• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.15-15
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• 2014

Fusarium graminearum (teleomorph Gibberella zeae) is an important plant pathogen that causes head blight of major cereal crops such as wheat, barley, and rice, as well as causing ear and stalk rot on maize worldwide. Plant diseases caused by this fungus lead to severe yield losses and accumulation of harmful mycotoxins in infected cereals [1]. Fungi utilize spore production as a mean to rapidly avoid unfavorable environmental conditions and to amplify their population. Spores are produced sexually and asexually and their production is precisely controlled. Upstream developmental activators consist of fluffy genes have been known to orchestrate early induction of condiogenesis in a model filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying conidiogenesis in F. graminearum, we characterized functions of the F. graminearum fluffy gene homologs [2]. We found that FlbD is conserved regulatory function for conidiogenesis in both A. nidulans and F. graminearum among five fluffy gene homologs. flbD deletion abolished conidia and perithecia production, suggesting that FlbD have global roles in hyphal differentiation processes in F. graminearum. We further identified and functionally characterized the ortholog of AbaA, which is involved in differentiation from vegetative hyphae to conidia and known to be absent in F. graminearum [3]. Deletion of abaA did not affect vegetative growth, sexual development, or virulence, but conidium production was completely abolished and thin hyphae grew from abnormally shaped phialides in abaA deletion mutants. Overexpression of abaA resulted in pleiotropic defects such as impaired sexual and asexual development, retarded conidium germination, and reduced trichothecene production. AbaA localized to the nuclei of phialides and terminal cells of mature conidia. Successful interspecies complementation using A. nidulans AbaA and the conserved AbaA-WetA pathway demonstrated that the molecular mechanisms responsible for AbaA activity are conserved in F. graminearum as they are in A. nidulans. F. graminearum ortholog of Aspergillus nidulans wetA has been shown to be involved in conidiogenesis and conidium maturation [4]. Deletion of F. graminearum wetA did not alter mycelial growth, sexual development, or virulence, but the wetA deletion mutants produced longer conidia with fewer septa, and the conidia were sensitive to acute stresses, such as oxidative stress and heat stress. Furthermore, the survival rate of aged conidia from the F. graminearum wetA deletion mutants was reduced. The wetA deletion resulted in vigorous generation of single-celled conidia through autophagy-dependent microcycle conidiation, indicating that WetA functions to maintain conidia dormancy by suppressing microcycle conidiation in F. graminearum. In A. nidulans, FlbB physically interacts with FlbD and FlbE, and the resulting FlbB/FlbE and FlbB/FlbD complexes induce the expression of flbD and brlA, respectively. BrlA is an activator of the AbaA-WetA pathway. AbaA and WetA are required for phialide formation and conidia maturation, respectively [5]. In F. graminearum, the AbaA-WetA pathway is similar to that of A. nidulans, except a brlA ortholog does not exist. Amongst the fluffy genes, only fgflbD has a conserved role for regulation of the AbaA-WetA pathway.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.444-454
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• 2017

세계 양서류 감소의 주요 요인으로 감염성 질병이 활발하게 연구되고 있으며, 야외 병원균 전파의 가능한 근원지로서 양서류 증양식장들이 언급되고 있으나, 국내에서 관련된 연구수행은 매우 미진한 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 인제, 괴산, 공주에 위치한 북방산개구리 증양식장의 내 외부에서 채집된 성체와 유생의 피부와 내부 장기들에서 확인되는 세균과 곰팡이 콜로니 수의 지역 간, 증양식장 내 외부 간 차이 여부를 파악하고, 나아가 유생으로부터 발견되는 세균의 종류를 16s rDNA 서열 비교를 통해 규명하고자 하였다. 연구결과, 성체의 경우 괴산에서 채집된 성체의 피부와 소화관으로부터 표집된 세균 콜로니 수와 피부와 간으로부터 표집된 곰팡이 콜로니 수가 인제에서 확인된 콜로니 수보다 의미 있게 많았으나 증양식장 내 외 간에는 두 지역 모두에서 어느 부위에서도 차이가 없었다. 유생의 경우 공주에서 채집된 유생의 내부로부터 표집된 곰팡이 콜로니 수가 인제에서 확인된 콜로니수보다 많은 경향을 보였다. 증양식장 내 외부의 비교 결과, 피부에서의 박테리아 수는 인제 증양식장 내부, 개체 내부에서의 박테리아 수는 공주 증양식장 외부에서 더 많은 콜로니 수가 확인되었다. 성체의 건강지수가 좋을수록 피부의 박테리아 콜로니 수와 피부와 심장의 곰팡이 콜로니 수가 적었으나, 유생에서는 관련성이 없었다. 유생으로부터 검출된 세균을 분류한 결과, 4개 문 내, 15개 속에 속하는 세균이 검출되었으나 증양식장 간 및 증양식장 내 외부 간 차이는 분명하지 않았다. 우리의 결과는 증양식장의 지역과 증양식장 내 외부 간의 서로 다른 조건들이 양서류에 있는 세균과 곰팡이의 군집크기 차이를 유발하며, 이것이 증양식 북방산개구리의 건강상태에 영향을 미칠 가능성이 있음을 보여준다. 더불어, 우리의 결과는 성공적인 양서류 증식장 운영과 증식장으로부터 질병의 가능한 야외전파를 막기 위하여, 증식장 내 효율적인 질병관리의 필요성이 높음을 시사한다.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회 및 임시총회
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• pp.54-54
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• 2015

