• Journal of Species Research
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.241-257
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• 2017

After the first record of a Korean ciliate in 1931, more than 130 papers have been published describing Korean ciliates. Of these records, the years 1997, 2012, and 2016 include milestone publications in Korea. Even though the publications provide summarized data about Korean ciliates with relevant literature citations, these publications included two nomenclatural errors, two misspellings, and one misidentification; nine species were transferred to other genera. Furthermore, the type specimens deposited in the laboratory of Prof. Joong Ki Choi (Inha University, Korea) were transferred to the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK) because of his retirement. Here, we provide an updated list of 331 Korean species described by 2016 and present information about the type specimens. We also and address the aforementioned problems with bringing together scattered data related to ciliate lists.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.113-115
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• 2019

In this study, we present new records to Korea for three ciliate species[Apogonostomum pantanalense Foissner, 2016; Keronopsis polychaeta (Borror, 1966) Jankowski, 1979; Frontonia canadensis Roque and Puytorac, 1972] collected from marine (F. canadensis) and moss-covered soil(A. pantanalense and K. polychaeta) habitats. We examined the morphology of these three ciliates based on live observations and protargol impregnation. The main characters of the three ciliates are as follows: A. pantanalense: cell size approximately $130{\times}45{\mu}m$, tail-like posterior end, and 6 or 7 ventral cirral pairs elongated to transverse cirri; K. polychaeta: size approximately $140{\times}90{\mu}m$ and approximately 18 frontal coronal cirri and 5 transverse cirri; F. canadensis: cell size approximately $100{\times}50{\mu}m$ and approximately 88 somatic kineties, 3 or 4 vestibular kineties, and 5 postoral kineties.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2023

During a field survey of Korean marine ciliates, we collected three ciliate species from the eastern coastal waters of the Yellow Sea. Based on the observation of living and protargol and wet silver nitrate stained cells, the ciliates, belonging to the classes Spirotrichea and Oligohymenophorea, were identified as Cardiostomatella vermiformis (Kahl, 1928) Corliss, 1960, Parallelostrombidium paraellipticum Song et al., 2018, and Pleuronema paucisaetosum Pan et al., 2015. Both Parallelostrombidium paraellipticum and Pleuronema paucisaetosum were described only from their type localities, i.e., brackish water, suggesting that they tolerate a broad range of salinity, while Cardiostomatella is marine ciliate and seems to be cosmopolitan. These three species were reported for the first time in Korea. Brief descriptions, remarks to justify their identity and to compare the present isolates with similar taxa, and photomicrographs were provided for the three species.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.458-466
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• 1995

인천 연안 표영생태계의 미세생물 먹이 망에서 부유천생동물의 역할을 파악하기 위하여 시미세생물의 현종량과 성장률을 측정하고, 종속영양 편모충류와 섬모충류의 포식능력을 연구하였다. 종속영양 편모충류와 섬모충류의 여과율과 먹이섭취율은 형광 표지 박테리아(FLB)를 이용한 방법과 자연해시료를 분리 배양하는 방법에 의하여 연구 하였다. 본 조사시에 인천 연안수역의 박테리아 현존량은 0.7~1.5$\times$10/SUP 6/ cell. ml/SUP -1/, 종속영양 편모충류의 현종량은 1,680~2,180 cell.ml/SUP -1/, 독립영양 편모류의 현존량은 1.090~2,180 cell.ml/SUP -1/, 섬모충류의 현존량은 3,600~ 5,700 cell.ml/SUP -1/였다. 박테리아의 평균 성장률은 0.015~0.025 h/SUP -1/,섬모 충류의 성장률은 0.021 h/SUP -1/로 전반적으로 느린 편이었다. 종속 영양편모충류의 박테리아에 대한 포식률은 평균 0.055 h/SUP -1/로 높게 나타나고, 섬모충류의 종속영 양 편모류에 대한 포식률도 0.057 h/SUP -1/로 높게 나타났으나 독립영양 편모류에 대 한 포식률은 0.019 h/SUP -1/로 낮게 나타났다. 종속영양 편모충류의 박테리아에 대한 여과율과 섭취율은 각각 3.6~61.8 nl/SUP -1/.HFL.h/SUP -1/,6~52BAC.HFL.h/SUP -1/로 FLB를 이용하였을 때 낮게 나타나고 자연 개쳬군을 이용하였을 때 높게 나타나 며 박테리아 군집에 큰 영향을 주었다. 우점부유섬모충류인 Tintinnopsis sp의 평균여 과율은 3.2~4.6ul.CIL/SUP -1/.h/SUP -1/, 섭취율은 5~6 cells.CIL/SUP -1/. h/SUP -1/로 인천연안수역 편모류 현존량의 17-20%를 섭취하는 것으로 나타나고 해야 간조 시보다 만조 시에 다소 높게 나타났다.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.426-435
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• 1995

