Marine Athrinium spp. Isolated from Sargassum sp. (Brown Algae) in Jeju Island and Unrecorded Species in Korea

Seokyoon Jang1   Joo-Hyun  Hong1   Young Mok  Heo1   Jae-Jin  Kim1,*   

1Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University

Abstract

Arthrinium (Ascomycota, Apiosporaceae) is a major marine fungal genus. Three Arthrinium species were reported previously, but not fully described. We isolated the two species A. arundinis and A. saccharicola from Sargassum sp. brown algae in Jeju Island, Korea. These species have not been previously reported in Korea. We described these species in detail and performed a phylogenetic analysis based on the nucleotide sequences of the EF1-α and β-tubulin genes.

Acknowledgements

This work was also supported by the Project on Survey and Discovery of Indigenous Species of Korea funded by NIBR of the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Republic of Korea. We thank Mr. Seongpil An of Solar cell & aero- sol laboratory (Korea University, Seoul, Korea), who col- lected brown algae from Jeju Island.

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