Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Mahesh Adhikari 1, Sun Kumar Gurung 1, Sang Woo Kim 1, Hyun Goo Lee 1, Han Jun Ju 1, Byeong Heon Gwon 1, San Kosol 1, Setu Bazie 1, Hyang Burm Lee 2, Youn Su Lee 1*
1Division of Biological Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
2Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, Chonnam National University,
Gwangju 61186, Korea
Correspondence to younslee@kangwon.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2018, 46(4):383-392.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20180043
Accepted: August 23, 2018; Revised: August 22, 2018; Received: July 13, 2018
Published: December, 2018.
© 2018 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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During the study of indigenous fungal communities in soil samples collected from various field soils in Sancheong, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea in 2017, several species of Aspergillus were discovered. Aspergillus caninus (KNU17-7) was isolated, identified, and described based on the results from macro and micro morphological characteristics and molecular characterization. Morphologically, it was identified using five different growth media: potato dextrose agar, oatmeal agar, yeast extract sucrose agar, czapek yeast extract agar, and malt extract agar. For the molecular identification, sequencing of internal transcribed spacer, β-tubulin, and calmodulin genes was performed. Based on this characterization, our study isolate was identified as Aspergillus caninus. This fungal species has not been officially reported in Korea before, and we report here with its morphological and molecular phylogenetic characterization.
Aspergillus caninus, Characterization, Identification, Sequencing