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A Report of Five Unrecorded Fungal Species of Korea (국내 미기록 진균 5종 보고)

  • Ahn, Geum Ran;Kim, Bo Young;Lee, Geun Sick;Hyun, Min Woo;Lee, Chan Jung;Kim, Seong Hwan
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.240-246
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    • 2016
  • During a survey of the activities of fungi in steamed sweet potato, stored garlic, agricultural by-products for mushroom cultivation media, and pinewood chips from a pinewood nematode-infected tree, numerous fungal samples were isolated and identified. This study identified five species that have not been previously reported in Korea, namely Geomyces pannorum, Neopestalotiopsis javaensis, Penicillium allii, Penicillium chermesinum, and Ophiognomonia setacea. For all identified species, the cultural features of colonies formed on growth media, their morphological characteristics observed by a light microscope, and their molecular phylogenetic relationships based on nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer rDNA region or calmodulin gene were described.

First Report on Isolation of $Penicillium$ $adametzioides$ and $Purpureocillium$ $lilacinum$ from Decayed Fruit of Cheongsoo Grapes in Korea

  • Deng, Jian Xin;Paul, Narayan Chandra;Sang, Hyun-Kyu;Lee, Ji-Hye;Hwang, Yong-Soo;Yu, Seung-Hun
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.66-70
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    • 2012
  • Two species, $Penicillium$ $adametzioides$ and $Purpureocillium$ $lilacinum$, were isolated from decayed grapes (cv. Cheongsoo) in Korea. Each species was initially identified by phylogenetic analysis of a combined dataset of two genes. Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and ${\beta}$-tubulin (BT2) genes were used for identification of $Penicillium$ $adametzioides$, and ITS and partial translation elongation factor 1-${\alpha}$ (TEF) genes were used for identification of $Purpureocillium$ $lilacinum$. Morphologically, they were found to be identical to previous descriptions. The two species presented here have not been previously reported in Korea.

The Origin of Meju Fungi - Fungal Diversity of Soybean, Rice Straw and Air for Meju Fermentation

  • Kim, Dae-Ho;Lee, Jong-kyu;Hong, Seung-Beom
    • 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.32-32
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    • 2014
  • Meju is a brick of dried fermented soybeans and is the core material for Jang such as Doenjang and Ganjang. Jang is produced by addition of salty water to Meju and is considered the essential sauces of authentic Korean cuisine. Meju is fermented by diverse microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and yeasts. It is known that fungi play an important role in the Meju fermentation and they degrade macromolecules of the soybeans into small nutrient molecules. In previous study, 26 genera and 0 species were reported as Meju fungi. However, it is not comprehensively examined where the fungi present on the Meju are originated. In order to elucidate the origin of the fungi present on the Meju, the mycobiota of 500 samples soybean kernels, 296 rice straw pieces and air samples of Jang factories was determined in 0, 2 and 7 Jang factories respectively. Forty-one genera covering 86 species were isolated from the soybeans and 33 species were identical with the species from Meju. From sodium hypochlorite untreated soybeans, Eurotium herbariorum, Eurotium repens, Cladosporium tenuissimum, Fusarium fujikuroi, Aspergillus oryzae/flavus and Penicillium steckii were the predominant species. In case of sodium hypochlorite-treated soybeans, Eurotium herbariorum, E. repens and Cladosporium tenuissimum were the predominant species. Of the 4 genera and 86 species isolated from soybeans, 3 genera and 33 species were also found in Meju. Thirty-nine genera and 92 species were isolated from the rice straws and 40 species were identical with the species from Meju. Fusarium asiaticum, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Aspergillus tubingensis, A. oryzae, E. repens and Eurotium chevalieri were frequently isolated from the rice straw obtained from many factories. Twelve genera and 40 species of fungi that were isolated in the rice straw in this study, were also isolated from Meju. Especially, A. oryzae, C. cladosporioides, E. chevalieri, E. repens, F. asiaticum and Penicillium polonicum that are abundant species in Meju, were also isolated frequently from rice straw. C. cladosporioides, F. asiaticum and P. polonicum that are abundant in low temperature fermentation process of Meju fermentation, were frequently isolated from rice straw incubated at $5^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$, while A. oryzae, E. repens and E. chevalieri that are abundant in high temperature fermentation process of Meju fermentation, were frequently isolated from rice straw incubated at $25^{\circ}C$ and $35^{\circ}C$. This suggests that the mycobiota of rice straw have a large influence in mycobiota of Meju. Thirty-nine genera and 92 species were isolated from the air of Jang factories and 34 species were identical with the species from Meju. In outside air of the fermentation room, Cladosporium sp. and Cladosporium cladosporioides were the dominant species, followed by Cladosporium tenuissimum, Eurotium sp., Phoma sp. Sistotrema brinkmannii, Alternaria sp., Aspergillus fumigatus, Schizophyllum commune, and Penicillium glabrum. In inside air of the fermentation room, Cladosporium sp., Aspergillus oryzae, Penicillium chrysogenum, A. nidulans, Aspergillus sp., C. cladosporioides, Eurotium sp., Penicillium sp., C. tenuissimum, A. niger, E. herbariorum, A. sydowii, and E. repens were collected with high frequency. The concentrations of the genus Aspergillus, Eurotium and Penicillium were significantly higher in inside air than outside air. From this results, the origin of fungi present on Meju was inferred. Of the dominant fungal species present on Meju, Lichtheimia ramosa, Mucor circinelloides, Mucor racemosus, and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis are thought to be originated from outside air, because these species are not or are rarely isolated from rice straw and soybean; however, they were detected outside air of fermentation room and are species commonly found in indoor environments. However, A. oryzae, P. polonicum, E. repens, P. solitum, and E. chevalieri, which are frequently found on Meju, are common in rice straw and could be transferred from rice straw to Meju. The fungi grow and produce abundant spores during Meju fermentation, and after the spores accumulate in the air of fermentation room, they could influence mycobiota of Meju fermentation in the following year. This could explain why concentrations of the genus Aspergillus, Eurotium, and Penicillium are much higher inside than outside of the fermentation rooms.

