• Mycobiology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.59-62
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• 2013

Japanese pine sawyer beetle (Monochamus alternatus) is an economically important pest in coniferous trees. Ophiostoma ips was isolated from the beetle and identified based on analysis of morphological properties and the ${\beta}$-tubulin gene sequence. The fungus easily produced perithecia with a long neck on malt extract agar and its ascospores were rectangular shaped. This is first report of Ophiostoma species associated with the pinewood nematode vector beetle in Korea.

• Mycobiology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.245-247
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• 2013

The ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis, is an economically important pest affecting oak trees in Korea. Candida kashinagacola was isolated from galleries of the beetle in oak wood and identified by analyses of morphology, physiological properties, and nucleotide sequence of the large subunit ribosomal DNA. This is the first report on Candida species associated with oak wilt disease vectored by the ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis, in Korea.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.223-228
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• 2008

A novel beetle antimicrobial protein from stimulated Copris tripartitus and the corresponding gene were isolated in parallel through differential display-PCR and expression in Escherichia coli. To find cDNA clones responsible for bacteria resistance, the suppression subtractive hybridization and GeneFishing differentially expressed genes system were employed in the dung beetle, Copris tripartitus immunized with lipopolysaccaride. One cDNA clone from eight subtracted clones was selected through dot blot analysis and confirmed by northern blot analysis. The 516-bp, selected cDNA clone was determined by 5' and 3' rapid amplication of cDNA ends and cloned into the GST fusion expression vector pGEX-4T-1 for expression of the protein. The expressed protein was predicted 14.7 kDa and inhibited the growth of gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These results implied that the expressed protein is related to immune defense mechanism against microorganism.

• 한국잠사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국잠사학회 2003년도 International Symposium of Silkworm/Insect Biotechnology and Annual Meeting of Korea Society of Sericultural Science
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• pp.157-159
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• 2003

We have cloned and sequenced the cDNA coding fur a cellulase from the mulberry longicorn beetle, Apriona germari, with the polymerase chain reaction. And then we have constructed the recombinant plasmid vector for Bombyx mori transfomation experiment. (omitted)

• Mycobiology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.313-316
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• 2011

The ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis, is a serious pest of oak trees in Korea. In this study we investigated filamentous fungi present in the body of the beetle. Fourteen genera of filamentous fungi belonging to Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were isolated. Among the isolated fungi, some were able to produce wood degrading enzymes. This is first report of fungi associated with P. koryoensis.

• Mycobiology
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.159-161
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• 2007

Pine tree death caused by pine wood nematode(PWN) involves phoretic relationships between PWN and its vector Japanese pine sawyer beetle(JPS). In an effort to understand the diversity of fungi involved in PWN life cycle, a total of 176 fungal isolates were collected from PWNs, adults and larvae of JPS, PWN-diseased Japanese black pine that was cut down in 2005 at Jinju, Korea. Based on microscopic observation and colony morphology, and sequence analysis of the ITS rDNA, the fungal isolates were identified at the level of genus. Three genera including Mucor, Ophiostoma, and Penicillium were identified from PWN. Two genera of Ophiostoma and Penicillium were discovered from JPS larvae. Frpm JPS adult beetles, nine genera of Aspergillus, Gibberalla, Hypocrea, Irpex, Leptosphaeria, Ophiostoma, Penicillium, and Plectosphaerella and unknown basidio-mycetes were found. Ten genera from PWN-infected weed were confirmed as Bionectria, Botrytis, Camarops, Fusarium, Hypocrea, Nectria, Mucor, Ophiostoma, Penicillium, and Trichoderma. Penicillium and Ophiostoma were commonly distributed on PWN and its vector and host. This is first report of the fungi associated with PWN and its vector and host in Korea.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1243-1250
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• 2010