Crops lack genetic resistance to most necrotrophic soil-borne pathogens and parasitic nematodes that are ubiquitous in agroecosystems worldwide. To overcome this disadvantage, plants recruit and nurture specific group of antagonistic microorganisms from the soil microbiome to defend their roots against pathogens and other pests. The best example of this microbe-based defense of roots is observed in disease-suppressive soils in which the suppressiveness is induced by continuously growing crops that are susceptible to a pathogen. Suppressive soils occur globally yet the microbial basis of most is still poorly described. Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae is a major disease of strawberry and is naturally suppressed in Korean fields that have undergone continuous strawberry monoculture. Here we show that members of the genus Streptomyces are the specific bacterial components of the microbiome responsible for the suppressiveness that controls Fusarium wilt of strawberry. Furthermore, genome sequencing revealed that Streptomyces griseus, which produces a novel thiopetide antibiotic, is the principal species involved in the suppressiveness. Finally, chemical-genetic studies demonstrated that S. griseus antagonizes F. oxysporum by interfering with fungal cell wall synthesis. An attack by F. oxysporum initiates a defensive "cry for help" by strawberry root and the mustering of microbial defenses led by Streptomyces. These results provide a model for future studies to elucidate the basis of microbially-based defense systems and soil suppressiveness from the field to the molecular level.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.177-181
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• 2014

Cockroaches are abundant in Nigeria and are seen to harbour an array of pathogens. Environmental and sanitary conditions associated with demographic/socio-economic settings of an area could contribute to the prevalence of disease pathogens in cockroaches. A total of 246 cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) in urban (Benin, n=91), semi-urban (Ekpoma, n=75) and rural (Emuhi, n=70) settings in Edo State, Nigeria were collected within and around households. The external body surfaces and alimentary canal of these cockroaches were screened for bacterial, fungal, and parasitological infections. Bacillus sp. and Escherichia coli were the most common bacteria in cockroaches. However, Enterococcus faecalis could not be isolated in cockroaches trapped from Ekpoma and Emuhi. Aspergillus niger was the most prevalent fungus in Benin and Ekpoma, while Mucor sp. was predominant in Emuhi. Parasitological investigations revealed the preponderance of Ascaris lumbricoides in Benin and Emuhi, while Trichuris trichura was the most predominant in Ekpoma. The prevalence and burden of infection in cockroaches is likely to be a reflection of the sanitary conditions of these areas. Also, cockroaches in these areas making incursions in homes may increase the risk of human infections with these disease agents.

• Mycobiology
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.79-81
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• 2012

Cankers are localized dead areas in the bark of stems, branches or twigs of many types of trees and shrubs, and are usually caused by fungi. We observed severe canker symptoms in oak trees located in Gyeongnam province in 2011. A total 31 trees were discovered with cankers of varied size, with an average of $48.5{\times}15.2cm$. Black, half-rounded globular mound shaped stromata were associated with the cankers, and the asci of the fungi associated with the cankers were cylindrical shaped with their spore-bearing parts being up to 84 ${\mu}m$ in length. The average fungal ascospores size was $7.59{\times}4.23{\mu}m$. The internal transcribed spacer sequence for the canker causing fungus showed 99% similarity to the sequence of $Annulohypoxylon$ $truncatum$. In this study, the isolated fungus was precisely described and then compared with fungi of similar taxa.

