Phylogenetic Status of Two Undescribed Zygomycete Species from Korea: Actinomucor elegans and Mucor minutus.
10.5941/MYCO.2017.45.4.344
- Author:
Thuong T T NGUYEN
1
;
Hee Young JUNG
;
Youn Su LEE
;
Kerstin VOIGT
;
Hyang Burm LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea. hblee@jnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Actinomucor elegans;
Mucor minutus;
Undiscovered taxa;
Zygomycete fungi
- MeSH:
DNA, Ribosomal;
Fresh Water;
Korea*;
Mucor*;
Mucorales;
Phylogeny;
Soil
- From:Mycobiology
2017;45(4):344-352
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
During a survey of fungal diversity of the order Mucorales, three zygomycete isolates, CNUFC-YR113-1, CNUFC-KNU16-7, and CNUFC-BS1-1 were isolated from freshwater and soil samples in Korea. The strains were analyzed both morphologically and phylogenetically based on internal transcribed spacer and 28S rDNA gene sequences. Based on their morphology and phylogeny, the CNUFC-YR113-1 and CNUFC-KNU16-7 isolates were identified as Actinomucor elegans, and CNUFC-BS1-1 was identified as Mucor minutus. To the best of our knowledge, the species A. elegans and M. minutus, belonging to an undiscovered taxon, have not been previously described in Korea.
