Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Kang-Moon Ko 1, Hyeok Park 1, Kang-Hyeon Ka 2 , Ahn-Heum Eom 1,*
1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju 28173, Korea
2Special Forest Products Division, National Institute of Forest Science, Suwon 16631, Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March, 2019, 47(1):19-27.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20190003
Accepted: August 19, 2018; Revised: August 19, 2018; Received: August 9, 2018
Published: March, 2019.
© 2019 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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We extracted arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) spores from rhizospheres of three plants from Upo Wetland, Korea. We identified the isolated AMF spores based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of partial 18S rDNA nucleotide sequences. The species diversity of AMF spores was calculated among the study sites and host plants. Consequently, nine species from six genera of AMF spores were identified. We confirmed the species diversity of the AMF spores in rhizospheres affected by host plants in the wetland. In the course of this study, we confirmed a previously unreported AMF species in Korea: Diversispora epigaea. We described the morphological features and molecular characteristics of this previously unreported AMF species.
Acaulospora koskei, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Diversispora epigaea, Upo Wetland