• Mycobiology
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.288-295
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• 2020

Species of Laccaria (Hydnangiaceae, Agaricales, and Basidiomycota) are well-known ectomycorrhizal symbionts of a broad range of hosts. Laccaria species are characterized by brown, orange, or purple colored basidiocarps, and globose or oblong, echinulate and multinucleate basidiospores. While some Laccaria species are easily identified at the species level using only the morphological characteristics, others are hard to distinguish at the species level due to small differences in morphology. Heretofore, ten Laccaria species have been reported in Korea. While studying the fungal diversity in the National Parks of Korea, two new Laccaria species were discovered. Species identification was done based on molecular analyses (ITS, 28S rDNA, rpb2, and tef1), then were confirmed by their corresponding morphologies. The two newly discovered Laccaria species are proposed here as Laccaria macrobasidia and Laccaria griseolilacina. The unique morphological characters of L. macrobasidia that distinguish it from its closely related species are orange-brown colored basidiocarp, long basidia and the absence of cheilocystidia. L. griseolilacina is characterized by a light grayish lavender-colored pileus and the absence of cheilocystidia. Two new species are described and illustrated in the present paper.

• Mycobiology
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2014

The typical life cycle of filamentous fungi commonly involves asexual sporulation after vegetative growth in response to environmental factors. The production of asexual spores is critical in the life cycle of most filamentous fungi. Normally, conidia are produced from vegetative hyphae (termed mycelia). However, fungal species subjected to stress conditions exhibit an extremely simplified asexual life cycle, in which the conidia that germinate directly generate further conidia, without forming mycelia. This phenomenon has been termed as microcycle conidiation, and to date has been reported in more than 100 fungal species. In this review, first, we present the morphological properties of fungi during microcycle conidiation, and divide microcycle conidiation into four simple categories, even though fungal species exhibit a wide variety of morphological differences during microcycle conidiogenesis. Second, we describe the factors that influence microcycle conidiation in various fungal species, and present recent genetic studies that have identified the genes responsible for this process. Finally, we discuss the biological meaning and application of microcycle conidiation.

• ALGAE
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.149-151
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• 2004

Freshwater algae make up a very important portion of the autotrophic component of the aquatic food web. Therefore, the study of freshwater algal structure and biomass is central to aquatic ecosystem studies. Due to variations in cell shape and size for each species (or taxon) and survey site, cell abundance (or cell numbers per chosen volume) often leads to misrepresentation of the true importance of some species because of the great differences in size of various algae. Thus, it is necessary to investigate the freshwater algal species of a site in order to calculate the cell volume. Although direct cell counting, species volume measurement, as well as biomass calculation are time-consuming and requiring specialists in taxonomy.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2013

To quantitatively analyze the effects of burning, we conducted a vegetation survey in the grasslands in Kirigamine, central Japan. We classified each species into stages of succession based on the life-history traits of the species and defined the score of the species in each stand based on the classification. We weighted the scores with a v-value, the product of coverage and height in the quadrat, and summed them to calculate the index of dynamic status. With these indices, we were able to quantitatively compare the stands in the study area and discern minute differences between the stands with different lengths of restoration periods since the disturbance of burning. These indices correlated with the v-value of trees, suggesting that the disturbance of burning seemed to affect the trees in the stand. We then calculated the growth of the tree species Pinus densiflora to evaluate its contribution to the index of dynamic status.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.272-278
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• 2016

The first record of Korean cyproideid amphipod, Cyproidea liodactyla Hirayama, 1978 is reported here with description and illustrations. This species has the following characteristics: the presence of dorsal keel of peduncle 2 on antenna 1, posterodistal process of ischium on gnathopod 1 and carpal process on gnathopod 2. In this study, the minor differences between the original description and our Korean specimens of Cyproidea liodactyla are discussed and a brief comparison to other related species such as C. serratipalma Schellenbeg, 1938 and C. robusta Ren, 2006 are suggested. In addition, a key to Korean species belonging to the family Cyproideidae is provided.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.140-143
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• 1994

