Three New Records of Mortierella Species Isolated from Crop Field Soil in Korea.
10.5941/MYCO.2015.43.3.203
- Author:
Dil Raj YADAV
1
;
Sang Woo KIM
;
Mahesh ADHIKARI
;
Yong Hyun UM
;
Hyun Seung KIM
;
Changmu KIM
;
Hyang Burm LEE
;
Youn Su LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Biological Resource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea. younslee@kangwon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Arachidonic acid;
Mortierella ambigua;
Mortierella indohii;
Mortierella zychae;
Triphenyltetrazolium chloride
- MeSH:
Arachidonic Acid;
Fungi;
Korea*;
Mortierella*;
Soil*
- From:Mycobiology
2015;43(3):203-209
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Three new fungal species of the genus Mortierella, Mortierella zychae, Mortierella ambigua, and Mortierella indohii, have been reported in Korea. The fungi were encountered during a study on the fungal community of soil samples collected from different locations in Korea. The species were identified based on molecular and morphological analyses. This study presents detailed descriptions of the morphological observations and molecular phylogenetic analysis of these three fungi. All three species were found to be sensitive to triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining. M. zychae demonstrated the highest intensity of mycelial staining, indicating that this species has the highest potential to produce arachidonic acid of the three species. The staining results indicated that the newly recorded species could potentially be useful for arachidonic acid production.
