English
Isolation and Characterization of Four Undescribed Species Belonging to Eurotiales from Korea
Su Jin Kim 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
Eurotiales are widely distributed worldwide and are well known for their ability to produce secondary metabolites with potential beneficial applications. To investigate their diversity and distribution in Korea, various samples including soil, freshwater, and plants, were collected from different niches. Twenty strains of Eurotiales were isolated and identified based on their morphological characteristics and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rRNA, β-tubulin (BenA), calmodulin (CaM), and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (RPB2) genes. Four species including Penicillium flosculum, P. scruposum, Talaromyces ginkgonis, and T. zhenhaiensis were explored as new records in Korea. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and a phylogenetic tree for these undescribed species are presented.
