Sporothrix stylites : A New Record from Field Soil in Korea

Sangkyu  Park1   Seung-Yeol  Lee1   Chang-Gi  Back2   In-Kyu  Kang3   Leonid  Ten1   Hyang Burm  Lee4   Hee-Young  Jung1,*   

1School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University
2National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science
3Department of Horticultural Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University
4College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University

Abstract

The fungal strain, designated KNU16-008, was isolated from field soil in Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. The isolated fungi was characterized by morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Isolated fungus showed typical morphological characteristics of the genus Sporothrix. Based on its phylogenic analysis using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of rDNA and β-tubulin gene sequences, the strain KNU16-008 was identified as Sporothrix stylites . This species has not been previously reported in Korea.

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