A xylanolytic microorganism, strain DY-7, was isolated from the gut of the mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis. The result of phylogenetic analysis based on its 16S rDNA sequence revealed that the isolate was a Gram-positive bacterium belonging to the genus Streptomyces. The cloned gene (1350-bp) encoding a GH family 10 β -1,4-xylanase (XylA) from Streptomyces sp. strain DY-7 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21 and its gene products were characterized. The hydrolysis activities of rXylA and rXylAΔCBD II against xylosidic materials were maximum at pH 5.5 and 65oC. However, deletion of CBD II in the C-terminus region of XylA significantly increased the thermal stability of the enzyme at high temperatures above 50oC. The xylanolytic activity of rXylA was slightly enhanced in the presence of 1 mM Mn2+ and 5 mM sodium azide but it was completely inactivated by 1 mM Hg2+ and 5 mM N-bromosuccinimide. rXylA was capable of efficiently decomposing various xylosidic compounds, PNP-cellobioside, and PNP-xylopyranoside, whereas other hexose-based compounds were insensitive to the enzyme. The specific activities of rXylA toward oat spelts xylan and PNP-cellobioside were 649.8 U/mg and 328.1 U/mg, respectively. Enzymatic degradation of birchwood xylan and xylooligosaccharides (xylotriose to xylohexaose) resulted in the production of xylobiose (>75%) as the main hydrolysis product together with a small amount (4%<) of xylose as the final hydrolysis product.

The novel serogroup of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar mogi (H3a3b3d) was isolated from fallen leaves, sampled in a forest region of the city of Mungyeong, Korea. Plasmids from B. thuringiensis have been implicated in pathogenicity as they carry the genes responsible for different types of diseases in mammals and insects. In this study, the genome sequence of the strain was determined. The 6.0-Mb genome of B. thuringiensis mogi contains three replicons: a circular chromosome (5.40-Mb) encoding 5,652 predicted open reading frames (ORFs), and two megaplasmids, pMOGI364 (364 564 bp) and pMOGI222 (222 348 bp). The G+C contents of these replicons ranged from 31.3% to 34.2% for pMOGI364 and pMOGI222, respectively. There are six putative cry genes, cry19Bb1, cry73Aa, cry20Bb1, cry27Ab1, cry4Aa and cry56Ba1, distributed on these two megaplasmids. To investigate the role of these genes in crystal production, the expression profiles of these toxin genes were analyzed by quantitative PCR (qPCR) from the wild type strain. Also, these cry genes were cloned to the Escherichia coli-B. thuringiensis shuttle vector, pHT1K under the control of its own promoter and then introduced into an acrystalliferous B. thuringiensis Cry-B strain for further molecular characterization.

The effects of environmental and nutritional requirement such as temperature, pH, different media, carbon, nitrogen, and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio on the mycelial growth of Cordyceps militaris strain ‘Yedang 3’ were studied. The optimum temperature and pH for the growth of mycelium were 20-25oC and pH 6-7, respectively. Out of ten media tested, mushroom complete media (MCM) was the best medium for fast mycelial growth, and Sabouraud’s dextrose agar yeast extract (SDAY), malt extract yeast extract agar (YMA) also were favored. The color and shape of colonies varied in different media. The best carbon sources for mycelial growth were fructose, mannitol, and sucrose, whereas the best nitrogen sources were tryptone and peptone. However, mycelia grew slowly in inorganic nitrogen compounds such as NH4Cl, (NH4)2SO4, NH4NO3, and NaNO3. The optimum C:N ratio observed on the culture media was 30-40 range. These results provided basic information on cultural characteristics of vegetative growth and might be useful for spawn production in Cordyceps militaris.

