Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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Diversity of Endophytic Fungi from the Roots of Halophytes Growing in Go-chang Salt Marsh

School of Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea

Correspondence to kimjg@knu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June 30, 2012, 40(2):86-92.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2012.40.2.86
(Received May 31, 2012. Revised June 14, 2012. Accepted June20 2012)
Published: June 30, 2012.
© The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

Halophyte samples, such as Suaeda japonica, Phragmites australis, Limonium tetragonum, Suaeda maritima were collected from Go-chang salt marsh. Thirty-nine endophytic fungal strains were isolated from the roots of halophytes naturally growing in salt marsh. All endophytic fungal strains isolated were analyzed by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) containing ITS1, 5.8 s and ITS2 region. Endophytic fungal strains belong to eight orders, i.e., Eurotiales (36%), Pleosporales (26%), Hypocreales (18%), Incertae sedis (8%), Glomerellales (5%), Sordariales (2%), Xylariales (2%), and Capnodiales (3%). On genus level, they were composed of Alternaria, Aspergillus, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Colletotrichum, Coniothyrium, Dothideomycete, Fusarium, Gibberella, Macrophoma, Penicillium, Pestalotiopsis, Phaeosphaeria, Phoma, Pleosporales, Pseudozyma, Talaromyces, and Termitomyces. Of them, Penicillium (26%), Fusarium (13%) of Eurotiales and Hypocreales were predominant.

Keywords

Endophytic fungi, Fungal diversity, Halophyte, Salt marsh

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