Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Young-Hyun You 1,2, Myung-Chul Lee 2 and Jong-Guk Kim 1*
1School of Life Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
2National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Jeonju 560-500, Korea
Correspondence to kimjg@knu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March 31, 2015, 43(1):13-19.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2015.43.1.13
Received: March 9, 2015; Revised: March 19, 2015; Accepted: March 22, 2015
Published: March 31, 2015.
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Endophytic fungal strains were isolated from 5 aquatic plant species (Trapa japonica, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Oenanthe javanica, Typha orientalis and Zizania latifolia) native to river wetland of tributary in Nakdong river. Total 34 strains were purely isolated, and then its internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions were amplified. After that, phylogenetic analysis based on ITS sequences and deduction of diversity indices were done. Fungal isolates were belonged to 17 genera, concretely in Acremonium, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Emericellopsis, Fusarium, Galactomyces, Leptosphaeria, Microsphaeropsis, Penicillium, Peyronellaea, Phoma, Pseudeurotium, Rhizomucor, Talaromyces, Trematosphaeria and Zalerion. Especially, fungal isolates were distributed intensively in genera Alternaria and Talaromyces. This study deals with the diversity of endophytic fungal species that showing symbiotic relationship with their host aquatic plants.
Endophytic fungi, Diversity index, Fresh water, Hydrophyte, River wetland