First Report of Leptosphaerulina australis Isolated from Soil in Korea

¹School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
²Horticultural and Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Wanju 55365, Korea
³Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea

Abstract

The fungal strain KNU16-004 was isolated from a field soil sample collected in Seoul. The isolate was identified as Leptosphaerulina australis based on morphological characterization and phylogenetic analysis using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), large subunit (LSU) rDNA regions, and β-tubulin (Tub2). This is the first report of Leptosphaerulina australis in Korea.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea for the project on survey and discovery of indigenous fungal species, and Brain Pool Program (Grant No. 2018H1D3A2065415) through the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea.

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1. Culture and morphological characteristics of KNU16-004. A, Colony on oatmeal agar; B, Colony on potato dextrose agar; C, Colony on malt extract agar; D, Colony on synthetic low-nutrient agar; E, G, Colony sporulating on ascomata; F, Ascospores; H, Asci (scale bar = 10 μm).