확립한 뿌리혹병 저항성 검정법은 뿌리혹병균에 대한 무의 저항성을 조사하기 위한 효율적인 방법임을 알 수 있었다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.148-152
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• 2010

무 시들음병에 대한 저항성 검정법을 확립하기 위하여 접종 방법, 침지 시간, 접종원 농도 등의 발병 조건에 따른 '송백무'(감수성)와 '토광무'(중도저항성)의 무 시들음병 발생을 조사하였다. 이병토 접종법, 관주 접종법과 뿌리 침지법 등의 접종 방법에 따른 무 시들음병 발생을 실험한 결과, 이병토 접종법과 관주 접종법에 의해서는 무시들음병이 발생하지 않았다. 뿌리 침지법의 경우, 뿌리 상처 처리구는 무상처 처리구보다 무 시들음병이 더 많이 발생하였으며, 무상처 처리구에서 두 품종의 무 시들음병 발생은 차이를 나타냈다. 뿌리를 포자현탁액에 침지하는 시간(1시간~24시간)에 따른 무 시들음병 발생은 모든 처리구에서 높은 병 발생을 보였으며, 접종 시간이 증가하여도 무 시들음병 발생은 증가하지 않았다. 그러나 포자현탁액의 포자 농도가 증가함에 따라 무 시들음병 발생은 증가하였다. 위의 결과를 이용하여 시판 무 41종 품종의 시들음병 저항성 정도를 검정하였다. 온실에서 14일 재배한 무의 뿌리를 $1.0{\times}10^7$ conidia/ml의 포자현탁액에 2시간 동안 침지하여 실험한 결과, 6종 품종(15%)은 저항성, 22종 품종(53%)은 중도저항성 그리고 13종 품종(32%)은 감수성을 보였다.