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http://dx.doi.org/10.5941/MYCO.2016.44.4.269

Analysis of the MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 Gene Ratio in Black Koji Molds Isolated from Meju  

Mageswari, Anbazhagan (Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science)
Kim, Jeong-seon (Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science)
Cheon, Kyu-Ho (Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science)
Kwon, Soon-Wo (Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science)
Yamada, Osamu (National Research Institute of Brewing)
Hong, Seung-Beom (Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science)
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Mycobiology / v.44, no.4, 2016 , pp. 269-276 More about this Journal
Abstract
Aspergillus luchuensis is known as an industrially important fungal species used for making fermented foods such as awamori and shochu in Japan, makgeolli and Meju in Korea, and Pu-erh tea in China. Nonetheless, this species has not yet been widely studied regarding mating-type genes. In this study, we examined the MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 gene ratio in black koji molds (A. luchuensis, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus tubingensis) and in Aspergillus welwitschiae isolated from Meju, a fermented soybean starting material for traditional soy sauce and soybean paste in Korea. The number of strains with the MAT1-1 locus was 2 of 23 (A. luchuensis), 6 of 13 (A. tubingensis), 21 of 28 (A. niger), and 5 of 10 (A. welwitschiae). Fungal species A. tubingensis and A. welwitschiae showed a 1 : 1 ratio of MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 mating-type loci. In contrast, A. luchuensis revealed predominance of MAT1-2 (91.3%) and A. niger of MAT1-1 (75%). We isolated and identified 2 A. luchuensis MAT1-1 strains from Meju, although all strains for making shochu in Japan are of the MAT1-2 type. These strains may be a good resource for breeding of A. luchuensis to be used in the Asian fermented-food industry.
Keywords
Aspergillus luchuensis; Mating type; Meju;
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