A Report of an Unrecorded Slime Mold Isolated from a Twig of Chaenomeles sinesis in Korea

Geum Ran Ahn1   Bo Young Kim1   Yeo Hong  Yun1   Seung Yeol  Son1   Seong Hwan  Kim12,*   

1Department of Microbiology, Dankook University
2Institute of Biodiverstiy, Dankook University

Abstract

Chaenomeles sinensis, called as Chinese quince, belongs to the family Rosaceae and is widely distributed in Korea, China, and Japan. A microorganism was isolated from part of a twig of C. sinensis that showed an abnormal appearance. The microorganism was identified as the slime mold Stemonaria longa of the division Myxomycota, which was previously unrecorded in Korea. The present study reports the morphological characteristics of the isolated fungus and a phylogenetic relationship based on the β-tubulin gene sequences.

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Photo of a twig of with a discolored and slightly protruded region (A) and stereoscopic microscopic image of the region (40×) (B). Arrow indicates sampling point for microorganism isolation (scale bar = 10 μm).