title: Three new records of penicillium species isolated from insect specimens in Korea.
abstract: Three Penicillium species have been isolated from insect specimens in Korea; Penicillium sp., P. steckii, and P. polonicum. Penicillium sp. (KNU12-3-2) was isolated from Lixus imperessiventris, while P. polonicum (KNU12-1-8) and Penicillium steckii (KNU12-2-9) were isolated from Muljarus japonicas and Meloe proscarabaeus, respectively. The identification was based on the morphological characteristics of the fungi and in internal transcribed spacer analysis. This is the first report on the isolation of these three species of Penicillium from insects in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Kabir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lamsal
authors.forename: Sang Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naeimi
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adhikari
authors.forename: Dil Raj
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Changmu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyang Burm
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Youn Su
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Lixus imperessiventris; Meloe proscarabaeus; Muljarus japonicas; Penicillium spp