본 논문에서는 건물의 횡방향 구조반응을 평가하기 위한 변형률 기반의 모니터링 기법이 제시되고, 이에 대한 기초 연구로써, 구조해석을 통해 제안된 기법을 검증한다. 광섬유 격자 센서(fiber Bragg grating, FBG)는 일반 변형률 센서와 비교하여 내구성이 뛰어날 뿐 아니라 높은 샘플링 수와 여러 지점을 동시에 계측할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 이러한 특성 때문에 FBG 센서는 구조 모니터링을 위해 많은 센서가 요구되는 건물의 모니터링에 적합하다. 본 연구에서 FBG 센서는 수직 부재의 변형률을 계측하며, 이는 해당 부재의 곡률을 평가한다. 이러한 곡률은 횡변위와 횡가속도를 평가하는데 사용된다. 추가적으로 횡방향 가속도는 frequency domain decomposition(FDD) 기법을 이용하여 구조물의 고유진동수와 모드형상을 추정하는데 사용된다. 9층 철골모멘트 골조 예제의 적용을 통해, 제시된 기법이 건물의 다양한 횡방향 구조 반응과 동적 특성을 평가하는데 적절함을 확인하였다.

본 연구는 새로운 뿌리 혹병균 균주의 병원성 차이와 배추와 무의 저항성 차이를 구명하고자 수행하였다. Williams 판별 기주 4종을 이용한 접종 균주들의 race검정에서 기보유 균주는 발병률 64.1-90.6%이 었고, PC91214 균주는 발병률 98.4-100%, 발병도 4.2-4.6를 보여 두 균주 모두 race 4이지만 PC91214 균주가 더 높은 병원성을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 각 균주별 배추와 무의 시판 품종의 저항성을 조사하였다. 기보유 균주 접종 처리에서 발병률과 발병도를 조사하였는데, 역광 100.0%와 3.1, 매력 100%와 3.9, 노랑봄 100%와 4.8, 춘광 100%와 3.9, 정상 100%와 4.8을 보여 총 5품종에서 강하게 발병하였다. 반면 무는 청대봄무만 발병률 35.9%와 발병도1.0의 극약으로 발병하였고 공시한 무 품종 대부분이 기보유균주에 대하여 저항성인 것으로 확인되었다. 하지만 PC91214 균주 접종 처리에서 모든 배추에서 발병률100.0%와 발병도 3.7–5.0을 보였고, 무의 발병률과 발병도는 강성무 60.9%와 1.5, 관동여름무 98.4%와 3.2, 백봉무 100%와 4.1, 청대봄무 100%와 4.7을 보여 PC91214 균주가 기보유 균주보다 더 강한 병원성과 시판 품종간 차이를 극명하게 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로부터 고랭지 주산지인 평창군에서 기존의 Plasmodiophora brassicae보다 더 강한 병원성을 가진 PC91214 균주가 확인되었다. 또한 배추는 CR 저항성 품종을 포함한 모든 품종이 이병되어 PC91214 균주에 대한 저항성 품종 육성이 시급한 것으로 나타났다. 무는 배추와 달리 PC91214 균주에 대하여 품종간 저항성 수준이 극명한 것으로 나타나 배추와 다른 유전자 및 유전 양식을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.

This study investigates the stress-strain relations of internally confined hollow concrete filled tube pier reinforced with GFRP tube by uniaxial compression test. The confined concrete subjected multi-axial stresses have been known as the strength of concrete increases significantly. Many researchers have studied in confining effects of CFT which have only outer GFRP tube. In this study, specimens reinforced with outer and inner GFRP tube were tested by uniaxial compression test. To investigate the influence of concrete strength increase by confining conditions in GFRP tube, 13 specimens with different thickness of tube, hollowness ratio and nominal concrete strength were tested and compared with Steel tube.

