• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2008

Aerides vandarum and Vanda stangeana are two rare and endangered vandaceous orchids with immense floricultural traits. The intergeneric hybrids were synthesized by performing reciprocal crosses between them. In vitro germination response of the immature hybrid embryos was found to be best on half-strength Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 20% (v/v) coconut water/liquid endosperm from tender coconut. Determination of hybridity was made as early as the immature seeds or embryos germinated in vitro, using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Out of 15 arbitrarily chosen decamer RAPD primers, two were found to be useful in amplification of polymorphic bands specific to the parental species and their presence in the reciprocal crosses. However, a decisive profile that can identify the reciprocal crosses could not be provided by RAPD. Amplification of the trnL-F non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA of the parent species and hybrids aided easy identification of the reciprocal crosses from the fact that maternal inheritance of chloroplast DNA held true for these intergeneric hybrids. Subsequent restriction digestion of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified trnL-F non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA also consolidated the finding. Such PCR-based molecular markers could be used for early determination of hybridity and easy identification of the reciprocal crosses.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.455-460
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• 2010

16S rDNA 특이적 PCR과 증폭산물의 제한효소 처리 후, 나타나는 단편의 크기를 분석하는 PCR-RFLP 분석법을 김치에서 빈번하게 검출되는 Weissella 속 균주 10종의 신속하고 정확한 동정에 적용하였다. Weissella 속 균주 16S rDNA의 특이적 증폭에는 기존에 보고된 PCR primer를 사용하였지만, annealing 온도는 기존의 조건보다 $4^{\circ}C$ 높게 설정한 $65^{\circ}C$에서 PCR을 수행하였다. 증폭산물은 예상크기인 727bp와 일치하였으며, 제한효소 AluI, MseI, BceAI의 처리를 통하여 나타난 단편의 크기는 제한효소 절단위치 분석으로부터 추정한 단편의 크기와 일치하였다. W. kandleri, W. koreensis, W. confusa, W. minor, W. viridescens, W. cibaria, W. soli는 제한효소 AluI과 MseI의 사용으로 구분이 가능하였으며, W. hellenica, W. paramesenteroides의 경우, BceAI을 사용하면 독립적인 구분이 가능하였다. W. thailandensis의 경우, 본 실험에서 사용한 제한효소 AluI, MseI, BceAI에 의해 독립적인 band 양상은 나타나지 않았지만 나머지 9종과의 절단 양상 비교를 통해 구분이 되었으며, 제한효소 MspI을 사용하면 신속하게 동정할 수 있다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.734-742
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• 2021

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the occurrence and species of coagulase-positive staphylococci (CoPS) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) in retail pork meat samples collected during nationwide monitoring. The staphylococcal isolates were characterized for antimicrobial and zinc chloride resistance and enterotoxigenic potential. Methods: A total of 260 pre-packaged pork meat samples were collected from 35 retail markets in 8 provinces in Korea for isolation of staphylococci. Antimicrobial and zinc chloride resistance phenotypes, and genes associated with the resistance phenotypes were determined on the isolates. Furthermore, the presence and distribution of 19 staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) genes and enterotoxin-like genes among the pork-associated staphylococci were determined by multiplex polymerase chain reaction-based assays using the specific primer sets. Results: A total of 29 staphylococcal strains (29/260, 11.1%) were isolated from samples of retail pork meat, 24 (83%) of which were CoNS. The four CoNS species identified were S. saprophyticus (n = 16, 55%), S. sciuri (n = 3, 10%), S. warneri (n = 3, 10%), and S. epidermidis (n = 2, 7%). Among the 29 isolates, four methicillin-resistant CoNS (MR-CoNS; three S. sciuri and one S. epidermidis) and one methicillin-resistant CoPS (MR-CoPS; one S. aureus) were identified. In addition, a relatively high level of tetracycline (TET) resistance (52%) was confirmed in CoNS, along with a predominant distribution of tet(K). The most prevalent SEs were sep (45%), and sen (28%), which were carried by 81% of S. saprophyticus. Conclusion: These findings suggest that CoNS, especially S. saprophyticus strains, in raw pork meat could be a potential risk factor for staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP), and therefore, requires further investigation to elucidate the role of SEls in SFP and virulence of the pathogen. Our results also suggest that CoNS from raw pork meat may act as a source for transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes such as staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec and tet(K).

