Journal of Microbiology

Hojeong Kang

6 Articles

Assessment of Microbial Diversity Bias Associated with Soil Heterogeneity and Sequencing Resolution in Pyrosequencing Analyses: Sokhee P. Jung , Hojeong Kang; J. Microbiol. 2014;52(9):805-805.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-014-0703-1

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Abstract PDF: In the article by Jung et al. published in Journal of Microbiology 2014; 52, 574-580. Acknowledgement should appear as shown below.

The authors thank In-Seon Son (ChunLab, Inc.) for her assistance in bioinformatics. This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (# 2013056833). H. Kang is grateful to ERC (2013067218).

Assessment of Microbial Diversity Bias Associated with Soil Heterogeneity and Sequencing Resolution in Pyrosequencing Analyses: Sokhee P. Jung , Hojeong Kang; J. Microbiol. 2014;52(7):574-580. Published online May 13, 2014; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-014-3636-9

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It is important to estimate the true microbial diversities accurately for a comparative microbial diversity analysis among various ecological settings in ecological models. Despite drastically increasing amounts of 16S rRNA gene targeting pyrosequencing data, sampling and data interpretation for comparative analysis have not yet been standardized. For more accurate bacterial diversity analyses, the influences of soil heterogeneity and sequence resolution on bacterial diversity estimates were investigated using pyrosequencing data of oak and pine forest soils with focus on the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Soil bacterial community sets were phylogenetically clustered into two separate groups by forest type. Rarefaction curves showed that bacterial communities sequenced from the DNA mixtures and the DNAs of the soil mixtures had midsize richness compared with other samples. Richness and diversity estimates were highly variable depending on the sequence read numbers. Bacterial richness estimates (ACE, Chao 1 and Jack) of the forest soils had positive linear relationships with the sequence read number. Bacterial diversity estimates NPShannon, Shannon and the inverse Simpson) of the forest soils were also positively correlated with the sequence read number. One-way ANOVA shows that sequence resolution significantly affected the α-diversity indices (P<0.05), but the soil heterogeneity did not (P>0.05). For an unbiased evaluation, richness and diversity estimates should be calculated and compared from subsets of the same size.

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Effects of Elevated CO2 and Pb on the Microbial Community in the Rhizosphere of Pinus densiflora: Sunghyun Kim , Sun Hwa Hong , Kyungsook Cho , Insook Lee , Gayoung Yoo , Hojeong Kang; J. Microbiol. 2012;50(6):895-901. Published online December 30, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-012-2207-1

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Rising levels of atmospheric CO2 may stimulate forest productivity in the future, resulting in increased carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems. However, heavy metal contamination may interfere with this, though the response is not yet known. In this study, we investigated the effect of elevated CO2 and Pb contamination on microorganisms and decomposition in pine tree forest soil. Three-year old pine trees (Pinus densiflora) were planted in Pb contaminated soils (500 mg/kg-soil) and uncontaminated soils and cultivated for three months in a growth chamber where the CO2 concentration was controlled at 380 or 760 mg/kg. Structures of the microbial community were comparatively analyzed in bulk and in rhizosphere soil samples using community-level physiological profiling (CLPP) and 16S rRNA gene PCRDGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis). Additionally, microbial activity in rhizospheric soil, growth and the C/N ratio of the pine trees were measured. Elevated CO2 significantly increased microbial activities and diversity in Pb contaminated soils due to the increase in carbon sources, and this increase was more distinctive in rhizospheric soil than in bulk soils. In addition, increased plant growth and C/N ratios of pine needles at elevated CO2 resulted in an increase in cation exchange capacity (CEC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) of the rhizosphere in Pb contaminated soil. Taken together, these findings indicate that elevated CO2 levels and heavy metals can affect the soil carbon cycle by changing the microbial community and plant metabolism.

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The Impacts of Excessive Nitrogen Additions on Enzyme Activities and Nutrient Leaching in Two Contrasting Forest Soils: Haryun Kim , Hojeong Kang; J. Microbiol. 2011;49(3):369-375. Published online June 30, 2011; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-011-0421-x

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Nitrogen (N) deposition has increased dramatically worldwide, which may affect forest soils in various ways. In this study, we conducted a short-term manipulation experiment of N addition on two types of forest soils (urban and rural soils) found in Korea. N addition significantly decreased phenol oxidase activities in urban soil samples; however, it did not affect those in rural soils. Furthermore, N addition did not change β-glucosidase and N-acetylglucosaminidase activities, except for β-glucosidase activities in the O layer of rural soils. Changes in microbial biomass and general activity (dehydrogenase activity) were not induced by N addition, except for dehydrogenase in the A layer of urban soils. Although N addition did not change the extractable soil nutrients, organic matter, and water contents significantly, it enhanced nutrient leaching and resulted in lower pH leachate. These results suggest that excessive N addition to forest soils may induce nutrient leaching in the long-term. Overall results of our study also suggest that N addition may induce retardation of organic matter decomposition in soils; however, such a response may depend on the intensity of previous exposure to N deposition.

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Archaeal Diversity in Tidal Flat Sediment as Revealed by 16S rDNA Analysis: Bong-Soo Kim , Huyn-Myung Oh , Hojeong Kang , Jongsik Chun; J. Microbiol. 2005;43(2):144-151.; DOI: https://doi.org/2170 [pii]

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Abstract PDF: During the past ten years, Archaea have been recognized as a widespread and significant component of marine picoplankton assemblages. More recently, the presence of novel archaeal phylogenetic lineages has been discovered in coastal marine environments, freshwater lakes, polar seas, and deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Therefore, we conducted an investigation into the archaeal community existing in tidal flat sediment collected from Ganghwa Island, Korea. Phylogenetic analysis of archaeal 16S rDNA amplified directly from tidal flat sediment DNA revealed the presence of two major lineages, belonging to the Crenarchaeota (53.9%) and Euryarchaeota (46.1%) phyla. A total of 102 clones were then sequenced and analyzed by comprehensive phylogenetic analysis. The sequences determined in our samples were found to be closely related to the sequences of clones which had been previously obtained from a variety of marine environments. Archaeal clones exhibited higher similarities (83.25 - 100%) to sequences from other environments in the public database than did those (75.22 - 98.46%) of previously reported bacterial clones obtained from tidal flat sediment. The results of our study suggest that the archaeal community in tidal flat sediment is remarkably diverse.

Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO_2 Concentrations on Soil Microorganisms: Chris Freeman , Seon-Young Kim , Seung-Hoon Lee , Hojeong Kang; J. Microbiol. 2004;42(4):267-277.; DOI: https://doi.org/2111 [pii]

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Abstract PDF: Effects of elevated CO_2 on soil microorganisms are known to be mediated by various interactions with plants, for which such effects are relatively poorly documented. In this review, we summarize and synthesize results from studies assessing impacts of elevated CO_2 on soil ecosystems, focusing primarily on plants and a variety the of microbial processes. The processes considered include changes in microbial biomass of C and N, microbial number, respiration rates, organic matter decomposition, soil enzyme activities, microbial community composition, and functional groups of bacteria mediating trace gas emission such as methane and nitrous oxide. Elevated CO_2 in atmosphere may enhance certain microbial processes such as CH_4 emission from wetlands due to enhanced carbon supply from plants. However, responses of extracellular enzyme activities and microbial community structure are still controversy, because interferences with other factors such as the types of plants, nutrient availabilitial in soil, soil types, analysis methods, and types of CO_2 fumigation systems are not fully understood.

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