• ETRI Journal
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.191-201
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• 2017

This paper proposes an approach using taxonomic relatedness for answer-type recognition and type coercion in a question-answering system. We introduce a question analysis method for a lexical answer type (LAT) and semantic answer type (SAT) and describe the construction of a taxonomy linking them. We also analyze the effectiveness of type coercion based on the taxonomic relatedness of both ATs. Compared with the rule-based approach of IBM's Watson, our LAT detector, which combines rule-based and machine-learning approaches, achieves an 11.04% recall improvement without a sharp decline in precision. Our SAT classifier with a relatedness-based validation method achieves a precision of 73.55%. For type coercion using the taxonomic relatedness between both ATs and answer candidates, we construct an answer-type taxonomy that has a semantic relationship between the two ATs. In this paper, we introduce how to link heterogeneous lexical knowledge bases. We propose three strategies for type coercion based on the relatedness between the two ATs and answer candidates in this taxonomy. Finally, we demonstrate that this combination of individual type coercion creates a synergistic effect.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.277-289
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• 1997

참새목(Passeriformes) 조류인 까마귀과 조류 4속 4종과 물까마귀과의 물까마귀를 대상으로 전기영동실험방법을 이용하여 유전적 근연관계와 종간의 분화ㅏ연대를 분석한 결과, 까마귀과 4속과 두 개의 과는 다른 조류 분류군과 유사한 정도의 유전적 근연치를 나타내었으나, 조류를 제외한 다른 분류군보다는 근연치가 낮았다. 유전적 근연관계를 분석한 결과 어치(Garrulus glandarius brandtii)와 까마귀(Corvus corone orientalis)는 S=0.81로 가장 가까웠으며, 다음으로 까치(Pica pica sericea)가 S=0.72로 나타났다. 한편 물까치(Cyanopica cyanus koreensis)는 S=0.68로 까마귀과 조류 중 가장 근연치가 멀게 나타났다. 유전적 차이치로 5종간의 종 분화연대를 추산한 결과 물까마귀과 조류는 까마귀와 약 390만년 전에 분화된 것으로 나타났고 까마귀과 조류 4종의 겨웅 물까치는 약 190만년 전에, 까치는 약 160만년 전에 각각 분화되었고, 약 100만년 전에 어치와 까마귀가 분화된 것으로 추정된다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.126-135
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• 2022

Background: Pollinators are important ecological elements due to their role in the maintenance of ecosystem health, wild plant reproduction, crop production and food security. The pollinator-plant interaction supports the preservation of plant and animal populations and it also improves the yield in pollination dependent crops. Having knowledge about the plant-pollinator interaction is necessary for development of pesticide risk assessment of pollinators and conservation of endangering species. Results: Traditional methods to discover the relatedness of insects and plants are based on tracing the visiting pollinators by field observations as well as palynology. These methods are time-consuming and needs expert taxonomists to identify different groups of pollinators such as insects or identify flowering plants through palynology. With pace of technology, using molecular methods become popular in identification and classification of organisms. DNA metabarcoding, which is the combination of DNA barcoding and high throughput sequencing, can be applied as an alternative method in identification of mixed origin environmental samples such as pollen loads attached to the body of insects and has been used in DNA-based discovery of plant-pollinator relationship. Conclusions: DNA metabarcoding is practical for plant-pollinator studies, however, lack of reference sequence in online databases, taxonomic resolution, universality of primers are the most crucial limitations. Using multiple molecular markers is preferable due to the limitations of developed universal primers, which improves taxa richness and taxonomic resolution of the studied community.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.259-266
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• 1996

형태학적 제3군 가시아메바의 taxonomic validity는 아직 확실하지 않다. 이번 연구에서 제3군에 속하는 6종의 가시 아메바 즉 A. culbertsoni A. healyi A. palestinensis. A. pustulosa, A. royreba 및 A. lenticulata의 type strain들의 동위효소. 미토콘트리아 DNA 및 small subunit(ssu) rDNA의 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism(RFLP) 양상을 비교하여 이들의 taxonomic validity를 검토하였다. 미토콘드리아 DNA의 RFLP 양상은 분리주간에 서로 심한 차이를 보였다. A. palestinensis와 A. pustulosc는 거의 동일한 rDNA RFLP(추정 염기 치환율 2.6%) 및 동위효소의 양상을 보여 A. palestinensis와 A. pustulosc는 같은 종으로 판단되었다. 그외의 종들은 서로 아주 다양한 rDNA RFLP 및 동위효소의 양상을 나타내어 독립종으로 인정되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.83-88
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• 2003

