• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.153-160
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• 2011

Ozone process is currently applied in 24 water treatment plants in Korea to control micropollutants and taste & odor compounds. However, one of the chlorine resistant protozoa, cryptosporidium, is not being considered as ozone disinfection performance whereas U.S. is already regulate Cryptosporidium by ozone disinfection. two ozone plants(PH, UH WTP) operation conditions are investigated for disinfection performance comparing Korea disinfection regulation and U.S. regulation. The ozone plants are unable to get Cryptosporidium inactivation credits by Korea disinfection regulation. However, the inactivation credit for Cryptosporidum was increased when the U.S. disinfection regulation was applied. The Korea disinfection credit regulation need revision to practical aspects.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.233-240
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• 1991

The morphology and ecology of the marine hypotrichous ciliate, Oxytricha saltans (Cohn, 1866) Kahl, 1932 collected from shrimp culturing pond of Qingdao (Tsingtao, 36$^{\circ}$08'N : 120$^{\circ}$43'E) , P.R. China were investigated. collected samples were observed directly and we also observed cultured ones and stained specimens. In relation to this species were described the morphology and infraciliature in detail using protargol method, presented a new diagnosis and discussed some synonyms and the related species, Actinotricha saltans sensu Dragesco, 1963.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.55-64
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• 1991

In September 1990, the species of Thecamoebae (Rhizopodea ; Protozoa) inhabited in Sphagnum at Mt. Taekwanryng were collected . The six species of Thecamoebae belonged to three families were identified : Arcella bathystoma, Trigonopyxis arcular , Heleopera sphangi, H. petricola, Lesquereusia epistoma, L.spiralis, Except L.Spiralis, five species were newly reported in Korea. They were described and figured with photograph.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• no.nspc3
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• pp.15-22
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• 1992

Some hypotrichous ciliates collected from the Han River and the Mountain Kwank were cultured at laboratory. They were identified as Paruroleptus lepisma Wenzel, 1953 and Euplotes aediculatus Pierson, 1943. These two species are reported for the first from Korea. Morphological and biometrical studies of them were carried out by observing both wild and cultured cells and the infraciliature of silver stained specimens. The two speices were redesribed and analyzed biometrically for their taxonomic characters.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.209-218
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• 1990

The gromiids (Protozoa ; Sacromastigophora ; Rhizopoda) collected at 9 different sites in Korea , during the period from May to October 1989 were examined, and four species were identified with the scanning electron microscope(SEM). Three species : Euglypha acanthophora. Tracheleuglypha dentata and Trinema enchelys turned out to be new to the Korean fauna.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.493-496
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• 1989

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.489-490
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• 1989

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 2003.08a
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• pp.49-49
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• 2003

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• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.1196-1200
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• 2007

Eight feeds (mixture of wheat straw and oil seed cakes in 3:1 ratio) were evaluated for methane emission and fermentation pattern with buffalo rumen liquor as inoculum in an in vitro gas production test. The cakes tested were groundnut cake (GNC), soybean cake (SBC), mustard seed cake (MSC), cotton seed cake (CSC), karanj seed cake expeller extracted (KCEE), karanj seed cake solvent extracted (KCSE), caster bean cake expeller extracted (CBCEE) and caster bean cake solvent extracted (CBCSE). The gas production (ml/g dry matter) was significantly higher with SBC and MSC followed by CSC, GNC, KCSE, KCEE, CBCSE and was the lowest with CBCEE. Methane emission was significantly lower with KCEE, KCSE, CBCEE, CBCSE (20.32- 22.43 ml/g DM) than that with SBC, GNC, CSC (27.34-31.14 ml/g DM). Mustard seed cake was in-between the two groups of oil cakes in methane production. In vitro true digestibility was highest with SBC followed by GNC, CSC, MSC, KCSE, KCEE, CBCSE and CECEE. Ammonia nitrogen level was positively correlated with the amount of protein present in the cake. Total holotrich protozoa were significantly higher with SBC, whereas, large spirotrich protozoa tended to be lower than with other cakes. The counts of small spirotrich and total protozoa were similar with all the cakes. Total volatile fatty acid production and acetate to propionate ratio were significantly higher with SBC and significantly lower with KCEE as compared to the other cakes. Among the conventional oil cakes tested in the present experiment (GNC, SBC, MSC and CSC), mustard seed cake-based feed produced the minimum methane without affecting other fermentation characteristics adversely.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.139-145
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• 2016

Toxoplasmosis is a serious disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most widespread parasites in the world. Lipid metabolism is important in the intracellular stage of T. gondii. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), a key enzyme for the synthesis of unsaturated fatty acid is predicted to exist in T. gondii. Sterculic acid has been shown to specifically inhibit SCD activity. Here, we examined whether sterculic acid and its methyl ester analogues exhibit anti-T. gondii effects in vitro. T. gondii-infected Vero cells were disintegrated at 36 hr because of the propagation and egress of intracellular tachyzoites. All test compounds inhibited tachyzoite propagation and egress, reducing the number of ruptured Vero cells by the parasites. Sterculic acid and the methyl esters also inhibited replication of intracellular tachyzoites in HFF cells. Among the test compounds, sterculic acid showed the most potent activity against T. gondii, with an $EC_{50}$ value of $36.2{\mu}M$, compared with $EC_{50}$ values of $248-428{\mu}M$ for the methyl esters. Our study demonstrated that sterculic acid and its analogues are effective in inhibition of T. gondii growth in vitro, suggesting that these compounds or analogues targeting SCD could be effective agents for the treatment of toxoplasmosis.