Publications by authors named "Dong Suk Park"

Bacterial fruit blotch (BFB) caused by Paracidovorax citrulli is a devastating disease in cucurbit hosts such as watermelon. P. citrulli is a seed-borne pathogen, and contaminated seeds are the primary inoculum.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common pathogen in nosocomial infections, presents significant global health challenges due to its high prevalence and mortality rates. However, the origins and distribution of this bacterium remain unclear, partly due to the lack of effective gene typing methods. This situation necessitates the establishment of trustworthy and high-resolution protocol for differentiating closely related P.

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Due to food borne pathogen, maintaining the viability of fresh fruits and vegetable is a great concern. Several strategies including microbial and plant-based formulations to reduce their infection and maintain quality of the fresh food are in practice. Currently, Bacillus has gained significant traction as a biocontrol agent for regulating diseases affecting a variety of agricultural and horticultural crops.

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Erwinia amylovora is a notorious plant pathogenic bacterium of global concern that has devastated the apple and pear production industry worldwide. Nevertheless, the approaches available currently to understand the genetic diversity of E. amylovora remain unsatisfactory because of the lack of a trustworthy index and data covering the globally occurring E.

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, a causal agent of black shoot blight in apple and pear trees, is a plant pathogenic bacterium first reported in South Korea. The symptoms of black shoot blight are very similar to those of the fire blight disease in apple and pear trees caused by . , as has a genetically very close relationship with .

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Bacterial leaf blight of carrots caused by Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae (Xhc) is an important worldwide seed-borne disease. In 2012 and 2013, symptoms similar to bacterial leaf blight were found in carrot farms in Jeju Island, Korea.

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Fire blight is one of the destructive plant diseases caused by and causes enormous economic losses worldwide. Fire blight was initially reported in apples, pears, and Chinese quince (Park et al. 2016; Myung et al.

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Fire blight caused by Erwinia amylovora (Ea) is a devastating disease in apple and pear trees. Oxolinic acid (OA), a quinolone family antibiotic that inhibits DNA gyrase, has been employed to control fire blight in South Korea since 2015. The continuous use of this bactericide has resulted in the emergence of OA-resistant strains in bacterial pathogens in other countries.

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Fire blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen , is a highly destructive disease of apple and pear. Because the apple tree gets systemically infected with and eventually dies, is a considerably important pathogen in the orchard that requires long-term management. In addition, it is crucial to prevent the spread of the pathogen by expeditious diagnosis.

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Erwinia amylovora and Erwinia pyrifoliae cause fire blight and black-shoot blight, respectively, in apples and pears. E. pyrifoliae is less pathogenic and has a narrower host range than that of E.

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Despite the plant microbiota plays an important role in plant health, little is known about the potential interactions of the flower microbiota with pathogens. In this study, we investigated the microbial community of apple blossoms when infected with Erwinia amylovora. The long-read sequencing technology, which significantly increased the genome sequence resolution, thus enabling the characterization of fire blight-induced changes in the flower microbial community.

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During a survey in May 2020, symptoms of blight were observed on apricot ( cv. undetermined) in an orchard (37°06´01.5″N 127°57´44.

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Background: Sequence variations such as single nucleotide polymorphisms are markers for genetic diseases and breeding. Therefore, identifying sequence variations is one of the main objectives of several genome projects. Although most genome project consortiums provide standard operation procedures for sequence variation detection methods, there may be differences in the results because of human selection or error.

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is an obligate biotrophic oomycete that causes downy mildew on onion (). Onion is an important crop worldwide, but its production is affected by this pathogen. We sequenced the genome of using the PacBio sequencing platform, and de novo assembly resulted in 74 contigs with a total contig size of 29.

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The emergence and expression of the YABBY gene family (YGF) coincided with the evolution of leaves in seed plants, and was integral to the early evidence of lamina followed by reproductive development. YGF contains six subclasses, i.e.

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The efficiency of a novel biomarker (the transcriptional regulator, ) was tested and evaluated in differentiating from group species in environmental and spiked samples based on PCR and real-time PCR. Totally 120 strains, representing two bacterial groups, group and non- sp., were used to evaluate the performance of and crystal protein (2, an existing biomarker).

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The soil-borne pathogenic species complex (RSSC) is a group of plant pathogens that is economically destructive worldwide and has a broad host range, including various solanaceae plants, banana, ginger, sesame, and clove. Previously, Korean RSSC strains isolated from samples of potato bacterial wilt were grouped into four pathotypes based on virulence tests against potato, tomato, eggplant, and pepper. In this study, we sequenced the genomes of 25 Korean RSSC strains selected based on these pathotypes.

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Erwinia persicina B64 was isolated from rotten onions in cold-storage facilities. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of E. persicina B64, which contains 5,070,450 bp with 55.

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Bacillus subtilis and B. velezensis are frequently isolated from various niches, including fermented foods, water, and soil. Within the Bacillus subtilis group, B.

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Lactobacillus plantarum is one of the most extensively studied Lactobacillus species because of its presence in a variety of environmental niches, versatility, and metabolic capabilities, resulting in the use of this organism in many industrial applications. However, although extensive effort has been invested in screening this species from a variety of habitats, a reliable and accurate method for studying the succession and ontogeny of this organism in complex ecosystems is still required to confirm the activity of L. plantarum at the subspecies level.

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The aim of the study was to identify and evaluate specific biomarkers to differentiate within Bacillus cereus group species from contaminated food samples with the use of real-time PCR. A total of 120 strains, comprising of 28 reference, 2 type, 78 wild strains of B. cereus and B.

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The aim of the study was to develop unique biomarkers for qPCR detection of Bacillus cereus group. Clinical and soil isolates were identified by specifically designed biomarkers - Lipoprotein (OPL-114-lipo), Methyltransferase (MT-17) and S-layer homology domain protein (151-1BC). In order to design biomarkers, we used 120 bacterial strains grouped into B.

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Quantitative triplex real-time PCR (qPCR) offers an alternative method for detection of bacterial contamination. It provides quantitation of the number of gene copies. In our study, we established a qPCR assay to detect and quantify the specificity towards Bacillus cereus and B.

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Weissella cibaria has been found in Korean kimchi and other sources, including fermented foods, Greek salami, Spanish sausages, and animal and human excrement. W. cibaria was recently reported to show anticancer, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

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