Three Unrecorded Fungal Species from Fecal and Freshwater Samples in Korea

Thuong T. T. Nguyen1   Monmi  Pangging1   Hyang Burm  Lee1,*   

1Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University,

Abstract

While evaluating fungal diversity in fecal and freshwater samples in Korea, three fungal strains, CNUFC-GHD83-1, CNUFC-RD8126, and CNUFC-YR2-1, were isolated from specific habitats including grasshopper and rat feces, and freshwater samples in Korea. On the basis of the morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 28S rDNA, the isolates CNUFC-GHD83-1, CNUFC-RD8126, and CNUFC-YR2-1 were identified as Albifimbria terrestris, Cephaliophora tropica, and Mariannaea aquaticola, respectively. These species have not been previously described in Korea.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Project on Survey and Discovery of Indigenous Fungal Species of Korea funded by NIBR, and by the Project on Discovery of Fungi from Freshwater and Collection of Fungarium funded by NNIBR of the Ministry of Environment (MOE), and in part by the research fund (PJ01091404) from the National Institute of Animal Science under Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

Figures & Tables