Isolation and Characterization of Three Unrecorded Zygomycete Fungi in Korea: Cunninghamella bertholletiae, Cunninghamella echinulata, and Cunninghamella elegans.
10.5941/MYCO.2017.45.4.318
- Author:
Thuong T T NGUYEN
1
;
Young Joon CHOI
;
Hyang Burm LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology & Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea. hblee@jnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cunninghamella bertholletiae;
Cunninghamella echinulata;
Cunninghamella elegans;
Undiscovered taxa;
Zygomycota
- MeSH:
Bertholletia*;
Cunninghamella*;
DNA, Ribosomal;
Fresh Water;
Fungi*;
Grasshoppers;
Korea*;
Soil
- From:Mycobiology
2017;45(4):318-326
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In a survey of undiscovered taxa in Korea, three zygomycete fungal strains–EML-W31, EML-HGD1-1, and EML-RUS1-1–were isolated from freshwater, grasshopper fecal, and soil samples in Korea. On the basis of the morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer and 28S rDNA, the isolates of EML-W31, EML-HGD1-1, and EML-RUS1-1 were confirmed to be Cunninghamella bertholletiae, Cunninghamella echinulata, and Cunninghamella elegans, respectively. These species have not been previously described in Korea.