• Mycobiology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2018

Certain beneficial microorganisms isolated from rhizosphere soil promote plant growth and induce resistance to a wide variety of plant pathogens. We obtained 49 fungal isolates from the rhizosphere soil of paprika plants, and selected 18 of these isolates that did not inhibit tomato seed germination for further investigation. Based on a seed germination assay, we selected four isolates for further plant tests. Treatment of seeds with isolate JF27 promoted plant growth in pot tests, and suppressed bacterial speck disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pathovar (pv.) tomato DC3000. Furthermore, expression of the pathogenesis-related 1 (PR1) gene was higher in the leaves of tomato plants grown from seeds treated with JF27; expression remained at a consistently higher level than in the control plants for 12 h after pathogen infection. The phylogenetic analysis of a partial internal transcribed spacer sequence and the b-tubulin gene identified isolate JF27 as Aspergillus terreus. Taken together, these results suggest that A. terreus JF27 has potential as a growth promoter and could be used to control bacterial speck disease by inducing resistance in tomato plants.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.123.2-124
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• 2003

Fusarium graminearum (telomorph：Gibberella zeae), an important fungal pathogen of cereal crops with ubiquitous geographic distribution, produces mycotoxins on diseased crops that has threaten human and animal health. Recently severe epidemics of scab diseases of barley and rice by this fungus occurred in Korea, causing serious economic losses. To determine genetic diversity of F. graminearum from rice in Korea, a total of 269 isolates were obtained from Southern part of Korea during 2001-2002. A phylogenetic tree of the isolates was constructed by using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Population structure of the rice isolates consists of a single lineage (lineage 6). Frequency of female fertility among these Isolates was relatively low (37％) compared to that among lineage 7 isolates from Korean corn. PCR amplification using chemotype specific primers derived from Tri7 and Tri13 genes at the trichothecene biosynthesis gene cluster revealed that most isolates (260) were NIV chemotype；9 isolates were identified as DON chemotype by Tri13 but as either NIV chemotype or unknown by Tri7. The result of chemical analysis also supported the chemotype determination；all of the NIV chemotype isolates produced NIV, whereas the 9 isolates produce either DON or no toxin.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.116.1-116
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• 2003

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae is a fungal pathogen causing wilt disease on strawberry. The RAPD and RFLP of IGS region of rDNA were used to identify genetic affinity among 22 isolates of F. oxysporum f. sp. fagariae obtained from various location of major strawberry cultivating areas in Korea. Approximately 2.6kb DNA fragment was amplified with primer CNS1 and CNL12, and polymorphisms were observed with Avail and HinfI. A dendrogram was constructed using the UPGMA for cluster analysis. Eight distinct groups were clustered based on the banding pattern obtained from RAPD and rDNA RFLP. There was high level genetic variation among Korean isolates of Fusarium of sporum f. sp. fragariae.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.53-57
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• 1991

항생물질과 부신피질홀몬을 장기간 투여한 7세의 홀스타인종 암소에 있어서 Candida 에 의한 유방의 기회성진균감염율 보고하였다. C. tropicalis는 섭씨 30도의 단순한 해바라기씨 배지에서 반복하여 분리되었다. 이 병원체는 PHOL 기법에 의해 감염된 우유에서 직접 검출되었다. 우유침전물을 그람염색하여 현미경하에서 검사한 결과 Candida spp. 와 일치하는 다수의 효모세포와 균사가 관찰되었다. 실험 실내 약물감수성을 조사한 결과 nystatin에 감수성을 나타내었다. 임상적 및 진균학적 검사결과 nystatin에 의한 유방내 화학요법은 성공적이었다. 수의학에 있어서 C. tropicalis와 기타 기회성진균의 점증하는 중요성이 강조되었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.301-309
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• 2011

The filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum is an important cereal pathogen. Although quantitative realtime PCR (qRT-PCR) is commonly used to analyze the expression of important fungal genes, no detailed validation of reference genes for the normalization of qRT-PCR data has been performed in this fungus. Here, we evaluated 15 candidate genes as references, including those previously described as housekeeping genes and those selected from the whole transcriptome sequencing data. By a combination of three statistical algorithms (BestKeeper, geNorm, and NormFinder), the variation in the expression of these genes was assessed under different culture conditions that favored mycelial growth, sexual development, and trichothecene mycotoxin production. When favoring mycelial growth, GzFLO and GzUBH expression were most stable in complete medium. Both EF1A and GzRPS16 expression were relatively stable under all conditions on carrot agar, including mycelial growth and the subsequent perithecial induction stage. These two genes were also most stable during trichothecene production. For the combined data set, GzUBH and EF1A were selected as the most stable. Thus, these genes are suitable reference genes for accurate normalization of qRT-PCR data for gene expression analyses of F. graminearum and other related fungi.