TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a DNA Microarray-Based Identification System for Commercially Important Korean Oyster Species
AU - Kim, Jiyeon
AU - Jung, Daewui
AU - Lee, Won Sun
AU - Park, Joong Ki
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank J.-S. Hong (Inha University) for providing Crassostrea sikamea genomic DNAs. This study was supported by a grant from the Marine Biotechnology Program (PJT200620, Genome Analysis of Marine Organisms and Development of Functional Applications and Marine Mollusk Resource Bank of Korea) funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - The correct identification of oyster species is essential for both aquaculture and taxonomic study, but it has often been a challenging task due to enormous morphological variation in shell morphs with ecophenotypic origins. The difficulty of species identification based entirely on shell characters has raised the need for developing an accurate, rapid tool for the identification and discrimination of oyster species. In this study, a DNA microarray-based identification system was established for eight commercially important oyster species (Crassostrea ariakensis, Crassostrea gigas, Crassostrea sikamea, Crassostrea nippona, Crassostrea angulata, Ostrea circumpicta, Ostrea denselamellosa, and Saccostrea kegaki). Sixteen species-specific probes developed in this study unambiguously distinguished eight target oyster species with no false-positive or false-negative signals. Of the eight oyster species examined, three Crassostrea species, C. angulata, C. gigas, and C. sikamea, which are indistinguishable by morphology, could be precisely identified using species-specific hybridization probes. The DNA microarray-based identification system developed in this study offers a very effective and reliable tool for eight oyster species, most of which are of commercial value and/or ecological significance in the macrobenthic community of offshore marine environments.
AB - The correct identification of oyster species is essential for both aquaculture and taxonomic study, but it has often been a challenging task due to enormous morphological variation in shell morphs with ecophenotypic origins. The difficulty of species identification based entirely on shell characters has raised the need for developing an accurate, rapid tool for the identification and discrimination of oyster species. In this study, a DNA microarray-based identification system was established for eight commercially important oyster species (Crassostrea ariakensis, Crassostrea gigas, Crassostrea sikamea, Crassostrea nippona, Crassostrea angulata, Ostrea circumpicta, Ostrea denselamellosa, and Saccostrea kegaki). Sixteen species-specific probes developed in this study unambiguously distinguished eight target oyster species with no false-positive or false-negative signals. Of the eight oyster species examined, three Crassostrea species, C. angulata, C. gigas, and C. sikamea, which are indistinguishable by morphology, could be precisely identified using species-specific hybridization probes. The DNA microarray-based identification system developed in this study offers a very effective and reliable tool for eight oyster species, most of which are of commercial value and/or ecological significance in the macrobenthic community of offshore marine environments.
KW - Crassostrea
KW - DNA microarray
KW - mitochondrial cox1
KW - molecular identification
KW - Ostrea
KW - oyster
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954127634&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2983/035.034.0313
DO - 10.2983/035.034.0313
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84954127634
SN - 0730-8000
VL - 34
SP - 841
EP - 847
JO - Journal of Shellfish Research
JF - Journal of Shellfish Research
IS - 3
ER -