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Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Gliocladium and its Related Taxa by Comparing the Sequences of Internal Transcribed Spacers and 5.8S r-DNA (Ribosomal DNA의 Internal Transcribed Spacer(ITS) 부위의 염기서열 분석에 의한 Gliocladium 속과 근연속에 관한 계통 분류학적 연구)

  • Park, Ju-Young;Kim, Gi-Young;Ha, Myoung-Gyu;Shin, Young-Kook;Park, Yong-Ha;Lee, Tae-Ho;Lee, Jae-Dong
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.27 no.3 s.90
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    • pp.191-197
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    • 1999
  • The phylogenetic position of Gliocladium and its related taxa were investigated, using the neighbor-joining method of the sequences from internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) and 5.8S ribosomal DNA (rDNA). It was focused especially on the generic concept by comparing with the related genera such as Trichoderma, Hypocrea, Verticillium, Penicillium and Talaromyces. Gliocladium species and its related genus were divided into three groups by the phylogenetic analysis using the neighbor-joining method. The first group includes Penicillium-like strains such as Penicillium, Tararomyces, Verticillium and one species of Gliocladium (G. cibotii JCM 9203 and JCM 9206). Especially, Gliocladium cibotii JCM 9203 is thought to be the similar species with Verticillium bulbillosum JCM 9214. Between these two species, Gliocladium cibotii and Verticillium bulbillosum, the intraspecies concept needs to examined with culture condition. and morphological properties. The second group includes two species Verticillium, Verticillium tricorpus and Verticillium albo-atrum which extracted from the GenBank database in NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information). Trichoderma-like strains, such as Trichoderma, Hypocrea and several species of Gliocladium are included in the third group. Also, Gliocladium penicillioides IFO 5869 and Gliocladium catenulatum ATCC 10523 formed the subgroup of Trichoderma-like strains. The species of Gliocladium were dispersed in Trichoderma-like and Penicillinum-like group, and only one species of Gliocladium cihotii used in our study was located in Penicillium-like genus group. The species of Verticillium appeared in all three groups and the species of Trichoderma formed the monophylogeny with Hypocrea (telemorph). Also, Gliocladium virens was grouped with Trichoderma harzianum with a high bootstrap value, supporting that Gliocladium virens is to be placed in Trichoderma. The results suggest that Gliocladium is polyphyletic, and is more Trichoderma-like than Penicillium-like.

