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{"title":"A report of 26 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes","authors":"Haneul Kim, J. Yoon, C. Cha, C. Seong, W. Im, K. Jahng, C. Jeon, S. Kim, K. Joh","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.166","url":null,"abstract":"An outcome of the study to discover indigenous prokaryotic species in Korea, a total of 26 bacterial species assigned to the classes Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes were isolated from diverse environmental samples collected from soil, tidal flat, freshwater, seawater, wetland, plant roots, and fermented foods. From the high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>99.0%) and formation of a robust phylogenetic clade with the closest species, it was determined that each strain belonged to each independent and predefined bacterial species. There is no official report that these 26 species have been described in Korea; therefore 14 strains for the order Flavobacteriales and two strains for the order Cytophagales were assigned to the class Bacteroidetes, and 8 strains for the order Bacillales and 4 strains for the order Lactobacillales were assigned to the class Firmicutes are reported for new bacterial species found in Korea. Gram reaction, colony and cell morphology, basic biochemical characteristics, isolation source, and strain IDs are also described in the species description section.","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114875197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Twelve new species of two genera Smenospongia and Cacospongia (Demospongia: Dictyoceratida: Thorectidae) from Korea","authors":"C. Sim, K. Lee, Young A. Kim","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.031","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Smenospongia in subfamily Thorectinae (Thorectidae) erected by Wiedenmayer (1977) is not well known throughout the field. Wiedenmayer defined that the genus is characterized by an aerophobic chemical properties, fibres conspicuously stratified but not pithed. The skeleton is characterized by wide, trellised primary systems, well developed secondary fibre reticulum, and distinctly honeycombed surface (Wiedenmayer, 1977). Nine reported Smenospongia species are as follows: S. aurea Hyatt, 1875 from Bahamas, S. cerebriformis Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864 and S. musicalas Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864 from Virgin Island, S. nuda (Levi, 1969) from Vema Seamount (Atlantique sud), S. echina (de Laubenfels, 1934) from West Indian region (Puerto Rico), S. dysodas (de Laubenfels, 1954) from Palaus, S. conulosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 from West Indian, S. coreana Lee and Sim, 2005 from Korea, and S. ramose Sandes and Pinheiro, 2014 from Brazil (Van Soest et al., 2015). The colour of Smenospongia coreana (Cacospongia coreana at the World Porifera Database) from Korea changed very slowly to almost dark brown. This species is not determined as Cacospongia due to its changed colour (Fig. 13A, B). Sandes and Pinheiro (2014) reported one new species, Smenospongia ramosa from Brazil, and compared it with all other reported Smenospongia species. The genus Cacospongia in subfamily Thorectinae (Thorectidae) was erected by Schmidt (1862). Diagnosis of the genus is that the skeleton is comprised of fine laminated, primary and secondary fibres. Primary fibres are cored, and secondary fibres are uncored. The secondary reticulum is well developed relative to primary fibre (Bergquist, 1980). Polejaeff (1884) is reported 15 species in the genus Cacospongia, but most of them are moved to other genera except three species, C. amorpha, C. intermedia, and C. levis. Von Lendenfeld (1889), Schmidt (1864) and Burton (1952, 1959) reported Cacospongia species. Recently, Cacospongia mycofijiensis (Kakou et al., 1987) was reported from the Fiji.","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122418309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Distribution of Meiobenthic Arthropod Communities in the Hyporheic Zone of Nakdonggang","authors":"Chi-Woo Lee, Jong-Geun Park","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.157","url":null,"abstract":"The hyporheic zone refers to a region along the stream­ bed where there is an interaction between the surface stream water and ground water (Kim and Kang 2009). The hyporheic zone was initially defined as a discrete region by Orghidan (1959), and its ecological signifi­ cance was recognized by Schwoerbel (1961a). Since there is continuous interaction between surface water and ground water in a hyporheic zone, contamination or development of any one water body can affect the other, which, in turn, influences the ecosystem. Studies of the hyporheic zone are critical for the management of water resources, and it cannot be considered as an independent water source (Kim et al. 2008). Various biogeochemi­ cal processes occur in the hyporheic zone because of its unique spatial characteristics (Brunke and Gonser 1997; Storey et al. 1999; Chapelle 2001; Hancock 2002; Ap­ pelo and Postma 2005; Hyun et al. 2011). The hyporheic zone is a habitat of various living organisms and is con­ sidered to be an ecologically important zone (Kim et al. 2012). It causes substantial changes to biodiversity and