• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.743-746
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• 2005

A dipstick-type immunochemical biosensor for the detection of the organophosphorus insecticide fenthion was developed using a screen-printed electrode system as an amperometric transducer with polyclonal antibodies against fenthion as a bioreceptor. The assay of the biosensor involved competition between the pesticide in the sample and pesticide-glucose oxidase conjugate for binding to the antibody immobilized on the membrane. This was followed by measurement of the activity of the bound enzyme by the supply of the enzyme substrate (glucose) and amperometric determination of the enzyme reaction product ($H_2O_2$). The activity of the bound enzyme was inversely proportional to the concentration of pesticide. The optimized sensor system showed a linear response against the logarithm of the pesticide concentration ranging from $10^{-2}$ to $10^3\;{\mu}g/L$.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2013

Natural zooplankton communities are composed of many different species at different trophic levels in the aquatic food web. Several researchers have reported that in mesocosm/enclosure experiments, larger cladocerans tend to be more sensitive to carbamate insecticides than smaller ones (Daphnia > Moina, Diaphanosoma > Bosmina). In contrast, results from individual-level laboratory tests have suggested that large cladoceran species are more tolerant than small species. To clarify this inconsistency, we conducted a microcosm experiment using model zooplankton communities with different species compositions, where animals were exposed to lethal (near to the 24 h LC50, concentration estimated to kill 50% of individuals within 24-h for the small cladoceran Bosmina) and lower, sublethal concentrations of carbaryl. In the experiment, population densities of the small cladocerans (Bosmina and Bosminopsis) decreased subsequent to the applications of chemical, but no impacts were observed on the large cladoceran Daphnia. Our results supported the reports of previous individual level toxicity tests, and indicated that the sensitivity of zooplankton to the insecticide was unchanged by biological interactions but the response of population can be modified by compensation of population through hatching from resting eggs and/or the persistence of insecticide in the systems.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2007

Behavioral sequences of the medaka (Oryzias latipes) were continuously investigated through an automatic image recognition system in response to medaka treated with the insecticide and medaka not treated with the insecticide, diazinon (0.1 mg/l) during a 1 hour period. The observation of behavior through the movement tracking program showed many patterns of the medaka. After much observation, behavioral patterns were divided into four basic patterns: active-smooth, active-shaking, inactive-smooth, and inactive-shaking. The "smooth" and "shaking" patterns were shown as normal movement behavior. However, the "shaking" pattern was more frequently observed than the "smooth" pattern in medaka specimens that were treated with insecticide. Each pattern was classified using classification methods after the feature choice. It provides a natural way to incorporate prior knowledge from human experts in fish behavior and contains the information in a logical expression tree. The main focus of this study was. to determine whether the decision tree could be useful for interpreting and classifying behavior patterns of the medaka.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.377-382
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• 2012

경기지역에서 담배가루이의 발생 및 약제반응을 조사하였다. 담배가루이는 13개 시군에서 발생되었으며, 유전자(16S rRNA, MtCOI) 분석결과, 고양시 일부지역은 biotype B와 Q가 혼재되었으나, 그 밖의 지역에서 2005부터 국내 발생이 보고되었던 biotype Q로 나타났다. 채집곤충 및 기주식물의 total DNA에 대해 PCR을 통한 염기서열 분석과 southern hybridization 분석 결과 모든 지역에서 Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus(TYLCV)는 검출되지 않았다. 5개 지역에서 채집한 6 개체군의 담배가루이를 실내사육하면서 유묘검정법으로 성충에 대한 살충제 감수성을 검정한 결과, 지역별로 다소 차이는 있었지만 네오니코티노이드계 약제의 경우 biotype B에게 높은 살충활성을 나타낸 반면 biotype Q에게는 상대적으로 낮은 살충활성을 나타내었다.

• 한국응용곤충학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용곤충학회 2001년도 합동 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.61-61
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• 2001

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.231-240
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• 2009

We explored collective behaviors of indicator species to elucidate the effect of the chemical stress. After the treatments of an insecticide, diazinon, at low concentrations (1.0 and 10.0 ${\mu}g/L$), spatial dispersion patterns of Daphnia magna were checked in a test chamber. The I-index was used to characterize the movement data before (0~1 h) and after (1~2 h) the treatments in laboratory conditions. The slopes of the frequency distribution of I-index in semi-log scale decreased significantly, and the test populations appeared to be more dispersed with a lower degree of aggregation after the treatments. The index was feasible in indicating decrease in the ability of the specimens to keep desirable distances with neighbor individuals under chemical stress and showed a possibility of monitoring presence of toxic chemicals in environment through group behavior measurement.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1002-1009
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• 2007

