New Records of Three Aquatic Fungi Isolated from Freshwater in Samcheok and Yeongju, Korea

Hye Yeon  Mun1,*   Jaeduk  Goh1    Yoosun  Oh1   Namil Chung3   

1Fungal Resources Research Division, Freshwater Bioresources Research Bureau, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources
2Fungal Resources Research Division, Freshwater Bioresources Research Bureau, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources

Abstract

Three aquatic fungi were isolated from samples of freshwater-deposited plant litter and foam collected in Samcheok,Gangwon-do, and Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. Based on their morphological characteristics and a phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA region, the three isolates NNIBRFG329, NNIBRFG339, and NNIBRFG19 were confirmed as aquatic fungi: Articulospora tetracladia, Margaritispora aquatica, and Aquanectria penicillioides. These species were known as aquatic fungi but neither species has been previously reported in Korea.

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by a grant of the Nakdong- gang National Institute of Biological Resources (Project: The survey and discovery of freshwater bioresources; NN IBR, 2016) of the Republic of Korea.

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