• Mycobiology
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.183-189
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• 2008

The production of aerial conidia of Lecanicillium lecanii 41185, a highly virulent fungus, by solid-state fermentation was studied for use as a biocontrol agent against aphids. Among several agro-industrial solid media, steamed polished rice was found to produce the highest amount of aerial conidia. The optimal conditions for aerial conidia production were determined to be a 28.5% moisture content in the rice, 25$^{\circ}C$ culture temperature, rice pH of 6.0, 75% ambient relative humidity, 4-dold seeding culture, 0.6% $KNO_3$, and 12 d of culture time. The conidia yield increased from $5.7\times10^9$ conidia/g polished rice to 18.2 $18.2\times10^9$ conidia/g polished rice following application of these optimized conditions.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.219-223
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• 1998

작물 병해충에 대한 무공해 미생물 농약 개발의 일환으로 곤충 병원성 곰팡이 Metarhizium anisopliae의 분자생물학적 육종을 위해 이 균주의 형질전환계를 확립하였다. M. anisopliae의 원형질체를 제작하여 benomyl 약제에 대하여 저항성을 나타내는 Aspergillus flavus 유래의 ${\beta}-tubulin$ 유전자를 갖는 pBRG-4 plasmid DNA를 polyethylene glycol 방법으로 형질 전환하였다. 이 형질전환은 pBRG-4 DNA $50\;{\mu}g$당 10개의 효율로 이루어졌으며, 그 결과 야생형 균주들의 $2.5\;{\mu}g/ml$ 농도의 benomyl 존재 하에서도 성장이 억제되는데 반하여 선발된 형질전환체들은 $5.0\;{\mu}g/ml$ 농도의 benomyl 함유 배지에서도 잘 성장하였다. 또한 이 형질전환체들의 chromosomal DNA를 분리하여 Southern 분석한 결과 ${\beta}-tubulin$ 유전자가 homologous recombination에 의하여 M. anisopliae의 genome속에 삽입 되었음을 확인하였다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2010

The production of conidia of entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana by solid-state fermentation was studied for the development of a biocontrol agent against aphid Myzus persicae. The optimal conditions for conidia production on polished white rice were 40% moisture content, $25^{\circ}C$ culture temperature, 2-day-old seeding culture grown in 3% corn meal, 2% rice bran, 2% corn steep powder medium, initial conidia concentration of $10^7$ conidia/g in the wet rice, 10% inoculum size, and use of a polyethylene bag as a container. The polyethylene bag containing inoculated rice was hand-shaken every 12 hr during fermentation. Using optimal conditions, the maximum conidia production obtained was 4.05 g conidia/100 g dry rice after 14 days of cultivation, a rate 2.83 times higher than conidia yield of pre-optimization.