title: Culturable fungal endophytes isolated from the roots of coastal plants inhabiting korean East coast.
abstract: Twelve plant species were collected from the east coast of Korea to identify culturable endophytes present in their roots. The fungal internal transcribe spacer (ITS) region (ITS1-5.8SrRNA-ITS2) was used as a DNA barcode for identification of fungi. A total of 194 fungal strains were identified and categorized into 31 genera. The genus Penicillium accounted for the largest number of strains, followed by the genus Aspergillus. Furthermore, using 5 statistical methods, the diversity indices of the fungi were calculated at the genus level. After comprehensive evaluation, the endophytic fungal group from Phragmites australis ranked highest in diversity analyses. Several strains responsible for plant growth and survival (Penicillium citrinum, P. funiculosum, P. janthinellum, P. restrictum, and P. simplicissimum), were also identified. This study provides basic data on the sheds light on the symbiotic relationship between coastal plants and fungi.
authors: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: Hyun
authors: H
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: Young-Hyun
authors: YH
authors: You
authors: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: Hyeokjun
authors: H
authors: Yoon
authors: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: Yeonggyo
authors: Y
authors: Seo
authors: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: Ye-Eun
authors: YE
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Biology, College of National Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: Yeon-Sik
authors: YS
authors: Choo
authors: School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: In-Jung
authors: IJ
authors: Lee
authors: School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: Jae-Ho
authors: JH
authors: Shin
authors: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
authors: Jong-Guk
authors: JG
authors: Kim
keywords: Coastal plants; Fungal diversity; Fungal endophytes; Korean East Coast