The taxonomic position of actinomycete strain SCNU5$\^$T/, isolated from extensive foam in the aeration basin of an activated sludge process, was clarified by phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses. The strain possesses wall chemotype IV, MK-9(H$\^$0/), as the major menaquinone, and contains saturated, monounsaturated and 10-methyl branched fatty acids. The G+C content of its DNA is 68.1 mol%. Phenotypic data and DNA relatedness to known species indicate that the strain SCNU5$\^$T/ represents a new species within the genus Tsukamurella, for which we propose the name Tsukamurella sunchonensis SP. NOV. The type Strain Of T. sunchonensis is SCNU5$\^$T/ (=KCTC 9827$\^$T/).

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.214-224
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• 2015

The economy of India and so also of many Asian countries depends on bamboos and their uses are not only in domestic items but also in rural housing and raw materials to several industries and germplasm characterization is an important link between the conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources. Classical taxonomic studies of the bamboos are based on floral morphology and growth habit, which can cause problems in identification due to erratic flowering coupled with different biotic agencies and environmental factors. Identification and genetic relationships among accessions of Thamnocalamus falconeri were investigated using morphology and random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPD) technique. Analysis started by using 51 vegetative characters and forty two 10-mer primers that allowed us to distinguish different genotypes hailing from different eco- zones of Garhwal Himalayas (India). The selected primers (12) were used for identification and for establishing a profiling system to estimate genetic diversity. A total of 79.33% polymorphism was estimated by using 12 selected primers. The genetic similar analysis was conducted based on binary digits i.e. presence (1) or absence (0) of bands, which revealed a wide range of variability among the species whereas genetic relatedness was quite high based on vegetative characters. Cluster analysis clearly showed two major clusters for both of the markers viz. morphology and RAPD belonging to 10 accessions of T. falconeri. Two major clusters were further divided into minor clusters. Cluster based on RAPD marker showed grouping of accessions of closed locality whereas analogy was reported for vegetative traits. The RAPD technique has the potential for use in species identification and genetic relationships studies of bamboo for breeding program.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1386-1392
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• 2010

A bacterial strain designated GR5$^T$, previously isolated from a freshwater culture pond in Taiwan while screening for bacteria for antimicrobial compounds, was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain GR5$^T$ was found to be Gram-negative, aerobic, greenish-yellow colored, rod-shaped, and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Growth occurred at $10-40^{\circ}C$ (optimum, $35^{\circ}C$), pH 7.0-8.0 (optimum pH 8.0), and with 0-2.0% NaCl (optimum, 0.5-1.0%). The major fatty acids were $C_{16:1}{\omega}7c$(36.3%), $C_{16:0}$(16.6%), $C_{12:0}$ 3-OH (12.5%), and $C_{18:1}{\omega}7c$(9.1%). The major respiratory quinone was Q-8, and the DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 51.9 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain GR5$^T$ belongs to the genus Rheinheimera, where its most closely related neighbors are Rheinheimera texasensis A62-14B$^T$ and Rheinheimera tangshanensis JA3-B52$^T$ with sequence similarities of 98.1% and 97.5%, respectively, and the sequence similarities to any other recognized species within Gammaproteobacteria are less than 96.5%. The mean level of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain GR5$^T$ and R. texasensis A62-14B$^T$, the strain most closely related to the isolate, was $26.5{\pm}7.6%$. Therefore, based on the phylogenetic and phenotypic data, strain GR5$^T$ should be classified as a novel species, for which the name Rheinheimera aquatica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GR5$^T$ (=BCRC 80081$^T$=LMG 25379$^T$).