A cDNA encoding a cysteine protease inhibitor (CPI) was isolated from the cDNA library of clamworm Perinereis aibuhitensis Grube. The deduced amino acid sequence analysis showed that the protein had 51%, 48%, and 48% identity with Zgc:153129 from Danio rerio, cystatin B from Theromyzon tessulatum, and the ChainA, stefin B tetramer from Homo sapiens, respectively. The gene was cloned into the intracellular expression vector pET-15b and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant CPI (PA-CPI) was purified by affinity chromatography on Ni-charged resin and ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose FF. The relative molecular mass of PA-CPI was 16 kDa as deduced by SDS-PAGE. Activity analysis showed that the recombinant protein could inhibit the proteolytic activity of papain. A constitutive and secretive expression vector was also constructed, and the cDNA encoding CPI was subcloned into the vector for extracellular expression. Western blotting analysis results showed that the PA-CPI was secreted into the medium. Bioassay demonstrated that E. coli DH5${\alpha}$ harboring pUC18ompAcat-CPI showed a significant difference in mortality to the Asian longhorned beetle Anoplophora glabripennis compared with untransformed E. coli DH5${\alpha}$ and control.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.527-533
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 소나무재선충병 매개충의 소나무재선충 보유 정도와 산란 및 섭식행동을 통한 전파에 대하여 조사하였다. 첫째, 세 가지 종류의 벌채목으로부터 우화 탈출하는 솔수염하늘소의 소나무재선충 보유 정도를 조사하였다. (가)의 경우는 건전한 소나무를 벌채하여 감염림 내에 방치한 것이고, (나)의 경우는 감염목에서 우화 탈출한 솔수염하늘소를 건전한 벌채목에 산란시켰을 경우이며, (다)의 경우는 솔수염하늘소는 서식하고 있으나 소나무재선충은 보유하지 않은 소나무를 벌채하고 소나무재선충을 인공적으로 접종한 경우이다. 세 경우 모두 이듬해에 벌채목으로부터 우화탈출하는 솔수염하늘소의 소나무재선충 보유율과 보유수를 조사하였다. (가)와 (나)의 경우 소나무재선충 보유율은 각각 18.3%와 15.6%이었고, 보유한 소나무재선충 수는 각각 $5,713.1{\pm}9,248.3$마리와 $2,034.1{\pm}4,746.8$마리로서 차이가 없었다. 그러나 인공적으로 소나무재선충을 접종한 (다)의 경우에는 소나무재선충 보유율과 보유수가 각각 38.3%와 $20,083.1{\pm}32,188.3$마리로서 다른 두 경우에 비해 높은 경향이었다. 한편, 소나무재선충 보유수를 조사한 세 경우 전체 52마리의 솔수염하늘소 중에서 20마리(38.5%)가 5,000마리 이상의 소나무재선충을 보유하고 있었고, 이들 20마리가 보유한 소나무 재선충이 전체 소나무재선충의 97.9%를 차지하였다. 둘째, 야외의 소나무재선충 감염림에서 채취한 소나무로부터 우화한 솔수염하늘소와 북방수염하늘소의 섭식 과정 중에 이들로부터 이탈하는 소나무재선충의 수를 조사하였다. 소나무재선충이 솔수염하늘소와 북방수염하늘소 몸으로부터 이탈한 일수는 각각 $34.9{\pm}12.4$일과 $23.9{\pm}16.2$일이었고, 우화 후 2주째에 가장 많이 탈출하였다. 우화 후 2주 이내에 탈출한 소나무재선충의 비율은 솔수염하늘소의 경우는 44.5%, 북방수염하늘소의 경우에는 47.2%이었으며, 매개충 한 마리당 이탈하는 소나무재선충의 수는 각각 $3,570.6{\pm}5,189.2$ 마리와 $1,556.2{\pm}1,710.3$ 마리이었다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.395-404
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• 2018

Since the mass mortality of Quercus mongolica has been first reported in Gyeonggi province at 2004, the disease spread rapidly over Korean peninsula annually. Ambrosia beetle (Platypus koryoensis) was known as the insect vector of oak wilt fungus, Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae, and control methods of the disease had mainly been focused on eradication of insect vector. However, for the efficient management of the disease, combined control methods for both of the pathogenic fungus and insect vector are strongly required. As one of the efforts to suppress the pathogenic fungus, antifungal activities of Streptomyces isolated from oak forest soil were assayed in this study. Optimum culture condition for the selected isolates was also studied, As a result, Streptomyces blastmyceticus cultured in PDB (Potato Dextrose Broth) at $25^{\circ}C$ for 1 week showed the strongest antifungal activity against oak wilt fungus. Mycelial growth inhibition rates (MGIRs) of Streptomyces isolates were compared on culture media supplemented with heated and unheated culture filtrates of S. blastmyceticus. MGIRs on culture media with unheated culture filtrates were generally higher than those on culture media with heated culture filtrates. Antagonistic mechanism to get involved in the inhibition of hyphal growth and spore formation of the pathogen is due to the antifungal metabolites produced by Streptomyces. This study will provide the fundamental information in developing biocontrol agents for the environment-friendly management of oak wilt disease.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제95권5호
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• pp.543-550
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• 2006

Distribution patterns of two pine sawyer species (Monochamus alternatus which is the main vector insect and M. saltuarius which is the potential insect vector of the pine wood nematode) were investigated in Korea. The data were collected at 89 study sites which were chosen to cover the whole region of South Korea. The selected pine trees were killed in early April and left for I year in the pine stands to be egg-laid by the pine sawyers. Emergence of the beetles from the dead pine trees was checked from early April to late July. M. saltuarius was the most abundant in the mid to northern areas of South Korea, whereas M. alternatus in Jeju-do, southernmost island of Korea. Considering temperature distribution patterns in areas where the two species occur, their thermal distribution boundary may be formed around $13.2^{\circ}C$ of annual mean temperature. The hypothesized distribution map of the two Monochamus species under the invasion of pine wilt disease is suggested on the base of thermal distribution of Korean peninsula.