Notes on Five Endophytic Fungal Species Isolated from Needle Leaves of Conifers in Korea

Bong-Hyung Lee1   Ju-Kyeong Eo1,2   Ahn-Heum Eom1,*   

Abstract

Diverse endophytic fungi were isolated from surface-sterilized leaves of three species of conifers inhabiting various sites in Korea: Abies nephrolepis, Pinus koraiensis and Taxus cuspidate. The isolates were identified based on morphological characteristics and sequences analysis of both internal transcribed spacer and large subunit regions of rDNA. In this paper, we report on five previously unreported species of endophytic fungi isolated from conifers: Biscogniauxia maritime, Nemania diffusa,Pezicula carpinea Phomopsis juglandina and Sydowia polyspora.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a grant (NIBR2014-01205)from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR),funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea.

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