Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Tham Thi Duong, Thi Thuong Thuong Nguyen, Sun Jeong Jeon and Hyang Burm Lee*
Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University,
Gwangju 61186, Korea
Correspondence to hblee@jnu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June, 2016, 44(4):371-376.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2016.44.2.371
Received: October 29, 2016; Revised: November 27, 2016; Accepted: December 15, 2016
Published: June, 2016.
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During a survey of undiscovered taxa in Korea, two zygomycete fungal isolates, EML-BT5-1 and EML-BT5-2, were isolated from the seed of a pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) fruit in Korea. Based on their morphological characteristics and a sequence analysis of four genes, ITS1-5.8S-ITS2, 18S, 28S rDNA, and EF-1α, the isolates were confirmed to be Syncephalastrum monosporum in the family Syncephalastraceae. To our knowledge, the zygomycete fungal species S. monosporum has not been previously described in Korea.
Mucorales, Multigenes, Pumpkin seed, Syncephalastrum species, Undiscovered taxa