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Penicillium ulleungdoense sp. nov. from Ulleung Island in Korea

  • Choi, Doo-Ho;You, Young-Hyun;Lee, In-Seon;Hong, Seung-Bum;Jung, Tea-Yeol;Kim, Jong-Guk
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.46-53
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    • 2021
  • In a study of the fungal diversity on Ulleung Island in Korea, three novel strains of Penicillium were isolated. Different sites on Ulleung Island were selected for collecting endophytic fungi, and three endophytic fungal strains showed unique morphological characteristics. DNA sequence of the internal transcribed spacer, β-tubulin, calmodulin, and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit regions of the strains were analyzed and they showed unique taxonomic position from the other species of Penicillium section Sclerotiora. The new strains were named Penicillium ulleungdoense sp. nov. As the novel endophytic Penicillium taxa were discovered in a unique environment, the data could be meaningful for understanding the geographical distribution of Ascomycetes on Ulleung Island.

Detection of Aspergillus and Penicillium genera by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using a Monoclonal Antibody

  • Kwak, Bo-Yeon;Shon, Dong-Hwa;Kwon, Byung-Joon;Kweon, Chang-Hee;Lee, Ke-Ho
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.21-28
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    • 2001
  • Enzyme linked-immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for a rapid detection of fungi, Aspergillus and Penicillium genera in food, were developed and their efficiencies were approved by detecting artificially contaminated agricultural commodities. Mice were immunized with partially purified Aspergillus flavus extracellualr polysaccharide (EPS) and lymph node cells of the mice were fused with the myeloma cells for production of monoclonal antibodies. Mab 1G11, one of the antibodies, was selected and purified. A sandwich ELISA was established and its detection limit toward A. flavus EPS was 1mg/ml. Among the 59 strains tested (including 18 species of Aspergillus, 16 of Penicillium, 11 of Fusarium, 1 of Absidia, 2 of Alternaria, 2 of Candida, 2 of Cladosporium, 2 of Geotrichum, 2 of Mucor, 2 of Rhizopus, 1 of Trichoderma), species of Aspergillus and penicillium had a high reactivity with Mab 1G11 even up to 10,000 times dilution of culture broths. The other genera except Cladosporium resinae showed no reactivity, thus Mab 1G11 was specific to the genera of Aspergillus and Penicillium. The epitope of A. flavus EPS against monoclonal Mab 1G11 was on the carbohydrate moiety when 1 to 100$\mu g/g$ A. flavus EPS were put into rice, potato, and mandarin orange, the average recoveries detected by sandwich ELIA were 123, 59, and 76%, respectively. Correlation was found to be linear between the EPS, and mycelium of A. flavus and Penicillium citrinum grown in a liquid medium (r=0.87 and 0.96), and also between the EPS and colony forming unit in solid media of rice of potato (r=0.91-0.99).

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Unrecorded Fungal Species Isolated from Greenhouses Used for Shiitake Cultivation in Korea (표고버섯 재배사에서 분리한 국내 미기록 진균 보고)

  • Ahn, Geum Ran;Kwon, Hyuk Woo;Ko, Han Kyu;Kim, Seong Hwan
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.8-15
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    • 2016
  • Fungal contamination is a detrimental factor affecting sawdust media-based shiitake cultivation in greenhouses. During fungal monitoring of greenhouses used for shiitake cultivation, eight fungal species were isolated and identified from indoor air and mushroom flies collected in the greenhouses. The current study reported five species as new in Korea, viz. Ascochyta hordei, Discosia artocreas, Mucor nidicola, Perenniporia medulla-panis, and Pseudozyma prolifica, and confirmed two species, Penicillium charlesii and Penicillium brevicompactum, which were previously recorded in Korea without molecular taxonomic validation. The morphological characteristics and phylogenetic relationships based on nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer rDNA region or calmodulin gene were described for all identified species.

Survey and Control of the Occurrence of Mycotoxins from Postharvest Cereals (수확 후 곡류에 발생하는 진균독소의 캄색과 방제 1. 옥수수, 밀에서 분리한 Penicillium이 생산하는 주요 진균독소)