Melanism is one of the most marked phenotypic variations that naturally occur in a wide range of organisms. In this study, we established a homozygous melanism mutant strain with black pupae spontaneously occurring within a wild-type population of Spodoptera exigua. The S.exigua pupal melanic strain showed several viability advantages. The melanism is associated with faster development, heavier pupa weight and higher fecundity after eating seven different host plants. Female adults of the two strains both tend to attract xenogeneic male adults for mating, and the fecundity of the melanic strain is significantly higher than the wild-type strain. However, the melanism is associated with slower mean flight seed, shorter mean flight duration and distance. The melanic strain adults have weaker flight capacity in different ages. The viability advantages above will contribute in more generations per year, increasing population and more serious damage. Meanwhile, based on the mating competition results, the melanic strain will be able to interfere with the reproduction of wide-type strain and replace it. However, decreased flight capacity will influence the long-distance migration ability of the melanic strain and limit its range of damage

Wolbachia is one of the most common endosymbionts best known to induce several reproductive alterations in its insect hosts. In some cases, the insect hosts harbor more than two strains of the bacterium. The Vollenhovia emeryi ant lives in dead trees and is morphologically subdivided into the long-winged and the short-winged. Interestingly the short-winged morph is free of Wolbachia, but only the long-winged morph is multiple- infected with the Wolbachia bacterium. We sampled four populations of the long-winged morph in Korea and performed pyrosequencing in Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST), to determine the bacterial strain diversity. Six different gene regions (coxA, fbpA, ftsZ, gatB, hcpA and wsp gene) were targeted and amplified. However, the result shows that diversity of haplotypes is very high. The pyrosequencing approach in MLST, a new method of discriminating Wolbachia strains, is promising to effectively detect multiple infections and rare haplotypes.

표고 “수향고”는 Di-mon 교잡에 의해 육성되어 품종으로 등록요건에 적합한 조건시험을 거쳐 품종출원 되었다. 균사생장은 25℃에서 가장 우수하였다. 버섯의 형태는 평반구형의 대엽, 후육으로 갓직경은 약 52㎜이고 갓의 두께는 약 17mm이다. 주름살 측면은 평활형이며 주름살 폭은 보통으로 갓과 대의 위치는 중심생이고 갓의 가장자리에 인피가 있다. 도목살수에 의한 버섯발생에 적합한 품종으로 집중발생형이다. 버섯의 발이온도는 18~28℃로 발생시기가 6월, 8~9월인 고온성 품종이다. 재배시험지에서 4년간 140kg/㎥의 표고가 생산되었다.

A Pleurotus ostreatus strain ‘CM0109068’ showing gray and semispherical in color and shape of pileus were examined in its tetrapolarity of mating types. Single basidiospores were isolated from its fruiting body and monokaryotic mycelia were obtained from each isolate. Mating experiments were performed using 22 monokaryons to provide mating compatibility data. Pairings were performed in the petri dishes on PDA and they were allowed to grow at 25℃ until two fronts of the advancing mycelia met and developed a conspicuous contact zone. The contact zone and the outer edges of paired colonies on each plate were examined for clamp connections and the crosses were considered dikaryotized when clamp connections were found at the growing margin of either side of the interacting monokaryons. The tested monokaryons resulted in tetrapolar incompatibility in intrastrain crosses. Compatible matings were distinguished from incompatible ones by the rapid growth and gross morphology. The dikaryotic mycelium colony was also confirmed microscopically by the presence of clamp connections from incompatible pairings. The four classes of tester strains representing the four incompatibility types were chosen from intrastrain mating tests. The mating tests with the tester strain were performed for the determination of the rest monokaryons and as a result of these tests it was found that the strain share the same A and B incompatibility factors showing tetrapolar incompatibility characteristics.

