Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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Genetic Diversity of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from the Roots of Halophytes Naturally Growing in Suncheon Bay

Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea

Correspondence to kimjg@knu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) April 1, 2012, 40(1):7-10.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2012.40.1.007
(Received March 22, 2012. Accepted March 27, 2012)
Published: April 1, 2012.
© The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

Endophytic fungi were isolated from the roots of halophytes, Suaeda japonica and Carex scabrifolia in the Suncheonbay. The ITS region in rDNA of 15 endophytic fungal strains were amplified using PCR with universal primers ITS1 and ITS4, and those amplified fragments were sequenced. Based on ITS sequence, five fungal genera were identified in S. japonica and seven fungal genera were identified in C. scabrifolia. The Shannon's diversity index (H') of endophytic fungi isolated from S. japonica and C. scabrifolia was 1.561 and 1.889, respectively. In phylogenetic analysis, it was shown that Ascomycota and Pezizomycotina was widely distributed both in S. japonica and C. scabrifolia. Also, Sordariomycetes, Dothideomycetes and Eurotiomycetes were shown to be distributed in these halophytes used in this experiment.

Keywords

Carex scabrifolia, Endophytic fungi, Halophyte, Suaeda japonica, Suncheonbay

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