A rapid, convenient homogeneous competitive enzyme immunoassay for estimating the amount of fenthion is described. The assay utilizes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-hapten conjugates that are inhibited in solution by antibodies obtained from bovine serum albumin-hapten conjugates. In order to investigate the effects of bridging group recognition on the sensitivity of dose response characteristics, the bridging groups of varying alkyl chain length were attached at the phosphate position of fenthion. Among the antibodies used, the one obtained from the use of hapten (fenthion analog) with the same bridging group structure that was used in preparing the enzyme-fenthion conjugates showed maximum inhibition (up to 51.8%) in the absence of fenthion. In the presence of fenthion, the activity of the enzyme-hapten conjugate is regained in an amount proportional to the fenthion concentration. Under the optimized condition, the $ED_{50}$ value for fenthion was $0.809{\mu}g/ml$. The assay developed in this study is a rapid effective screening method for fenthion prior to precise analysis.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.682-687
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 생물의 2차원영상에서 5가지 특징을 추출한 다음 약품에 대한 생물의 행동 패턴 반응에 대하여 의사결정나무를 적용하여 패턴의 인식 및 분류를 하였다. 생물의 행동패턴을 대변하는 물리적인 특징인, 속도, 방향전환 각도, 이동거리에 대하여 각각 중간이상속도비율 FFT(Fast Fourier Transform), 2차원 정사영 면적, 프렉탈 차원, 무게중심을 사용하여 특징을 추출하였다. 이렇게 추출된 5가지의 특징변수들을 사용하여 의사결정나무 모델을 구성한 다음 생물의 약품 첨가에 대한 반응을 분석하였다 또한 결과에서는 기존의 생물의 행동패턴 구분에 쓰였던 전형적인 기법(conventional methods) 보다 본 연구에서 적용한 의사결정나무가 생물의 행동패턴이 가지는 물리적 요소에 대한 독해력을 가짐을 보임으로써 특정 환경에서 이동행동에 대한 분석을 용이하게 하고자 하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.507-521
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• 2014

A phase variation has been reported in an entomopathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophila. Compared with a wild-type primary form, a secondary form usually loses several physiological and biochemical characters. This study showed that the phase variation of X. nematophila caused a significant alteration in its immunosuppressive activity and subsequent entomopathogenicity. A secondary form of X. nematophila was detected in laboratory colonies and exhibited significant differences in dye absorption and entomopathogenicity. In addition, the secondary form was different in its production of eicosanoid-biosynthesis inhibitors (EBIs) compared with the primary form of X. nematophila. Production of oxindole and p-hydroxypropionic acid was significantly reduced in the culture broth of the secondary form of X. nematophila. The reduced EBI production resulted in significant suppression in the inhibitory effects on cellular nodule formation and phenoloxidase activity. Culture broth of the primary form of X. nematophila enhanced the pathogenicity of Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt) significantly more than the culture broth of the secondary form. Furthermore, this study developed a highly efficient "Dual Bt-Plus: to control both lepidopteran insect pests Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera exigua, by mixing two effective Bt strains along with the addition of potent bacterial metabolites or 100-fold concentrated X. nematophila culture broth.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제9B권5호
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• pp.663-672
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 자동 추적 시스템을 이용하여 카바메이트 계열의 농약인 카보퓨란의 치명적인 투여에 대하여 반자연적인 조건에서 반응하는 깔따구의 움직임을 관찰하였다. 4령기에 있는 깔따구를 $6cm\times{7cm}\times{2.5cm}$ 크기의 서식 장소와 $18^\circ{C}$의 수온, 명기와 암기를 각각 10시간, 14시간의 조건에서 관찰을 하였다. 추적 시스템은 깔따구 몸체의 부분 점들을 탐지하여 추적하도록 하였다. 모든 실험은 반자연적인(semi-natural) 상태에서 진행되었으며 약제 카보퓨란(Carbofuran 0.1mg/l) 처리 전 후 이틀씩 모두 4일에 걸쳐서 연속적으로 진행되었다. 실험 결과 약제의 처리후에 압축된 지그제그 형태로 나타나는 "떨림 현상"과 같은 비정규적인 행동들이 종종 나타남을 알 수 있었다. 약제 처리된 종들의 행동 변화를 탐지하기 위하여, 웨이블릿 분석이 다른 움직임 패턴들을 특징화하기 위하여 사용되었다. 이산 웨이블릿에 기반하여 추출된 파라미터들은 약제처리 전후의 움직임에 대한 다른 유형의 패턴들을 표현하기 위하여 인공 신경망을 통하여 학습되었다. 이러한 웨이블릿과 인공 신경망의 통합 모델은 특징화된 움직임 패턴들의 발생 시점을 탐지할 수 있었으며, 수질 모니터링을 위한 독성 물질의 유입을 자동으로 탐지할 수 있는 도구로써 사용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.을 알 수 있었다.