Isolation and Diversity of Yeasts from Wild Flowers in Ulleungdo and Yokjido, Korea

Abstract

Various yeasts from wild flowers of Ulleungdo in Gyeongsangbuk-do and Yokjido in Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea were isolated and identified by comparison of nucleotide sequences for PCR-amplified D1/D2 region of 26S rDNA using BLAST. Forty eight yeast strains of twenty two species and sixty yeast strains of twenty five species were isolated from wild flowers of Ulleungdo and Yokjido, respectively. Only seven species were overlapped from the two different islands areas: CCryptococcus albidus, CCryptococcus laurentii, Metschnikowia reukafii, Pichia scolyti, Rhodotorula glutinis, Rhodotorula graminis and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. Among forty species from two different islands, other thirty three species were restricted to specific collection site suggesting that each area has distinctive yeast flora.

Acknowledgements

본 논문은 환경부 재원으로 국립생물자원관의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구(NIBR No 2013-02-001) 결과의 일부로 연구비 지원에 감사드립니다.

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