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.279-283
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• 2015

본 연구는 해산 이매패 8종에 대해 패각 결정 (結晶)에 대한 분광학적 특성을 XRD 기법을 이용하여 조사하고 종간 근연관계에 대해 기존의 조사와 비교하였다. XRD분석을 수행한 결과, 바지락, 백합, 꼬막, 새조개의 패각은 $CaCO_3$의 orthorhombic 결정형인 aragonite였으며, 가리비와 굴의 패각은 trigonal-rhombohedral 결정형인 calcite였다. 담치와 키조개의 경우 aragonite와 calcite가 혼합된 결정으로 분석되었다. XRD를 이용하여 측정된 패각의 x-선 회절정보는 패류별 특이성을 나타내었으며, 이러한 특성을 이용한 과 (Family) 간 근연관계를 조사한 결과 현재 알려진 분류체계를 잘 대변하고 있었다. 결론적으로 패각 결정 (結晶)에 대한 분광학적 특성은 조사된 패류의 과 (Family) 수준에서 특이성을 잘 나타내며, 향후 종수준의 연구를 통한 종 동정을 위한 추가 연구가 필요함을 시사하였다. 또한 이러한 기술은 소량의 패각을 이용하므로 미확인 소량 절편의 패류 종 파악에 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.1013-1017
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• 2003

A thermophilic nonspore-forming rod isolated from hay compost in Korea was subjected to a taxonomic study. The microorganism, designated as $SC-1^T$, was identified as a nitrate-reducing and nonmotile bacterium. Although the strain was negatively Gram-stained, a KOH test showed that the strain $SC-1^T$ belonged to a Gram-positive species. Growth was observed between 45 and $70^{\circ}C$. The optimal growth temperature and pH were $60^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.5, respectively. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 65 mol% and the major quinone types were MK-6 and MK-7. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences revealed that the strain $SC-1^T$ was most closely related to Symbiobacterium thermophilum. However, the level of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain $SC-1^T$ and the type strain for Symbiobacterium thermophilum was approximately 30%. Accordingly, on the basis of the phenotypic traits and molecular systematic data, the strain $SC-1^T$ would appear to represent a new species within the genus Symbiobacterium. The type strain for the new species is named $SC-1^T$ ($=KCTC\;0307BP^T;\;DSM15906^T$).

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.152-164
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• 2015

Biological control of major rice diseases has been attempted in several rice-growing countries in Asia during the last few decades and its application using antagonistic bacteria has proved to be somewhat successful for controlling various fungal diseases in field trials. Two novel endophytic Bacillus species, designated strains YC7007 and $YC7010^T$, with antimicrobial, plant growth-promoting, and systemic resistance-inducing activities were isolated from the roots of rice in paddy fields at Jinju, Korea, and their multifunctional activities were analyzed. Strain YC7007 inhibited mycelial growth of major rice fungal pathogens strongly in vitro. Bacterial blight and panicle blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (KACC 10208) and Burkholderia glumae (KACC 44022), respectively, were also suppressed effectively by drenching a bacterial suspension ($10^7cfu/ml$) of strain YC7007 on the rhizosphere of rice. Additionally, strain YC7007 promoted the growth of rice seedlings with higher germination rates and more tillers than the untreated control. The taxonomic position of the strains was also investigated. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that both strains belong to the genus Bacillus, with high similarity to the closely related strains, Bacillus siamensis KACC $15859^T$ (99.67%), Bacillus methylotrophicus KACC $13105^T$ (99.65%), Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum KACC $17177^T$ (99.60%), and Bacillus tequilensis KACC $15944^T$ (99.45%). The DNA-DNA relatedness value between strain $YC7010^T$ and the most closely related strain, B. siamensis KACC $15859^T$ was $50.4{\pm}3.5%$, but it was $91.5{\pm}11.0%$ between two strains YC7007 and $YC7010^T$, indicating the same species. The major fatty acids of two strains were anteiso-$C_{15:0}$ and iso $C_{15:0}$. Both strains contained MK-7 as a major respiratory quinone system. The G+C contents of the genomic DNA of two strains were 50.5 mol% and 51.2 mol%, respectively. Based on these polyphasic studies, the two strains YC7007 and $YC7010^T$ represent novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus oryzicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is $YC7010^T$ (= KACC $18228^T$). Taken together, our findings suggest that novel endophytic Bacillus strains can be used for the biological control of rice diseases.