Molecular and Morphological Confirmation of Three Undescribed Species of Mortierella from Korea.

Molecular and Morphological Confirmation of Three Undescribed Species of Mortierella from Korea.
Mycobiology. 2019 Mar;47(1):31-39
Authors: Nguyen TTT, Park SW, Pangging M, Lee HB
Abstract
Three fungal isolates designated as CNUFC-YR329-1, CNUFC-PTS103-1, and CNUFC-PTS2-1 were discovered during a survey of fungal diversity of the order Mortierellales from freshwater and pine tree rhizosphere soil samples in Korea. The strains were analyzed morphologically and phylogenetically based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit (LSU) of ribosomal DNA gene sequences. Based on their morphology and phylogeny, the three isolates were identified as Mortierella elongata, M. horticola, and M. humilis, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, M. elongata, M. horticola, and M. humilis, belonging to an undiscovered taxon, have not been previously described in Korea.
PMID: 30988989 [PubMed]

Source: Mycobiology - April 18, 2019 Category: Biology Tags: Mycobiology Source Type: research