느타리 버섯류의 새로운 품종을 개발하기 위하여 고품질의 짙은 회색느타리 신품종을 육성하였다. 2003년부터 2004년까지 느타리 유전자원의 특성검정을 하였다. 2008년에 육종모본수한과 ‘농기201호’의 단핵체간 교잡하여 04-154 교잡주를 육성하였다. 이 교잡주 04-154와 품종 ‘청풍’의 단핵체와 다시 교잡하여 우수한 Po2008-275를 선발하여 특성검정, 확대재배를 실시하여 농작물 직무육성 신품종 선정심의회에서 ‘구슬’로 명명되었다. 주요특성으로 균사 생장 적온이 25~30℃이며 버섯 원기형성 및 발생 온도는 10~16℃이였다. 자실체의 갓 색깔은 짙은 회색으로 자연 상태에서 봄, 가을에 재배가 알맞은 특성을 가지고 있다. 균사체 배양기간은 25~30일이며 균 긁기 후 초발이소요일수는 3~5일로 온도가 높을수록 단축된다. 자실체형태는 얕은 깔때기형이다. 대굵기는 16.8±1.6㎜, 대길이는 51.0±4.4㎜로 다른 느타리 종에 비해 자실체 대가 굵고 다소 짧은 편이다. 자실체 수량은 상자 당(43 x 43 x 11cm) 1,545g으로 04-154 계통친이 100일 때 ‘구슬’ 137, ‘청풍‘이 146이었다. 가변특성으로는 감자배지와 버섯완전배지에서 균사를 배양한 결과 버섯완전배지에서 생장이 양호하였다. 또한 3종류의 primer를 이용하여 새로운 품종 ‘구슬’과 모균주에 대한 DNA profile을 분석한 결과 primer URP 1, primer URP 2, primer URP 5에서 양친주의 주요 밴드를 가지며 대조구인 ‘춘추2호’와는 뚜렷하게 구분되었다. 신품종 느타리 ‘구슬’은 소비자들이 가장 선호하는 짙은 회색의 갓을 나타내어 고품질을 요구하는 소비자를 만족시키는데 기여 할 것으로 기대된다.

The sensitivities of PrP Sc detection methods, western blotting (WB), immunohistochemistry (IHC) and protein mis-folding cyclic amplification (PMCA) techniques were compared from brains, spleens and blood of mice challenged with PrP Sc of murine-adapted BSE strain 301C. PrP Sc was detected in the spleen from 30 dpi by IHC and at 60 dpi by WB. At 30 dpi, disease-specific signals of PrP Sc was observed in only two follicles of a single spleen. PrP Sc was detected in spleen at 10 dpi with PMCA after 5 rounds of amplification. Clinical signs were obviously shown from 240 dpi, and coincided with first detection of PrP Sc in brains by WB, IHC and PMCA after one round amplification. In addition, PrP Sc was also detected in blood at 60, 180 and 240 dpi with PMCA after 5 rounds of amplification. The FDC-M1 epitope, which appears in immature FDCs, and PrP Sc were detected in follicles first at 30 dpi, whilst the FDC-M2 epitope of mature FDCs was detected at 60 dpi. More FDC-M2 epitope and PrP Sc were detected in follicles as disease progressed. The CD21/35 epitope is expressed on both FDCs and germinal center B cells. The pattern of CD21/35 expressing cells was similar to but less dominant than that of FDCs.

고추에 큰 피해를 일으키는 탄저병에 대한 강한 길항력이 있는 세균을 선발하기 위해 선행연구에서 식물뿌리 시료로부터 분리하여 보관중인 세균들을 대상으로 검정에 사용하였다. 총 457균주로부터 IA70-5균주를 최종 선발하였고, 16S rDNA 염기서열 분석을 통해 Streptomyces padanus로 동정하였다. S. padanus IA70-5는 색소를 분비하지 않고 운동성이 없으며 전형적인 Streptomyces속에 속하는 세균들처럼 나선형의 형태를 이루고 있었다. S. padanus IA70-5 균주는 in vitro에서 Colletotrichum acutaum의 균사생장, 포자발아, 그리고 부착기 형성을 효과적으로 억제하였다. 실내 고추 과실에 대하여 병원균 접종 전 IA70-5 배양액 처리 시 약 90%의 탄저병 억제효과를 나타내었다. 본 연구결과를 통하여 길항방선균 S. padanus IA70-5는 고추 탄저병을 억제하는 효과가 있음을 확인하였다.