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.394-410
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• 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the microbial composition of 3 types of oral samples through 16S metagenomic sequencing to determine how to resolve some sampling issues that occur during the collection of sub-gingival plaque samples. Methods: In total, 20 subjects were recruited. In both the healthy and periodontitis groups, samples of saliva and supra-gingival plaque were collected. Additionally, in the periodontitis group, sub-gingival plaque samples were collected from the deepest periodontal pocket. After DNA extraction from each sample, polymerase chain reaction amplification was performed on the V3-V4 hypervariable region on the 16S rRNA gene, followed by metagenomic sequencing and a bioinformatics analysis. Results: When comparing the healthy and periodontitis groups in terms of alpha-diversity, the saliva samples demonstrated much more substantial differences in bacterial diversity than the supra-gingival plaque samples. Moreover, in a comparison between the samples in the case group, the diversity score of the saliva samples was higher than that of the supra-gingival plaque samples, and it was similar to that of the sub-gingival plaque samples. In the beta-diversity analysis, the sub-gingival plaque samples exhibited a clustering pattern similar to that of the periodontitis group. Bacterial relative abundance analysis at the species level indicated lower relative frequencies of bacteria in the healthy group than in the periodontitis group. A statistically significant difference in frequency was observed in the saliva samples for specific pathogenic species (Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, and Prevotella intermedia). The saliva samples exhibited a similar relative richness of bacterial communities to that of sub-gingival plaque samples. Conclusions: In this 16S oral microbiome study, we confirmed that saliva samples had a microbial composition that was more similar to that of sub-gingival plaque samples than to that of supra-gingival plaque samples within the periodontitis group.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.88-94
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• 2016

Determining the infection history of living organisms is essential for understanding the evolution of infection agents with their host, particularly for key aspects such as immunity. Viruses, which can spread between individuals and often cause disease, have been widely examined. The increasing availability of fish genome sequences has provided specific insights into the diversity and host distribution of retroviruses in fish. The shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii) is an important elasmobranch species; this medium-sized dogfish typically lives at depths of 100~500 m. However, the retroviral envelope polyprotein in dogfish has not been examined. Thus, the aim of the present study was to identify and analyze the retroviral envelope polyprotein in various tissues of dogfish. The 1334-base pair full-length novel cDNA of dogfish envelope polyprotein (dEnv) was obtained by 3' and 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA end analysis from S. mitsukurii. The open reading frame showed a complete coding sequence of 815 base pairs with a deduced peptide sequence of 183 amino acids that exhibited 34~50% identity with other fish and bird species. It was also expressed according to reverse transcription and real-time polymerase chain reaction in the kidney, liver, intestine, and lung, but not in the gill. This distribution can be assessed by identifying and analyzing endogenous retroviruses in fish, which consists of three main genes: gag, pol and env. Dogfish envelope polyprotein sequence is likely important in evolution and induces rearrangements, altering the regulatory and coding sequences. This is the first report of the identification and molecular characterization of retroviral envelope polyprotein in various tissues of S. mitsukurii.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.533-539
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• 2020

A quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) was applied to estimate biokinetic coefficients of Clostridium cadaveris and Clostridium sporogenes, which utilize protein as carbon source. Experimental data on changes in peptone concentration and 16S rRNA gene copy numbers of C. cadaveris and C. sporogenes were fitted to model. The fourth-order Runge-Kutta approximation with non-linear least squares analysis was employed to solve the ordinary differential equations to estimate biokinetic coefficients. The maximum specific growth rate (μ_max), half-saturation concentration (K_s), growth yield (Y), and decay coefficient (K_d) of C. cadaveris and C.sporogenes were 0.73 ± 0.05 and 1.35 ± 0.32 h^-1, 6.07 ± 1.52 and 5.67 ± 1.53 g/l, 2.25 ± 0.75 × 10¹⁰ and 7.92 ± 3.71 × 10⁹ copies/g, 0.002 ± 0.003 and 0.002 ± 0.001 h^-1, respectively. The theoretical specific growth rate of C. sporogenes always exceeded that of C. cadaveris at peptone concentration higher than 3.62 g/l. When the influent peptone concentration was 5.0 g/l, the concentration of C.cadaveris gradually decreased to the steady value of 2.9 × 10¹⁰ copies/ml at 4 h Hydraulic retention time (HRT), which indicates a 67.1% reduction of the initial population, but the wash out occurred at HRTs of 1.9 and 3.2 h. The 16S rRNA gene copy numbers of C. sporogenes gradually decreased to steady values ranging from 1.1 × 10¹⁰ to 2.9 × 10¹⁰ copies/ml. C. sporogenes species was predicted to wash out at an HRT of 1.6 h.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.59-72
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• 2024

A comprehensive survey of mungbean-growing areas was conducted to observe leaf spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata. Alternaria leaf spot symptoms were observed on the leaves. Diversity of 50 genotypes of mungbean was assessed against A. alternata and data on pathological traits was subjected to cluster analysis. The results showed that genotypes of mungbean were grouped into four clusters based on resistance parameters under the influence of disease. The principal component biplot demonstrated that all the disease-related parameters (% disease incidence, % disease intensity, lesion area, and % of infection) were strongly correlated with each other. Alt a 1 gene that is precisely found in Alternaria species and is responsible for virulence and pathogenicity. Alt a 1 gene was amplified using gene specific primers. The isolated pathogen produced similar symptoms when inoculated on mungbean and tobacco. The sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, a 600 bp fragment amplified using specific primers, ITS1 and ITS2 showed 100% identity with A. alternata. Potato virus X (PVX) -based silencing vector expressing Alt a 1 gene was constructed to control this pathogen through RNA interference in tobacco. Out of 50 inoculated plants, 9 showed delayed onset of disease. Furthermore, to confirm our findings at molecular level semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used. Both phenotypic and molecular investigation indicated that RNAi induced through the VIGS vector was efficacious in resisting the pathogen in the model host, Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). To the best of our knowledge, this study has been reported for the first time.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 축산물가공품 중 식육원료의 진위여부를 판별하기 위하여 분자생물학적 기법을 이용한 시험법을 개발하였다. 식육원료의 종 판별을 위한 유전자로는 미토콘드리아 DNA에 존재하는 12S 또는 16S 유전자를 대상으로 하였으며, 가공식품에 적용하기 위하여 PCR 산물의 크기는 200bp 내외가 되도록 프라이머(species-specific primer)를 설계하였다. 대상 식품원료로는 축산물 10종을 대상으로 하였으며 프라이머를 사용하여 유전자증폭(PCR) 후 전기영동 하여 예상되는 PCR 산물의 생성유무를 확인하였다. PCR을 실시한 결과 가축인 소고기, 돼지고기, 염소고기, 양고기, 사슴고기, 말고기에 대하여는 각각 131, 138, 168, 144, 191, 142bp에서, 가금류인 닭고기, 오리고기, 칠면조 고기, 타조고기에 대하여는 각각 281, 186, 174, 238bp에서 예상크기의 PCR 산물을 확인하였다. 그리고 프라이머 별로 유사 종에서는 비 특이적 PCR 산물(non-specific PCR product)은 생성되지 않았다. 본 연구에서 개발된 프라이머를 이용한 유전자분석법을 돼지고기 및 닭고기를 함유하는 축산물가공품, 소고기를 함유하는 복합조미식품을 대상으로 시험한 결과 적용 가능함이 확인되어 향후 축산물가공품 중 식육원료의 진위여부 판별에 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.659-678
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 한국인 성인성 치주염의 관련세균 중에서 구강 스피로헤타의 분포를 조사하기 위하여 배양하지 않고도 구강 스피로헤타를 분리할 수 있는 16S rRNA에 의거한 올리고뉴클레오타이드 소식자를 사용하였다. 성인성 치주염 환자 29명을 대상으로 한 사람당 6mm 이상의 탐침 깊이를 보이는 부위 4곳(실험군)과 3mm 이하의 탐침 깊이를 보이는 건강한 부위 1곳(대조 1군), 건강한 치주조직을 가진 학생 20명을 대상으로 한 사람당 5부위로부터 치은연하 치태를 채취한 뒤(대조 2군) 중합효소연쇄반응과 점상블롯보합결합법을 시행하였다. 소식자로는 구강 스피로헤타의보편 소식자 및 현재 배양이 되는 구강 스피로헤타중에서 T. denticola, T. pectinovorum, T. socranskii, T. vincentii, T. maltophilum에 대한 종 특이 소식자 TDEN, TPEC, TSOC, TVIN, TMAL과 현재 배양이 되지않은 구강스피로헤타중에서 I-VII군에 대한 군 특이 소식자 TRE I-TRE VII을 이용하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 위상차 현미경으로 본 결과는 실험군, 대조 1군에서 각기 91.37%, 14.28%의 구강스피로헤타가 관찰되었으며 대조 2군에서는 관찰되지 않았다. 2. 보편 소식자를 사용한 경우는 실험군, 대조 1군, 대조 2군에서 각기 98.27%, 46.42%, 22.0%의 구강 스피로헤타가 관찰되었다. 3. 특이 소식자를 사용한 경우는 실험군, 대조 1군, 대조 2군에서 각기 95.68%, 35.71%, 19.0%의 구강 스피로헤타가 관찰되었다. 4. 종 특이 소식자를 사용한 경우는 T. socranskii가 가장 많이 관찰되었으며 (81.89%), 그다음이 T. maltophilum(50.0%), T. vincentii(36.20%), T. denticola(13.79%)순이었고, 군 특이 소식자를 사용한 경우는 TREIV(85.34%), TRE II(77.58%), TREI(56.89%), TRE III(25.86%), TREVI(5.17%), TRE V(2.58%) 순이었다. 5. T. vincentii는 치주염에 이환된 부위에서만 관찰되었고, 건강한 부위에서는 관찰되지 않았다. 6. T. pectinovorum과 VII군에 속하는 구강스피로헤타는 어느 표본에서도 관찰되지 않았다. 이상의 결과에서 16S rRNA에 의거한 올리고뉴클레오타이드 소식자로 구강 스피로헤타의 성인성 치주염과의 연관성과 분리되지 않은 구강 스피로헤타를 확인하였으며, 인종 및 치주염의 형태에 따른 구강 스피로헤타의 분포 차이, T. vincentii의 병원성, 치료 전후의 구강 스피로헤타의 분포 변화등의 보다 세분화된 연구가 필요하다고 생각된다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2007