Comparison of susceptibility of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) seedlings and plantlets to different fusarial species was made to determine whether in vitro propagated asparagus plantlets can be used as a substitute for seedlings in histopathological study on the infection processes of Fusarium species to asparagus. Fusarium oxysporum was isolated most frequently (50% of the total) from lesions of root and crown rot of asparagus cultivated in the field followed by F. moniliforme (8.8% of the total) and F. solani (2.9% of the total). Plantlets and seedlings of all asparagus were susceptible to f. moniliforme and F. oxysporum isolates, but those were not susceptible to both avirulent F. oxysporum (AVFO) and F. solani in pathogenicity tests. Overall, there were no differences between seedlings and plantlets in the susceptibility to virulent fusarial infections. In vitro propagated asparagus plantlets, therefore, could be used as a substitute for seedlings in histopathological study on the infection processes of Fuasrium species to asparagus.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.104-110
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• 1988

한국산 청개구리 두 종(Hyla japonica와 Hyla suweonensis)의 핵형을 비교 분석한 결과 두 종의 핵형은 2n=24로 동일하였으나 두 종의 6번 염색체는 동일한 % length를 보이나 Hyla japonica의 6번염색체는 subtelocentric chromosome인 반면에 Hyla suweonensis의 6번염색체는subtelocentric chromosome이었다. 6번염색체의 이러한 형태적 차이는 pericentric inversion에 의한 것으로 설명할 수 있다. 또한 두 종은 모두 6번 염색체의 1쌍의 NOR을 가지고 있다.

• Plant Resources
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.86-94
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• 2002

This study characterized the genetic variations of 13 populations of Asplenium antiquum and its relative species using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. A total 88 scorable RAPD bands were generated by the 12 random oligo primers and were analyzed by Nei and Li's genetic distance. High genetic variability was detected between A. antiquum and A. nidus, with the range from 0.568 to 0.682. And slightly low genetic variations showed within the populations of same species. Seven populations of A. antiquum showed slight differences (0.000-0.216), and five populations of A. nidus showed similar low genetic variations (0.114 to 0.171). Two individuals from Sup-seom Island which are growing in might be the regenerated one from abroad. A. antiquum were clustered as two groups (Group I, Group II) by UPGMA phenogram. And five populations of A. nidus were clustered as two groups correlated with geographical distribution. The RAPD data was very useful to define the genetic variations and to discuss the phylogenetic relationships among A. antiquum and the related species..

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.281-287
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• 1996

동해 연안의 3개 지소에서 채집된 바다대벌레류 1신종을 Caprella multituberculum n. sp., 두드러기바다대벌레로 명명하여 기재한다. 이 신종은 일본산 Caprella soya Arimoto, 1934와 매우 유사하나 체표면에 나있는 작은 돌기들이 더 많고, 제 1 더듬이의 길이가 더 짧으며, 복부부속지가 더 작고, 제 2 악지의 propodus의 형태가 다른 점에서 쉽게 구별된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.520-526
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• 1992

The intramolecular fundamental vibrations of $CH_3CN$ trapped in solid argon matrix have been reinvestigated by means of FT-IR spectroscopy in the spectral range of 4000-500 $cm^{-1}$. By employing a quantum detector, infrared spectra could be obtained at matrix to solute ratio of 10000, allowing the clarification of the peaks due to monomeric species more clearly. Temperature controlled diffusion was initiated to identify the dimeric and polymeric species in terms of difference spectra. The assignments of monomeric and dimeric species are found, in general, to agree with the earlier work performed at higher concentration (Ar/$CH_3CN$ = 1500) using a dispersive spectrometer. Nonetheless the difficulty of minute differences between the earlier infrared and Raman spectroscopic results could be resolved. Moreover, the previously unnotified peaks due to polymeric species have been identified.