본 연구는 실험계획법(예: 반응표면계획법) 및 하모니 검색 알고리즘을 통하여 다양한 아스팔트 콘크리트 포장 구조체에 있어 피로균열의 공용성 인자인 인장변형률을 예측하는 모델을 개발하는 방법에 대한 연구이다. 인장변형률을 산정하기 위하여 한국건설기술연구소에서 개발한 유한요소 축대칭해석 프로그램인 KICTPAVE를 이용하여 아스팔트 층과 린콘크리트 층의 접속면에서 발생되는 변형률을 구하여 데이터베이스(D/B)화 하였다. 아스팔트 포장에서 입력변수인 층별 탄성계수 및 두께를 다양한 조건에서 KICTPAVE 프로그램을 수행하여 훈련용 D/B(Training Set)인 변형률의 값들을 구축한 후 반응표면계획법에 근거하여 회귀방정식을 정의하였으며 방정식에 필요한 계수값을 결정하기 위하여 하모니 검색 알고리즘을 이용하였다. 최종적으로 결정된 회귀방정식의 계수값들의 정확성을 검증하기 위해서 훈련용 D/B가 아닌 다른 조건의 입력변수를 이용하여 검증용 D/B(Testing Set)를 구축하고 이를 이용하여 개발된 모델을 검증하였다.

셀룰로오스는 지구상에서 가장 풍부하게 존재하는 재생 가능한 천연 다당류로서 glucose의 β-1,4 결합에 의하여 이루어진 물질이자 고등식물의 주요 구성성분으로서 현재 제지, 펼프 및 방적산업을 비롯한 다양한 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 셀룰로오스의 소비가 급증함에 따라 그 원료로 사용되는 목재에 대한 수요도 갈수록 높아지고 있으나 원료공급과 환경문제로 인하여 제지 대체물질에 대한 연구가 절실한 형편이다(Sutherland 1998). 따라

Studies on lead-free piezoelectrics have been attractive as means of meeting environmental requirements. We synthesized lead-free piezoelectric (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3-Ba(Cu1/3Nb2/3)O3 (BNT-BCN) ceramics, and their dielectric, piezoelectric, and strain behavior were characterized. As BCN with a tetragonal phase was incorporated into the rhombohedral BNT lattice, the lattice constant increased. A small amount of BCN increased the density and dielectric constant forming the complete solid solution with BNT. However, BCN above 10 mol% was precipitated into a separate phase, and which was detected with XRD. In addition, EDX measurement revealed that Cu in BCN was not distributed homogeneously but was accumulated in a certain area. A lower density with a large amount of BCN was attributed to the nonsinterable property of BCN with large tetragonaliy. The dielectric constant vs the temperature change and the strain vs the electric field indicated that the ferroelectric property of BNT was diminished and paraelectric behavior was enhanced with the BCN addition. BNT-7.5BCN showed a 0.11% unimorph strain with a 9.0 kV/mm electric field with little hysteresis.

The purpose of this study was to breed new white strains of Agaricus bisporus with high yield and high quality by single spore crossbreeding program. In Agaricus bisporus the compatibility of strains is controlled by one mating type factor and different alleles are needed for fertility in . Fertile vegetative mycelium called heterokaryon consists of a network cells, each of which has a variable number of two genetically distinct nuclei with opposite mating type. In the basidia, specialized cells on the lamellae, a normal meiosis takes place after nuclear fusion and produces two spores, each containing two non-sister nuclei (n+n). Fruiting tests show that these single spore cultures can produce mushrooms, i.e. that they contain both mating types. Because of this secondarily homothallism, only a small percentage of the basidia produce 3 or 4 spores, which are mostly haploid (n) and do not fruit. Single spore cultures derived from these types of spores produce a vegetative mycelium that also contain a variable number of genetically identical nuclei per cell called homokaryon. Other characteristics of A. bisporus is the lack of clamp connections in heterokaryons. The typical life cycle and the lack of differences between homo- and heterokaryons are a serious drawback in breeding. Therefore, the availability of uninucleate self-sterile homokaryons is a pre-requisite for producing hybrids in crossbreeding program. Two homokaryons were isolated from two parental strains, SSU413 and CM0299021. They were crossed and cultivated on a small scale and on a commercial scale at a farm. For this, the spawn was made by a commercial spawn producer and the spawned compost by a commercial compost producer. The mature cap shape of new strain CM021002 is oblate spheroid and the immature cap shape is round to oblate spheroid. The cap diameter ranged from 30-43mm, with an average of 39mm. In comparison with white strain 505 Ho, the strain had a yield that was on average 9% higher. It produced fruiting bodies which had a higher weight on average per fruiting body and were 19% firmer with a good shelf life.

