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Diversity and Phylogeny of Entomophthorales and Mucorales in Korea
Thuong T. T. Nguyen and Hyang Burm Lee*
Environmental Microbiology Lab, Dept. of Agricultural Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
*Email: hblee@jnu.ac.kr
During surveys of zygosporic fungi belonging to the orders Entomophthorales and Mucorales from freshwater environments and invertebrates in Korea, several interesting strains were isolated. These strains were identified based on morphological characteristics and multilocus phylogenetic analyses. The results showed that six strains belong to the order Entomophthorales, representing three species in the genus Conidiobolus, while 25 strains were assigned to Mucorales, comprising 10 species in the genus Mucor. Among these, five species are described here as new to science, including two species of Conidiobolus and three species of Mucor. In addition, two species, Mucor flavus and Conidiobolus coronatus, are newly recorded in Korea, and six species, M. circinelloides, M. hiemalis, M. irregularis, M. lusitanicus, M. mucedo, and M. racemosus, are reported as new host records. Given the limited knowledge of Entomophthorales in Korea, this study expands the understanding of zygosporic fungal taxa in the orders Entomophthorales and Mucorales.
Keywords: Entomophthorales, Molecular phylogeny, Mucorales, Taxonomy
