• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.94-98
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• 2006

The mattresses and dust in the bed rooms of nine dermatophytes infected patients and nine domestic animals were examined by the KOH method. Microsporum canis species and Trichophyton mentagrophytes were isolated from cats and rabbits, respectively. The sources of infection of three patients were the M. canis infected cats raised by them and the four other patient's sources of infection were not confirmed. The sites of infection of the nine patients were their heads and those of the domestic animals were their heads and bodies. M. canis species were isolated from the infection sites of three cats and specimens collected by hair brush from the nine domestic animals. T. mentagrophytes species were also isolated from the infection sites of two rabbits. The seven patients had mattresses and bed room dust contaminated with M. canis.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.181-189
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• 2018

Cephalobus aff. quinilineatus (Shavrov, 1968) Anderson and Hooper, 1970 and Eucephalobus hooperi MarinariPalmisano, 1967 from the family Cephalobidae Filipjev, 1934 (Cephalobomorpha) are newly reported from South Korea. Cephalobus aff. quinilineatus is distinguished from other Cephalobus species by its high and rounded labial probolae and five lateral incisures, with three incisures extending to the tail terminus. Eucephalobus hooperi is distinguished from other Eucephalobus species by its three bifurcated labial probolae with pointed termini and by morphometric characters such as body and tail length and the corpus:isthmus ratio. In this study, the morphological characters and morphometrics of C. aff. quinilineatus and E. hooperi Korean population are described and illustrated based on optical and/or scanning electron microscopy.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.1591-1602
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• 2019

To shed light on the genetic basis of salt tolerance in Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, and Tetragenococcus halophilus, we performed comparative genome analysis of 10 E. faecalis, 11 E. faecium, and three T. halophilus strains. Factors involved in salt tolerance that could be used to distinguish the species were identified. Overall, T. halophilus contained a greater number of potassium transport and osmoprotectant synthesis genes compared with the other two species. In particular, our findings suggested that T. halophilus may be the only one among the three species capable of synthesizing glycine betaine from choline, cardiolipin from glycerol and proline from citrate. These molecules are well-known osmoprotectants; thus, we propose that these genes confer the salt tolerance of T. halophilus.

• 환경생물
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.291-298
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• 2018

Samples were collected from benthic and subaerophytic habitats of fresh and brackish water in Korea from April 2017 to April 2018. Accordingly, three genera and seven species were newly recorded in Korea. Three unrecorded genera were Cephalothrix, Cyanophanon and Toxifilum, and seven species were Anagnostidinema pseudacutissimum, Calothrix elenkinii, Cephalothrix komarekiana, Cyanophanon mirabile, Cyanosarcina chroococcoides, Leptolyngbya ectocarpi and Toxifilum mysidocida. Anagnostidinema pseudacutissimum and Cephalothrix komarekiana had been previously reported to inhabit freshwater, but these were found to be present in brackish water during the period of the present study. Also, Cyanosarcina chroococcoides previously reported to inhabit moorland waters and swamps, were found to be present in subaerophytic habitat.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.89-93
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• 2022

Three heterotrophic euglenids from marine water column (Seodo port, Yeosu) and freshwater sediment (Seodong-chun, Incheon), Korea were identified as Entosiphon oblongum Cavalier-Smith and Vickerman, 2016; Euglena longa (Pringsheim, 1936) Marin and Melkonian, 2003; and Keelungia pulex Chan and Moestrup, 2013 based on morphological characters and 18S rDNA sequence analysis. These species are reported taxonomically for the first time from Korea and are described with micrographs. Diagnoses of these species are as follows. Entosiphon oblongum: phagotrophic, gliding, size in vivo, 23.1-29.3 ㎛ (Avg. 26.5 ㎛, n=30) long, ovate with a protrusive feeding siphon (apparatus), several deep grooves and two heterodynamic flagella. Euglena longa: osmotrophic, swimming, size in vivo, 32.3-52.2 ㎛ (Avg. 42.2 ㎛, n=26) long, elongated with many paramylum granules and two flagellar. Keelungia pulex: phagotrophic, gliding, size in vivo, 13.5-19.7 ㎛(Avg. 16.4 ㎛, n=97) long, oblong to ovoid with a hook-shaped ingestion apparatus, several dorsal ridges and two flagella.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.34-46
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• 2023

Three species of the genus Centropages(C. calaninus, C. orsinii, and C. sinensis) were newly collected from Korean waters. The Korean specimens were consistent with previous descriptions, but differ in the following characteristics: in C. orsinii male right antennule with spine on dorsoposterior surface of each segment XIII and XIV; distal end of segment XIX with humplike process on dorsal surface; in C. calaninus female long spinelike process on second exopodal segment of leg 5 of reaching 1/2 length of terminal spine on third exopodal segment; in male, first endopodal segment of leg 5 without inner seta; left second exopodal segment serrated on distal margin; and in C. sinensis male distal spine of left second exopodal segment of leg 5 not fused with segment. In this study, key characters for species identification also were provided.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2022

Endophytic fungi were isolated from needle leaves of two conifer species in Korea. The fungal isolates were identified based on their morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of their internal transcribed spacer and large-subunit rDNA regions. Three species of endophytic fungi, namely Celosporium laricicola, Neocatenulostroma germanicum, and Phaeophleospora eucalypticola were the first records in Korea. In this study, we reported the morphological and phylogenetic characteristics of these fungi.

