Two Previously Unrecorded Fungal Species Isolated from Muui Island in Korea

Soobin Shin; Hosung Jeon; Sieun Kim; Hyun-Ju Noh; Jong Won Jo; Kyunghun Min; Hokyoung Son

doi:10.1080/12298093.2023.2290766

Two Previously Unrecorded Fungal Species Isolated from Muui Island in Korea

Mycobiology. 2023 Dec 27;51(6):410-416. doi: 10.1080/12298093.2023.2290766. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Soobin Shin¹, Hosung Jeon¹, Sieun Kim¹, Hyun-Ju Noh², Jong Won Jo², Kyunghun Min¹, Hokyoung Son^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Division of Microbiology, Honam National Institute of Biological Resources, Mokpo, Republic of Korea.
³ Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Fungi are cosmopolitan and they occupy diverse niches as consumers, producers, and decomposers. They play critical roles in the environment by enabling nutrient cycling and generating a plethora of secondary metabolites. This study aimed to identify and characterize fungal strains isolated from diverse sources on Muui Island, Republic of Korea. In 2023, a total of 86 fungal strains were collected and examined. Investigation of the morphological features and phylogenetic analyses of multiple barcode loci identified one putative novel species and two species previously unrecorded in the Republic of Korea: Colletotrichum sp., Colletotrichum guizhouense, and Fusarium brachygibbosum. This study provides a comprehensive description of their molecular phylogenies and morphological characteristics. These findings will contribute to the existing knowledge about fungal species in the Republic of Korea and future research on the fungal diversity on Muui Island.

Keywords: Newly recorded species; morphology; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the research grant, “Survey of Indigenous Species in Korean Islands” (HNIBR202101111) from the Honam National Institute of Biological Resources of the Ministry of Environment in Korea.