  • 오소영;정일민;백수봉;유승헌
    • Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.700-704
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    • 1998
  • A total of 26 and 55 isolates of fungi were isolated from corn and wheat samples collected from different markets in Korea, respectively. The number of Penicillium isolates from corn and wheat was 9 and 33, respectively. The Penicillium species isolated from corn were P. chrysogenum (3 isolates) and P. oxalicum (6 isolates), and from wheat were P. aurantiogriseum (16 isolates), P. citrinum (1 isolate), P. commun (4 isolates), P. griseofulvum (1 isolate), P. verrucosum (7 isolates), and P. viridicatum (4 isolates). Production of major mycotoxins in the yeast extract sucrose medium cultures of Penicillium isolates was analysed. Penicillium cultures were extracted with chloroform and purified by thin-layer chromatograhy (TLC), and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Among 9 isolates of Penicillium from corn, 2 isolates of P. chrysogenum produced patulin, 1 isolate of the fungus produced patulin and citrinin, 2 isolates of P. oxalicum produced penicillic acid, 4 isolates produced pencillic acid and griseofulvin. Of the 33 isolates of Penicillium from wheat, 6 isolates of P. aurantiogriseum produced patulin, 8 isolates produced penicillic acid, 1 isolate produced patulin and penicillic acid, 1 isolate of P. citrinum produced citrinin and patulin, 2 isolates of P. commun produced brefeldin A and patulin, 1 isolate of P. griseofulvum produced brefeldin A, griseofulvin and patulin. Five isolates of P. verrucosum produced patulin, 1 isolate of the fungus produced penicillic acid, and 3 isolates of P. viridicatium produced penicillic acid.

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지류 및 섬유질 문화재의 미생물에 관한 연구 (紙類 및 纖維質 文化財의 微生物에 關한 硏究) ­경남지방(慶南地方)을 중심(中心)으로-

  • Min, Gyeong-Hui;An, Hui-Gyun
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.14
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    • pp.225-250
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    • 1981
  • The investigation of air fungal population in the storages to keep papers and textiles that are designated as important folk life materials or treasures was carried out from Dec. 17 to. 23, 1980. Isolation media was used for malt extract agar with chloramphnicol to prevent bacterial contamination. Isolation and identification of air fungi from the four preserved rooms were Cladosporium cladosporioides, Alternaria chlamydospora, Aspergillus fumigatus, A. versicolor, Eurotium chevalieri, Penicillium charlesii var. rapidum, P. oxalicum. P. viridicatum, Trichoderma viride, Acremomium sp., Mucor sp. and Yeast. It was found that nine species in eight genera was isolated. Among them, underscribed species in Korea was two species ; Eurotium chevalieri and Penicillium visidicatum. The fungal population of four storages was showed to be dominant species such as Cladosporium cladosporioides and the order was Acremonium, Penicillium, Aspergillus, Trichoderma, Alternaria and Eurotium. Eurotium chevalieri was ascomycetous fungi including distinctive ascospores in cleistothecia, the filamentous fungi was directly isolated from the papers and cellulose materials showing to be fourteen species in eight genera. The most species of the fungi isolated was also Cladosporium cladosporioides and the other fungi were found as Acremonium, Penicillium, Aspergillus and Trichoderma. It was confirmed that underscribed fungi were two species ; Mucor racemosus and Penicillium spinulosvm. The effect of four antifungal agents, benzoic acid, sorbic acid, dehydroacetic acid and thymol was also examined on eight species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium. and Tricoderma. this results were shown that more than 0.5% concentration of thymol inhibited the grow of all fungalspecies and other three chemicals appeared various inhibition zones of fungal growth depending in their different concentrations.

Isolation of Aflatoxin Producing Fungi from Korean Rice and Soybean Paste (한국산 쌀과 메주에서의 Aflatoxin생성 진균분리)

  • Lee, Jang-Kyu;Kim, Chan-Soo;Kim, Jong-Woo
    • The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.33-37
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    • 1975
  • In view of the warmth and hunidity in Korea, there is little possibility to avoid the fungal contamination of rice soybean paste which are major foodstuffs in this country. In order to isolate aflatoxin producing fungi from these foodstuffs, 6 samples of rice were collected from the farmhouses at Cbangsung and 40 samples of soybean paste in Seoul areas. The peptone glucose chloramphenicol, Czapek-Dox agar and malt agar were used for the isolation and identification of fungi, and Adye and Meteles medium and/or Sahouraud medium for the production of toxins. The cultures for the toxin production were done at $25^{\circ}C$ for $5{\sim}7$ days. Eleven Penicillium species were isolated. from 6 samples of rice, and 37 Aspergillus flavus, 48 Aspergillus species, 1 Penicillium species and 105 others were isolated from 40 samples of soybean paste. Among these, one Penicillium species isolated from rice was found to be aflatoxin producing strain, and the toxin was quantitatively measured. Aflatoxin appeared to be more favorably produced in the glucose Sabouraud medium than in the Adye and Meteles medium.

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