Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Comprehensive Review of Indigenous Yeast Species in Korea: A Literature and Culture Collection Analysis

1Microorganism Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Korea
2Biological and Genetic Resources Assessment Division, National Institute of Biological Resources,
Incheon 22689, Korea

Correspondence to snubull@korea.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June, 2021, 49(2):211-242.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20210020
Accepted: April 20, 2021; Revised: April 14, 2021; Received: March 24, 2021
Published: June, 2021.
© 2021 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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ABSTRACT

Indigenous yeasts in Korea have been actively studied since 1910 in light of various fields, including environment, food fermentation, brewing, and medicine. However, a complete list of indigenous yeast species has not been addressed or reported. In this study, a comprehensive analysis of the literature including yeast isolation from Korean materials and the strains preserved at culture collections was performed. The results of this study indicate the following: ⅰ) there are 128 genera and 681 species (including 26 variants) of yeast reported in Korea, ⅱ) the reported species were trimmed into 142 genera and 500 species (including 9 variants), ⅲ) among which only 166 species were registered in the National Species List of Korea (2020). Therefore, follow-up studies are required to register more indigenous yeast species in the National Species List of Korea.

Keywords

Culture collection, Indigenous yeast species, National Species List of Korea

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