In the previous study it was demonstrated that most of sialolith contained bacterial colonies in their center of calcified laminated capsules1). Although it is still not determined whether the bacterial infection is a major pathogenic cause or not, many authors reported that the bacterial vegetation in sialolith can cause chronic suppurative inflammation in salivary gland. Actually a lot of different bacteria were found in oral cavity, most of them are non-pathogenic as normal flora, and only some of them are pathogenic for different mucosal infectious diseases. However, this study was aimed to identify a causative bacterial strain for the sialolith formation in human salivary gland. A strain of Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis ) was found in the culture of sialolith, which was known to be a normal flora related to the fermentation of various Korean bean foods. In vitro culture experiment of B. subtilis it abundantly produced the thick biofilm aggregated around their cells and colony structure, which were subsequently attached on the surface of hydroxyapatite( HA) beads in scanning electronmicroscope(SEM) observation. The bacterial adherence on HA beads was strongest in the culture of B. subtilis, followed by Streptococcus mutans (Str. mutans ), oral mixed bacteria, and lactobacillus. Therefore, B. subtilis might be an important causative microorganism for the sialolithiasis in Korean people, and it is suggested that postmeal oral hygiene care should be required to reduce the number of normal flora, B. subtilis, after eating of fermented bean foods.

Plasmids from Bacillus thuringiensis have been implicated in pathogenicity as they carry the genes responsible for different types of diseases that in mammals and insects. A novel serogroup (H3a3b3d), B. thuringiensis strain K4 which showed mosquitocidal activity against Anopheles sinensis and Culex pipiens pallens, was isolated from fallen leaves in Mungyeong city, Republic of Korea. In contrast to the complicated plasmid profiles of B. thuringiensis H3 serotype strains, the strain K4 (designated as serovar mogi) had only one large plasmid (>200kb) on which the toxin genes were occasionally located. A 454 pyrosequencing was used for the complete sequencing of the large plasmid. The sequence analysis showed that k4 plasmid had at least seven putative cry genes, ending up to showing 84%, 75%, 73%, 58%, 84%, 39% and 75% homology with Cry27Aa, Cry19Ba, Cry20-like, Cry56Aa, Cry39ORF2, Cry8Ba and Cry40ORF2 toxins in amino acids, respectively. This novel 3a3b3d type strain, B. thuringiensis serovar mogi, can be used as a good resource for studying unknown mosquitocidal cry genes. The E. coli-B. thuringiensis shuttle vector, pHT1K was used to clone these cry genes for characterization. In each clone, the level of transcription and production of crystal proteins will be investigated in near the future.

The green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is a serious pest of agricultural and horticultural crops all over the world. M. persica has rapidly developed resistance to a wide variety of insecticides, including carbamates. The E4/FE4 carboxylesterase is known to be involved in carbamate resistance. To compare the E4/FE4 carboxylesterase gene copy number, as a genetic resistance marker, between seven field strains, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) was performed. In addition, quantitative sequencing (QS) was employed to predict the frequencies of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) mutations (A301S and S431F) that are associated with target site insensitivity. All M. persica strains examined possessed the S431F mutation in the heterozygous state except for a susceptible strain, implying the possibility of AChE duplication. In contrast, no A301S mutation was found. Frequency prediction equation was generated from the plots of signal ratios and amplification critical time, which showed a high correlation (r2>0.996). QS analysis of M. persicae populations revealed that the allele frequency of S431F ranged 4% to 63%. Taken together, the AChE resistance allele frequencies determined by QS and the E4/FE4 gene copy number by qPCR should facilitate the detection and monitoring of carbamate resistance in M. persicae in the field.