population dynamics and becomes a shelter for organ­ isms during floods (NWMC 2004). Furthermore, since fluctuations in temperature occur less frequently in the hyporheic zone than in the surface water, it provides an optimal environment for organisms that are sensitive to temperature changes (Schwoerbel 1961b; Evans and Petts 1997). Further, the hyporheic zone has unique eco­ logical and environmental characteristics (Hyun and Kim 2013). The concept of sustainable development that can sat­ isfy the needs of both present and future generations has been widely used in various fields since “our common future” was published by the World Commission for Environment and Development (WCED) of the UN in 1987. Since then, interest in improving the sustainability of water resources and environment has increased world­ wide (Ewen and Parkin 1996; Bronstert et al. 2002; As­ selman et al. 2003; Chang 2003; Legesse et al. 2003; Lee and Chung 2007) and efforts are being made to maintain better quality of life (Kim 2013). Sustainable use of water requires the regulation of the interface of surface and Journal of Species Research 5(1):157­165, 2016","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131356553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fourteen new species of Allobathynella Morimoto and Miura, 1957 from South Korea: with a redescription of A. coreana Morimoto, 1970 (Crustacea, Bathynellacea, Parabathynellidae)","authors":"J. Park, Joo‐Lae Cho","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116575088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A report of 31 unrecorded bacterial species in South Korea belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria","authors":"Yong-Taek Jung, J. Bae, C. Jeon, K. Joh, C. Seong, K. Jahng, Jang-Cheon Cho, C. Cha, W. Im, S. Kim, J. Yoon","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.188","url":null,"abstract":"Microorganisms, including prokaryotes, are estimated to occupy more than approximately 60% of total biomass on earth and are most important organisms to sustain ecological system on earth. They are currently being utilized as the most valuable resources in biotechnology and demands of novel and useful microorganisms are estimated to increase in the futures due to their high economic values. Nevertheless, majority of microorganisms existing in nature has been known to be uncultured in laboratory, because the current cultivation methods can cultivate only small fraction (<0.1%) of microbial cells (Delong et al., 1989; Giovannoni et al., 1990). Since the value on biodiversity is becoming important increasingly, many attempts have been made to find novel microorganisms that have not been yet discovered (Connon & Giovannoni, 2002; Cho & Giovannoni, 2004; Yoon et al., 2011). At a time of writing, approximately 12,400 prokaryotic species with validly published names have been described (Parte, 2014). In 2013, we collected a variety of environmental samples in South Korea and isolated a number of novel bacterial species and unrecorded bacterial species from them. The identified bacterial species belonged to the Journal of Species Research 5(1):188-200, 2016","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"65 5-6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121005656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bibliographic checklist of Korean spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) ver. 2015","authors":"J. Yoo, S. Lee, M. Im, S. Kim","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2015.4(S).001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2015.4(S).001","url":null,"abstract":"The 2015 version of the bibliographic checklist of Korean spiders from the first checklist by Paik and Kim (1956) is presented, together with a complete bibliography of relevant Korean araneological literature. A total of 620 publications during 1907-2015 including original description on the Korean spiders and records of taxonomic description were critically reviewed. Records only from locations within the present borders of South Korea are listed. A total of 748 spider species of 271 genera belonging to 46 families are confirmed to exist in Korea. Twenty one species, whose distribution or existence within the Korean border are uncertain and lacked valid records, are excluded from the present list pending critical validation. Four spider species endemic to North Korean are listed separately from the present list. One genus, Joopilia Chae and Sohn, 2013 and 2 species, Joopilia jooplis Chae and Sohn, 2013 and Dolomedes jirisanensis Kim and Chae, 2012, which had no designated type species and no diagnosis, are cited as nomina nuda. New synonyms of 15 previously described spider species are proposed. Based on their zoogeographical distribution, the Korean spider fauna was found to be influenced by the northern species, including 36 Holarctic and 72 Palearctic species (14.5% of the total species). Korean endemic species include 160 species (21.5% of the total species). Korean indigenous spiders are also distributed in neighboring countries: 318 species in Russia (42.7%), 460 in China (61.7%), and 488 in Japan (65.5%).","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130930815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Four new species of the genus Falcileptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Korea","authors":"B. Seo","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.590","url":null,"abstract":"The spider family Leptonetidae is tiny (1.0­3.0 mm), relatively primitive haplogyne, and characterized by the six­eyed pattern and generally live in caves or in leaf litter (Song et al., 1999). Leptonetids include 23 genera and 280 species, and are broadly distributed in the Hol­ arctic region (World Spider Catalog, 2016). The genus Longileptoneta was established by Seo (2015) for a new species, L. songniensis Seo, 2015, from Korea, and can be easily recognized by the strong spines restricted to the male palpal femur, the prolateral distal spur and the prolateral curvature of the palpal tarsus. Four additional new species, L. gachangensis, L. gayaensis, L. jangseongensis, and L. weolakensis, among the specimens collected during the Korean indi­ genous species survey were identified, and are described with the illustrations.","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127531404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of meteorological parameters on the biological productivity of mycorrhizal mushrooms in Eastern Siberia","authors":"S. M. Muzyka, O. Bondarenko, E. Makarova","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2015.4.2.169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2015.4.2.169","url":null,"abstract":"The correlation coefficient (r) between the meteorological parameters and the gross biological productivity of the most common mycorrhizal mushrooms was determined. The results can be both of theoretical and practical importance.","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134160099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Limoniinae crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) new to Korea","authors":"S. Podenas, Hye-Woo Byun, Sam‐kyu Kim","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2015.4.2.061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2015.4.2.061","url":null,"abstract":"Investigations of Limoniinae (Diptera: Limoniidae) crane flies on the Korean Peninsula were initiated by S. Podenas and H.-W. Byun in 2012. Since then, crane flies have been collected annually in different localities, at different times and using different methods throughout the country. The aim of the study was to document, redescribe, illustrate, and prepare keys for all Korean crane fly species identified to date. This publication is a continuation of our previous work on Limoniinae crane flies in Korea. This study covers the genera Atypophthalmus Brunetti, 1911 and Thrypticomyia Skuse, 1890, which are new records for the Korean Peninsula. New findings of Achyrolimonia Alexander, 1965, Helius Lepeletier and Serville, 1828 (Latreille et al., 1828) and Limonia Meigen, 1803 are discussed. Despite original and subsequent descriptions of species of the genera Atypophthalmus and Thrypticomyia species over a long period of time, some species were known only from original descriptions and no illustrations were available. In this article, we provide photographs of both sexes of Atypophthalmus (Atypophthalmus) crinitus (Alexander, 1924), and female specimens of A. (A.) stylacanthus (Alexander, 1971), A. (Microlimonia) inelegans (Alexander, 1924), A. (M.) machidai (Alexander, 1921). A wing and female specimen of Thrypticomyia unisetosa unisetosa (Alexander, 1929) are also presented for the first time on record.","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125202952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A report of 10 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea, belonging to the phylum Firmicutes","authors":"Ji-Hye Han, Yochan Joung, Tae-Su Kim, J. Bae, C. Cha, J. Chun, W. Im, K. Jahng, C. Jeon, K. Joh, C. Seong, J. Yoon, Jang-Cheon Cho, S. Kim","doi":"10.12651/JSR.2015.4.2.127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2015.4.2.127","url":null,"abstract":"As an outcome of the study on the bacterial species diversity in Korea, we report 24 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Firmicutes. The unrecorded species excavated through this study were assigned to 12 different genera of 7 families, namely Bacillus, Halobacillus, Lysinibacillus and Thalassobacillus of Bacillaceae, Brevibacillus and Paenibacillus of Paenibacillaceae, Viridibacillus of Planococcaceae, Salinicoccus and Staphylococcus of Staphylococcaceae, Enterococcus of Enterococcaceae, Lactobacillus of Lactobacillaceae, and Lactococcus of Streptococcaceae, respectively. The bacterial isolates were obtained from various ecosystems in Korea. The isolates were identified based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, and those exhibiting at least 99% sequence similarity with known bacterial species but never reported in Korea were selected as unrecorded species. The selected isolates were subjected to further taxonomic characterization including the analysis of cell shape and fine structure using electron microscope, colony color and shapes, enzyme activities and carbon source utilization. The descriptive information on the 24 unrecorded species are provided.","PeriodicalId":426231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of species research","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115497119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}