• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.116-120
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• 2004

The medicinal properties of Ganoderma lucidum have been recognized in China for many centuries. Active pharmaceutical components include triterpenes. To elucidate the molecular regulation of triterpene biosynthesis in this mushroom, a 57-base pair DNA fragment encoding the fourth conserved domain SQ-4 (SMGLFLQKTNIIRDYNEDL) of squalene synthase was synthesized and cloned into the expression vector pET-32a(＋). The recombinant fusion protein induced by IPTG (isopropyl-$\beta$-D-thiogalactopyranoside) was overexpressed in the Escherichia coli. Using the purified recombinant fusion protein of 20.9 kDa, a specific polyclonal antibody was obtained from immunized rabbit. Expression of squalene synthase at different development stages of Ganoderma lucidum was analyzed.

• Mycobiology
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.22-26
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• 2002

This study was carried out to investigate the possibility for seeds germination of Gastrodia elata using symbiotic fungi. Since seeds of G. elata are very small and lack an endosperm and other nutrients, their germination is difficult without requirement for external nutrients. Out of twenty six isolates collected from protocorms of G. elata and roots of native orchids inhabited in wild, two strains(H-2 and H-21) were observed to stimulate the seed germination of G. elata. The seed germination of G. elates was excellent on oak tree leaves medium. The optimal conditions for mycelial growth of symbiotic fungi were $25^{\circ}C$ and pH 6.0, respectively. The mycelial growth of H-2 strain was excellent on YMA medium, while H-21 was poor on PDA medium. In case of carbon sources, the mycelial growth of H-2 and H-21 was good on media supplemented with glucose and dextrin, respectively. Calcium nitrate was good for mycelial growth of H-2 strain as a nitrogen sources, whereas urea was effective to H-21 strain.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.211-218
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• 1994

조직배양에 의한 패모(Fritillaria thuubergii Miq)의 대량번식 체계를 확립하기 위한 기초실험으로써 인편배양시 오염을 감소에 미치는 모구의 표면살균방법, 항생제처리 효과, 모구의 조온처리 기간이 자구형성에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 실험한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 포장재배한 패모를 수확한 후 인편 배양하였을 경우 외측인편이 내측인편보다 오염율이 현저히 높아 배양재료로는 부적합하였고, 내측인편은 70% 에탄을에 30분간 침지후 $4{\sim}5%\;sodium\;hypochlorite$ 용액에 $10{\sim}15$분간 표면살균함으로써 오염율을 줄일 수 있었다. 2. 배지내 항생제, 살균제 및 $lncyte^{tm}$첨가가 세균성 오염을 줄이는 데는 효과가 있었으나 곰팡이에 의한 오염은 방지할 수 없었다. 그러나 오염정도를 지연시키는 효과는 있었다. 3. 건조 저장시에는 $10^{\circ}C$에서 $2{\sim}4$주, 습윤저장시에는 $4{\sim}6$에서 자구 형성이 양호하였으며, kinetin첨가는 대조구에 비해 자구형성수를 크게 증가시키지는 않았다. 건조저장시 4주 이후에는 구가 마르면서 고사하는 현상을 나타내어 건조 저장이 패모의 저온처리 방법으로 적당하지 못하다고 생각되었다. 한편, 습윤 저장 6주후 kinetin $3{\sim}5mg/L$첨가구에서는 배양절편체당 10개 이상의 자구가 형성되었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.415-420
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• 2001

Eighteen kinds of medicinal edible herbs, which are nontoxic and has been widely used in traditional folk medicine, were extracted and antimicrobial activity of the extracts was investigated against various foodborne pathogens or food poisoning microorganisms. Among them, the ethanol extract of Quercus mongolica showed the strongest antimicrobial activities against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and followed by Quercus aliena and Quercus dentata, respectively. Thus, further study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial activity of Quercus species extracts. The plants were extracted with ethanol, methanol and water, respectively. The ethanol, methanol, and water extracts of Quercus mongolica leaf showed 10~21 mm inhibition zone against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria at two thousand $\mu\textrm{g}$ per disc, but little antimicrobial activity was observed against fungi and yeast. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of the ethanol extract of Quercus mongolica leaf was 250$\mu\textrm{g}$/mL against Bacillus cereus. Salmonella typhimurium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 62.5~125 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL against Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes, respectively.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2013

This study was conducted to isolate and identify the fungal pathogen causing seedling rot of Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zuccarini, and to know the optimum growing temperature for decreasing seedling rot of Lithospermum erythrorhizon. On the basis of morphological characteristics, EF-1a sequence analysis, and pathogenecity to host plant, the fungi isolated from seedling rot and seeds of Lithospermum erythrorhizon were identified as Fusarium fujikuroi, indicating that disease causing fungus is seed-borne pathogen. Optimum temperature for germination of seeds of Lithospermum erythrorhizon was $15{\sim}20^{\circ}C$, but pathogenicity of Fusarium fujikuroi was shown more readily at $25{\sim}30^{\circ}C$. These results suggested that seedling culture of Lithospermum erythrorhizon between $15^{\circ}C$ and $20^{\circ}C$ might reduce seedling rot of Lithospermum erythrorhizon caused by seed-borne pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.816-821
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• 2004