국내 서식하는 복숭아순나방 (Grapholita molesta (Busck))과 복숭아심식나방 (Carposina sasakii (Matsumura))의 유충은 사과 과실내부를 섭식하여 피해를 주는 해충이다. 사과를 수출할 때 복숭아심식나방은 수출대상국들로부터 검역 대상해충이다. 반면에 복숭아순나방은 광범위한 분포로 비교적 수입국으로부터 검역 대상 해충은 아니지만, 사과 과실 내부에서 발견되는 경우 복숭아심식나방으로 오인될 수 있다. 이는 발견되는 유충을 가지고 형태적으로 두 종을 구분하기 어렵기 때문이다. 특별히 수입국 검역단계에서 이러한 불완전한 동정 실태는 수출 사과의 폐기 또는 반송과 수출중단 등과 같은 막대한 경제적 손실을 초래하게 된다. 이에 이들을 구분할 수 있는 분자지표 개발이 요구되었다. 두 종의 미토콘드리아 DNA를 대상으로 다형을 보이는 여러 영역의 염기서열을 분석하였다. 이 서열을 바탕으로 진단용 제한위치가 결정되고 종 특이적 프라이머가 제작되었다. 본 연구는 세 부위의 종 특이적 제한효소 위치에 따라 PCR-RFLP 기술과 종 특이적 프라이머를 이용하여 진단용 PCR 기술을 개발하였다.