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

Taxonomic and Microbiological Report on Seven Yeast Species Unrecorded in the National Species List of Korea

1Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Korea
2Species Diversity Research Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Korea

*Correspondence to cspark@khu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) 2023 December, 51(4):287-306.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20230031
Received on August 16, 2023, Revised on November 08, 2023, Accepted on November 09, 2023, Published on December 31, 2023.
Copyright © The Korean Society of Mycology.
This is an Open Access article which is freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

ABSTRACT

According to our previous study, 500 species of yeast exist in Korea, including nine variants comprising 142 genera and 48 classes in two phyla. Additionally, 4,483 fungal species have been documented at the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR). However, despite the industrial use of several yeasts, only 173 species formed part of the National Species List of Korea (NSLK) as of December 2021, mainly due to the lack of taxonomic descriptions. This study aimed to investigate the taxonomy of seven newly isolated yeast species (Hyphopichia burtonii, Starmerella sorbosivorans, Cyberlindnera mycetangii, Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosum, Nakazawaea ernobii, Pichia kudriavzevii, and Schizosaccharomyces japonicus) for inclusion in the NSLK. The strains were clustered for the phylogenetic analysis of fungal rDNA (D1/D2-26S) sequences. This study provides descriptions of their cell morphology and physiological characteristics, the results of which confirm the indigenous origin of these seven species in Korea and recommend their inclusion in the NSLK.
Keywords

National Species List of Korea, Unrecorded yeast, Yeast

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