Characterization of Two New Records of Zygomycete Species Belonging to Undiscovered Taxa in Korea.
During a biodiversity survey of undiscovered taxa in Korea, two zygomycetous fungal strains were isolated. The first strain, EML-FSDY6-1 was isolated from a soil sample collected at Dokdo Island in the East Sea of Korea in 2013, and the second strain, EML-DG-NH3-1 was isolated from a rat dung sample collected at Chonnam National University garden, Gwangju, Korea in 2014. Based on the morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer, 18S and 28S rDNA, actin and translation elongation factor-1α genes. EML-FSDY6-1 and EML-DG-NH3-1 isolates were confirmed as zygomycete species, Absidia pseudocylindrospora and Absidia glauca, respectively. Neither species has previously been described in Korea.
Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea.
Thi Thuong Thuong
TT
Nguyen
Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea.
Seo Hee
SH
Lee
Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea.
Sarah
S
Bae
Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea.
Sun Jeong
SJ
Jeon
Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea.; Microbial Safety Division, NAAS-RDA, Wanju 55365, Korea.
Hye Yeon
HY
Mun
Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea.
Hyang Burm
HB
Lee
A. pseudocylindrospora; Absidia glauca; Dokdo; Undiscovered taxa; Zygomycete fungi