A reliable molecular phylogenetic method to identify Hericium erinaceum, the most industrially valuable species in the Hericium genus, was established. Sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of the PCR-amplified ITS and 5.8S rDNA from Hericium fungi, including 6 species and 23 isolates, showed that variation in nucleotide sequences and size exists in both ITS1 and ITS2 regions, but not in the 5.8S region. These two ITS regions provided different levels of information on the relationship of H. erinaceum to other Hericium species. Based on the ITS1 sequence, both the parsimony and neighbor joining trees clearly distinguished Asian H. erinaceum isolates from other Hericium species and isolates. The intraspecific divergence of the ITS2 region was suitable to dissect the Asian H. erinaceum isolates into a few groups.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.604-617
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• 2003

안전성이 확보된 식용, 또는 약용식물로부터 항캔디다 활성이 우수한 항진균 후보물질을 개발하기 위해, 298종의 천연물로부터 추출부위 및 추출 용매를 달리하여 384종의 추출물을 제조하였다. 제조된 추출물의 항캔디다 활성을 disc-paper를 이용한 생육 저지환의 유무 및 크기 판정과 microbroth dilution법을 이용하여 C. albicans KCTC 1940과 S. cerevisiae IFO 0233를 대상으로 평가하였다. 그 결과 20종 식물로부터 조제된 25종의 추출물이 우수한 항캔디다 활성을 나타냄을 확인하였고, 그 중에서도 멍석딸기, 정향, 천황련, 작약, 모란, 대극잎 추출물은 강력 한 항캔디다 활성$(MIC=50 \mug/m\ell)$을 보였다. 특히, 멍석딸기(에틸아세테이트 추출물), 정향(부탄올 추출물), 호장근(에틸아세테이트 추출물), 작약(부탄올 추출물), 대극잎(메탄올 추출물)의 경우에는 C. albicans에 높은 선택독성을 나타내어, 안정성이 확보된 식물 추출물로부터 새로운 진균 감염증 치료제 개발이 가능함을 제시하였다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.302-307
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• 2018

Background: A soil-borne pathogenic fungus, Ilyonectria radicicola (Cylindrocarpon destructans) causes root rot on ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) and is known to attack many other plants. The Nectria/Neonectria radicicola complex has been renamed as the I. radicicola complex after analysis of its multi-gene relatedness and morphological characteristics. The fungi in this complex have been reclassified into 16 species under the genus Ilyonectria based on characteristics analysis Methods and Results: To obtain useful data from the Korean ginseng root rot, I. radicicola was isolated from the rhizosphere soils of the chestnut tree. They were identified through a pathogenicity test and a survey of the morphological features. The existence of I. radicicola in soil samples was confirmed by PCR detections using nested PCR with species-specific primer sets. These were subsequenctly isolated on semi-selective media from PCR-positive soils. Genetic analysis of the I. radicicola complex containing these pathogens was done by comparing the DNA sequences of the histone h3 region. These isolates originating from the rhizosphere soils of chestnut constituted a clade with other closely related species or I. radicicola isolates originating from ginseng or other host plants, respectively. Additionally, the pathogenicity tests to analyze the characteristics of these I. radicicola isolates revealed that they caused weakly virulent root rot on ginseng. Conclusions: This is the first study reporting that I. radicicola isolates from chestnut rhizosphere soils can attack ginseng plant in Korea. Thus, these results are expected to provide informations in the selection of suitable fields for ginseng cultivation.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.515-522
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• 2006

A cDNA library of Ganoderma lucidum has been constructed using a Zap Express cloning vector. A glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gpd) was isolated from this library by hybridization of the recombinant phage clones with a gpd-specific gene probe generated by PCR. By comparison of the cDNA and the genomic DNA sequences, it was found that the complete nucleotide sequence encodes a putative polypeptide chain of 338 amino acids interrupted by 6 introns. The predicted amino acid sequence of this gene shows a high degree of sequence similarity to the GPD proteins from yeast and filamentous fungi. The promoter region contains a CT-rich stretch, two CAAT boxes, and a consensus TATA box. The possibility of using the gpd promoter in the construction of new transformation vectors is discussed.

• Mycobiology
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.142-144
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• 2012

During the search for neuraminidase inhibitors from medicinal fungi, we found that the culture broth of Phellinus linteus exhibited potent inhibitory activity. Solvent partition, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were performed for purification of two active substances from the culture broth. According to $^1H$ NMR measurements and comparison of HPLC retention times with those of authentic compounds, their chemical structures were identified as hispidin and hypholomine B. Compounds (hispidin) 1 and 2 (hypholomine B) inhibited neuraminidase, with $IC_{50}$ values of 13.1 and 0.03 ${\mu}M$, respectively.