Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Sang-Min Han and Jong-Soo Lee*
Department of Biomedicinal Science and Biotechnology, Paichai University, Daejeon 35345, Korea
Correspondence to biotech8@pcu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June, 2016, 44(2):108-112.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2016.44.2.108
Received: May 27, 2016; Revised: June 13, 2016; Accepted: June 16, 2016
Published: June, 2016.
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This study focused on the isolation of wild yeasts from the soils of an herb park in Seoul, Korea, and characterization of unrecorded yeasts. Fifteen yeast strains of nine species were isolated and identified. Among them, strains of the Cryptococcus genus, such as Cryptococcus laurentii (2 strains), Cryptococcus saitoi (two strains), Cryptococcus podzolicus (2 strains), and Cryptococcus sp. (2 strains) were dominant. Candida boleticola SU14-2, Candida novakii SU6-2 and Cryptococcus podzolicus SU18-3 were also screened as newly recorded yeasts in Korea. Candida novakii SU6-2 formed ascospores and a pseudomycelium, and Candida boleticola SU14-2 grew well in the 5% NaCl-containing yeast extract-peptone-dextrose medium.
Herb park, Isolation and Identification, Soils, Unrecorded, Wild yeasts