• 한국토양동물학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.102-109
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• 1996

This study includes the taxanomy, description and a key to species of mites in the genus Asca from Korea. Specimens were collected from December 1993 to May 1996. As a result of this study, the following three species were identified. 1. Asca (Asca) aphidioides (Linne, 1758) 2. Asca (Asca) sculptrata Aoki, 1968 3. Asca (Asca) garmani Hurlbutt, 1963 These three species have not been described from Korea.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.117-122
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• 2001

강원도 삼척시 호산리 호산천에서 채집된 꾹저구, 검정꾹저구, 무늬꾹저구 3종의 성적이형에 관하여 조사하였다. 3종은 산란기때 뚜렷한 혼인색을 나타낸다. 3종 모두 암컷에서는 두부복면, 배지느러미, 제 1 등지느러미 외연이 진한 흑색을 나타냈다. 그러나 검정꾹저구의 제 1 등지느러미 외연으로부터 1/3은 진한 흑색을 나타낸 반면 다른 2종은 짙은 황색을 나타내는 차이를 보였다. 3종의 암컷모두 복부가 짙은 황색이 되는 공통점을 나타내었다. 수컷인 경우, 꾹저구와 무늬꾹저구는 거의 같은 혼인색을 나타냈으나 뒷지느러미에 있어서 무늬꾹저구는 짙은 흑색을 나타내었고, 꾹저구는 옅은 흑색을 나타내었다. 검정꾹저구는 두부복면, 배지느러미 및 뒷지느러미가 황색을 나타낸 반면, 나머지 2종은 옅은 흑색을 나타내었다. 이들 3종의 수컷 생식공돌기는 좁고 긴 삼각형 모양이었고, 암컷은 굵고 짧은 하트모양이었다. 꾹저구는 7개의 형질 즉, 체고, 두장, 문장, 상악장, 두고, 가슴지느러미 길이, 안경 등에서 암수간에 유의한 차이가 인정되었다. 검정꾹저구는 11개의 형질 즉, 체고, 미병장, 미병고, 두고, 두장, 문장, 상악장, 두폭, 뒷지느러미 길이, 가슴지느러미 길이 및 꼬리지느러미 길이 등에서 유의한 차이가 인정되었다. 무늬꾹저구는 10개의 형질 즉, 체고, 두장, 미병고, 문장, 상악장, 두폭, 뒷지느러미 길이, 가슴지느러미 길이, 꼬리지느러미 길이 및 안경 등에서 유의한 차이가 인정되었다. 이들 형질중, 체고, 두장, 문장, 상악장 및 가슴지느러미 길이 등은 3종 모두 암수간에 유의한 차이가 인정된 형질이었는데 암컷은 체고에서만 수컷보다 높은 수치를 나타냈고, 나머지 형질에서는 수컷이 암컷보다 높은 수치를 나타냈다. 또한 암수간에 가장 큰 차이로 쉽게 구분이 가능했던 형질은 상악장으로써 수컷의 상악장은 암컷의 후연을 훨씬 넘었다 (p<0.001).

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.123-129
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• 2014

Ant communities are well suited for monitoring changes in ecosystems. Although numerous studies have examined the responses of ant communities to environmental disturbance, relatively few long-term studies on ant communities have been undertaken in urban environments. We examined species richness in nine urban parks in Hiroshima, Japan, and compared the survey results with data collected at the same sites by using the same methods in 1999. In both surveys, total of 25 species was recorded: 23 species in 1999 and 20 species in 2012. Non-metric multidimensional scaling analysis revealed that the ant communities consisted of two distinct groups, which could in turn be characterized by three patterns of ant community changes in between the two groups. The first of these community change patterns was characterized by a shift within group 1, but the number of species remained constant (approx. 10 species). The second pattern was characterized by a shift within group 2, but the number of species remained low (approx. 4 species). The third pattern was characterized by a shift from group 1 to group 2 as the abundance of Linepithema humile (Mayr) increased over time. Unlike the first and second patterns, the number of ant species in communities of the third type decreased significantly. These findings suggest that L. humile has a marked effect on the species diversity of indigenous ant communities in urban environments.