Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Jongmin Seo 1, Heonil Kang 1, Giyoon Kwon 1, Namsook Park 2, Changhwan Bae 3 and Insoo Choi 1,2*
1Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National
University, Miryang 50463, Korea
2Nematode Research Center, Life and Industry Convergence Institute, Pusan National University,
Miryang 50463, Korea
3Biological and Genetic Resource Assessment Division, National Institute of Biological Resource, Incheon
22689, Korea.
Correspondence to ichoi@pusan.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September, 2019, 47(4):291-301.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20190034
Accepted: November 01, 2019; Revised: October 24, 2019; Received: July 26, 2019
Published: September, 2019.
© 2019 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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Nematophagous fungi can capture, kill, and digest nematodes using a specific capturing organ. Of the nematophagous fungi, while Arthrobotrys flagrans and A. superba have been described previously, certain characteristics have not been described. For a detailed description of the two nematophagous fungi, the fungi were isolated from soil samples and produced in a pure culture. Morphological characteristics, such as predatory ability (according to the nematode species), shape, and size of predatory organ, conidia, and chlamydospore were investigated and they were used for identification of the fungal isolates along with molecular phylogenetic analysis. Furthermore, this study provides the classification key for 21 nematophagous species.
Arthrobotrys, Classification key, Morphology, Nematophagous fungi, Taxonomy