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- Application of Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) Analysis to Monitor Effect of Biocontrol Agents on Rhizosphere Microbial Community of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
- Young Tae Kim , Myoungho Cho , Je Yong Jeong , Hyang Burm Lee , Seung Bum Kim
- J. Microbiol. 2010;48(5):566-572. Published online November 3, 2010
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-010-0126-6
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- Microbial communities in hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivation fields under different cultivation methods were investigated by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis. Rhizosphere soil and leaf samples were collected from control, conventional and nature-friendly cultivation fields between May and July, 2009. Two Bacillus subtilis strains were applied to nature-friendly cultivation fields as biocontrol agents during the sampling period. Relative abundances of bacteria and plant pathogenic fungi related T-RFs were also measured to monitor the effect of biocontrol agents on potential plant pathogenic fungi. In the principal component analysis (PCA) based on T-RFLP profiles, the microbial communities from rhizosphere soil samples in July, including bacteria and fungi, showed distinct difference between nature-friendly cultivation fields and other cultivation fields. However, there was no correlation between cultivation methods and leaf microbial communities at any sampling period. Changes in the abundance of bacteria related T-RF in the rhizosphere of nature-friendly cultivation fields were observed clearly two months after application of biocontrol agent, while the abundance of plant pathogenic fungi related T-RFs significantly decreased.
- Molecular Characterization of Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Dechlorinating Populations in Contaminated Sediments
- Kyoung-Hee Oh , Ellen B. Ostrofsky , Young-Cheol Cho
- J. Microbiol. 2008;46(2):165-173. Published online June 11, 2008
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-007-0214-4
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- Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-dechlorinating microorganisms were characterized in PCB-contaminated sediments using amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA). The sediments were prepared by spiking Aroclor 1248 into PCB-free sediments, and were inoculated with microorganisms eluted from St. Lawrence River sediments. PCB-free sediments inoculated with the same inoculum served as the control. Four restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) groups in the eubacterial and two in the archaeal domain were found exclusively in PCB-spiked sediment clone libraries. Sequence analysis of the four eubacterial clones showed homology to Escherichia coli, Lactosphaera pasteurii, Clostridium thermocellum, and Dehalobacter restrictus. The predominant archaeal sequence in the PCB-spiked sediment clone library was closely related to Methanosarcina barkeri, which appear to support earlier findings that methanogens are involved in PCB dechlorination. When the dot-blot hybridization was performed between the sediment DNA extract and the probes designed with eubacterial RFLP groups, the intensity of two of eubacterial RFLP groups, which showed high sequence homology to C. pascui and D. restrictus, was highly correlated with the number of dechlorinating microorganisms suggesting these two members intend to contribute to PCB dechlorination.
- PCR-RFLP and Sequence Analysis of the rDNA ITS Region in the Fusarium spp.
- Lee , Young-Mi , Yong-Keel Choi , Byung-Re Min
- J. Microbiol. 2000;38(2):66-73.
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- To investigate the genetic relationship among 12 species belonging to the Fusarium section Martiella, Dlaminia, Gibbosum, Arthrosporiella, Liseola and Elegans, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) were amplified with primer pITS1 and pITS4 using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). After the amplified products were digested with 7 restriction enzymes, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns were analyzed. The partial nucleotide sequences of the ITS region were determined and compared. Little variation was observed in the size of the amplified product having sizes of 550bp or 570bp. Based on the RFLP analysis, the 12 species studied were divided into 5 RFLP types. In particular, strains belonging to the section Martiella were separated into three RFLP types. Interestingly, the RFLP type of F. solani f. sp. piperis was identical with that of isolates belonging to the section Elegans. In the dendrogram derived from RFLP analysis of the ITS region, the Fusarium spp. examined were divided into two major groups. In general, section Martiella excluding F. solani f. sp. piperis showed relatively low similarity with the other section. The dendrogram based on the sequencing analysis of the ITS2 region also gave the same results as that of the RFLP analysis. As expected, 5.8S, a coding region, was highly conserved, whereas the ITS2 region was more variable and informative. The difference in the ITS2 region between the length of F. solani and its formae speciales excluding F. solani f. sp. piperis and that of other species was caused by the insertion/deletion of nucleotides in positions 143-148 and 179-192.
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