• Mycobiology
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2022

Aspicilia humida Lee is described as a new lichen-forming fungus from a wetland forest, South Korea. The new species is distinguishable from Aspicilia aquatica (Fr.) Körb., the most similar species, by the absence of prothallus, black disk without green color in water, olivebrown epihymenium, shorter hymenium, hymenium I + yellowish blue-green, wider paraphysial tips without a vivid pigment, smaller asci, smaller ascospores, and the presence of stictic acid. Molecular analyses employing internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU) sequences strongly support A. humida as a distinct species in the A. cinerea group. A surrogate key is provided to assist in the identification of all 28 aspicilioid species of Korea.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2007

The development of suitable genetic markers would be useful for defining species and delineating the species boundaries of morphologically indistinguishable sponges. In this study, genetic variation in the sequences of nuclear rDNA and the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 and 3 (CO1 and CO3) regions were compared in morphologically indistinguishable Korean Halichondriidae sponges in order to determine the most suitable species-specific molecular marker region. The maximal congeneric nucleotide divergences of Halichondriidae sponges in CO1 and CO3 are similar to those found among anthozoan cnidarians, but they are 2- to 8-fold lower than those found among genera of other triploblastic metazoans. Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS: ITS1 + ITS2) showed higher congeneric variation (17.28% in ITS1 and 10.29% in ITS2) than those of CO1 and CO3. Use of the guidelines for species thresholds suggested in the recent literature indicates that the mtDNA regions are not appropriate for use as species-specific DNA markers for the Halichondriidae sponges, whereas the rDNA ITS regions are suitable because ITS exhibits a low level of intraspecific variation and a relatively high level of interspecific variation. In addition, to test the reliability of the ITS regions for identifying Halichondriidae sponges by PCR, a species-specific multiplex PCR primer set was developed.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.164-169
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• 2004

최근 콜레스테롤 합성을 억제하는 효능을 가진 것으로 알려진 홍국균 대사생성물의 일종인 monacolin K를 이용한 건강식품의 개발에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 monacolin K를 이용한 건강식품의 개발을 위한 기초연구로 monacolin K의 생산 효율성을 높이고자 미동정된 1종의 홍국균을 포함해 29종의 홍국균을 수집하여 monacolin K를 대량생산하는 균주를 탐색하였다. 홍국은 PDA배지에서 배양한 흥국균을 침지ㆍ증자한 백미에 5%가 되도록 접종 후, 3$0^{\circ}C$에서 10일간 배양하여 제조하고 이를 건조, 분말로 하여 사용하였다. 그 결과 색소생성량이 많은M. purpureus ATCC 16457, M. puypureus IFO 32316, M. purpureus IFO 32228, M. kaoliang ATCC 46595, M. kaoliang ATCC 46596 등의 균체를 배양한 홍국에서 monacolin K 생성량도 높았다. 그러나 색소와 monacolin K 생산량은 미동정된 홍국균이 가장 많은 것으로 나타나 형태학적 관찰과 ITS 및 28S rRNA부분 유전자 염기서열분석을 실시한 결과, M. purpureus CBS 281.34인 것으로 동정되었다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2019

A fungal isolate designated 17E029 was isolated from a soil sample in Jeju, Korea. The strain was similar to other Allantophomopsiella species in its morphological characteristics such as grey mycelia, conidiophore, and conidia sizes. The isolate produced aerial mycelia, which appeared grey on the reverse side of the media surfaces and turned black on the front side of the colonies. The conidiophores emanating from the hyphae were hyaline, grey, aseptate, branched, and $6.7{\sim}9.2{\times}1.8{\sim}2.5{\mu}m$. Conidiogenous cells were ovoid to subcylindrical, discrete, guttulate, and hyaline. Conidia were hyaline, aseptate, smooth, guttulate, oval to subcylindrical, irregular in shape, and $6.0{\sim}7.8{\times}3.0{\sim}3.4{\mu}m$. The strain was confirmed based on phylogenetic analysis of the closest related organism, A. pseudotsugae CBS 288.37, using the partial 28S, internal transcribed spacer rDNA regions, and partial RNA polymerase II second largest subunit locus (RPB2) gene sequences along with its culture characteristics. Therefore, morphological observations and phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain 17E029 is similar to the previously identified A. pseudotsugae. Hence, this species was described as A. pseudotsugae strain 17E029, which is a new record in Korea.