Bong Soon Yim, and Myung Kyum Kim*
Department of Bio & Environmental Technology, College of Natural Science, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul 01767, Korea
*Correspondence to biotech@swu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) 2023 December, 51(4):373-381.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20230037
Received on November 08, 2023, Revised on December 08, 2023, Accepted on December 11, 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/).
This study aimed to isolate and characterize wild yeast strains from the vineyard soil in Korea. Twenty yeast strains were isolated from vineyard soil in Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, where Vitis labrusca cv. Campbell Early is grown. Eighteen strains were previously recorded in Korea. The remaining two, Cyberlindnera mrakii VG-21-10C and Starmerella bacillaris GR9 were not previously recorded in Korea. The mycological characteristics of VG-21-10C and GR9 were investigated. Both were oval-shaped, convex, and smooth. However, differences were evident in colony color and carbon assimilation activities. Strain VG-21-10C is white-colored and assimilates glucose, glycerol, D-xylose, D-cellobiose, D-saccharose, and D-raffinose as carbon sources. Strain GR9 is cream-colored and assimilates glucose, D-saccharose, and D-raffinose as carbon sources.
Cyberlindnera, Starmerella, Unrecorded wild yeasts, Vineyard