탄소순환에서 섬모충류에 의한 직접적인 박테리아 섭식의 중요성을 알아보기 위하 여 만경 동진강 염하구에서 1993년 10월부터 1995년 3월까지 4회에 걸쳐 섬모충류의 수도(abundance)와 생물량 그리고 40um 이하의 작은 섬모충류의 박테리아 섭식률을 조 사하였다. 40 um이하의 작은 크기 섬모충류 수도는 전체 섬모충류 수도의 평균49.5%이 상을 차지하였다. 이러한 작은 크기 섬모충류의 박테리아 섭식률은 시간당 18.0106.3 nl cell/SUP -1/로 박테리아의 수도가 증가할수록 여과율은 감소하는 반면, 섭식률은 증가하는 경향을 보여 박테리아의 농도가 섭식률에 영향을 미치는 것으로 보인다. 섬 모충류의 섭식이 박테리아 생산력중 차지하는 비율은 0.1-12.2%로 박테리아 수도가 증 가함에 따라 박테리아 생산력중 섬모충류에 섭식되는 비가 지수적으로 증가하는 경향 ($r^2$=0.62,p$\leq$0.001)을 보였다. 즉, 섬모충류의 섭식이 박테리아에 미치는 영향을 전 형적인 연안에서는 작으나 박테리아의 농도가 높은 부영양화 지역에서는 더 클 것으로 추측된다. 탄소순환에서 작은 섬모충류가 박테리아를 섭식하여 얻는 탄소량은 섬모충 류가 최대생산력 을 나타낼 때 필요탄소량의 평균3.1%에 불과하여 미소순환고리에서 섬모충류는 박테리아의 직접적인 섭식자보다는 최종적인 섭식자로서의 역할이 큰 것으 로 생각된다.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.514-516
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• 2016

Three marine and one brackish-water ciliates (Dysteria crassipes $Clapar\grave{e}de$ and Lachmann, 1859; Gruberia calkinsi $Beltr\acute{a}n$, 1933; Pleuronema salmastra Dragesco, 1986; Zosterodasys agamaliev Deroux, 1978) were isolated from Incheon in Korea and their morphologies were investigated using live observation and protargol impregnation.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.468-476
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• 2016

We firstly report three stichotrichs, Metaurostylopsis cheni Chen, Huang & Song, 2010, Gonostomum strenuum (Engelmann, 1862) Sterki, 1878, and Lamtostyla granulifera Foissner, 1997, collected in South Korea. We investigated these ciliates based on observations of live and protargol-impregnated specimens.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제6권spc호
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• pp.110-113
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• 2017

We collected three soil ciliates, Colpoda maupasi Enriquez, 1908, Tillina minima Alekperov, 1985, and Gonostomum singhii Kamra et al., 2008, in Korea. The two genera, Colpoda and Tillina, belong to the class Colpodea, and the other, Gonostomum belongs to the class Spirotrichea. We describe these species based on observations of live and protargol-impregnated specimens.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.1092-1100
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• 2010

Bacteria, fungi, and protozoa inhabiting the rumen, the largest chamber of the ruminants' stomach, release large quantities of hydrogen during the fermentation of carbohydrates. The hydrogen is used by coexisting methanogens to produce methane in energy-yielding processes. This work shows, for the first time, a fundamental possibility of using a hydrogen-rich fermentation gas produced by selected rumen ciliates to feed a low-temperature hydrogen fuel cell. A biohydrogen fuel cell (BHFC) was constructed consisting of (i) a bioreactor, in which a hydrogen-rich gas was produced from glucose by rumen ciliates, mainly of the Isotrichidae family, deprived of intra- and extracellular bacteria, methanogens, and fungi; and (ii) a chemical fuel cell of the polymer-electrolyte type (PEFC). The fuel cell was used as a tester of the technical applicability of the fermentation gas produced by the rumen ciliates for power generation. The average estimated hydrogen yield was ca. 1.15 mol $H_2$ per mole of fermented glucose. The BHFC performance was equal to the performance of the PEFC running on pure hydrogen. No fuel cell poisoning effects were detected. A maximum power density of $1.66\;kW/m^2$ (PEFC geometric area) was obtained at room temperature. The maximum volumetric power density was $128\;W/m^3$ but the coulombic efficiency was only ca. 3.8%. The configuration of the bioreactor limited the continuous operation time of this BHFC to ca. 14 h.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제6권spc호
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• pp.172-176
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• 2017

In this list-format paper, we present unrecorded species of Korean ciliates (phylum Ciliophora). All species were selected from the final reports of the project: "Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species". This project has been carried out to discover and record various Korean indigenous species since 2006 and is funded by the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR). Among the various species, ciliates were a major taxon that was highlighted in this project as a speciose group categorized under Protozoa. This paper contains reports of 38 ciliates (8 classes, 16 orders, 23 families, and 34 genera) observed in Korea during the initial five years of the project (2006-2010).