• ALGAE
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2022

The trend in naming genera based almost exclusively on molecular data, and not on morphological diagnostic characters, is increasing. In bifurcating phylogenetic trees generic cut-offs are arbitrary, but at the bare minimum nomenclatural changes should be supported by multiple phylogenetic methodologies using appropriate models for all the various gene partitions, strong support with all branch support methods, and should also result in adding to our knowledge of the interrelationships of taxa. We believe that a recent taxonomic treatment of the genus Pyropia (Yang et al. 2020) into several genera is unwarranted. We reanalysed the data presented in the recent article, using additional phylogenetic methods. Our results show that many of the newly established genera are not well supported by all methods, and the new circumscription of the genus Pyropia renders it unsupported. We also tested additional outgroups, which were previously suggested as sister to Pyropia, but this did not substantially change our conclusions. These generic nomenclatural changes of the previously strongly supported genus Pyropia, do not shed light on the evolution of this group and have serious consequences in these commercially important algae, that are also governed by a plethora of regulation and by-laws that now need to be amended. We suggest that the over-splitting of groups based only on poorly produced and modestly supported phylogenies should not be accepted and that the genus Pyropia sensu Sutherland et al. (2011) be restored.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2007

The development of suitable genetic markers would be useful for defining species and delineating the species boundaries of morphologically indistinguishable sponges. In this study, genetic variation in the sequences of nuclear rDNA and the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 and 3 (CO1 and CO3) regions were compared in morphologically indistinguishable Korean Halichondriidae sponges in order to determine the most suitable species-specific molecular marker region. The maximal congeneric nucleotide divergences of Halichondriidae sponges in CO1 and CO3 are similar to those found among anthozoan cnidarians, but they are 2- to 8-fold lower than those found among genera of other triploblastic metazoans. Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS: ITS1 + ITS2) showed higher congeneric variation (17.28% in ITS1 and 10.29% in ITS2) than those of CO1 and CO3. Use of the guidelines for species thresholds suggested in the recent literature indicates that the mtDNA regions are not appropriate for use as species-specific DNA markers for the Halichondriidae sponges, whereas the rDNA ITS regions are suitable because ITS exhibits a low level of intraspecific variation and a relatively high level of interspecific variation. In addition, to test the reliability of the ITS regions for identifying Halichondriidae sponges by PCR, a species-specific multiplex PCR primer set was developed.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2006

Phytophthora sp.의 균사성장을 특이적으로 저해하는 토양 미생물인 YNB54 균주의 정확한 분류적 위치를 밝히기 위해 Biolog GN2, API 20E와 같은 상업적 생화학 kit, 16S rDNA, DAN-DNA hybridization, GC함량, MIDI 등의 분석을 수행하였다. 다양한 생화학적 kit를 사용한 동정 결과는 이 균주가 다른 어떤 종보다 Enterobacter cloacae와 E. cancerogenus에 보다 더 가까움을 보여주었다. 또한 DAN-DNA hybridization, GC함량, MIDI 분석의 결과들 역시 다른 속 (Citerobacter, Klebsiella, Leclercia)보다 Enterobacter 속에 더 유사함을 암시해 주었다. 그러나 16S rDNA분석에서 이 균주는 Citrobacter freundii(99.4%)와 동일 그룹으로 구분되었지만 Enterobacter, Leclecia, Klebsiella 속 등과도 98%이상의 상동성을 보여주는 polyphyletic 특성을 보였다. 결론적으로 YNB54의 분류 동정을 위한 우리의 조사들은 이 균주가 유전적으로 다양하고 지금까지 아는 것보다 분류학적으로 더 복잡함을 암시해줌에도 불구하고 Enterobacter속임이 가장 유력하다는 것을 보여 주었다.