Yeon-Su Jeong, Seong-Keun Lim, You-Jin Kim, Seung-Yeol Lee, Hee-Young Jung
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Abstract
Strain KNUF-23-295 was obtained from a soil sample collected from Nami-myeon, Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do Province, South Korea, during a survey of fungal diversity in Korean soils. Molecular analysis based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions revealed 97.3% sequence similarity to Phialomyces macrosporus but comparatively lower similarities to other species in the genus Phialomyces, including P. humicoloides (94.6%) and P. arenicola (94.4%). These results suggest that the strain is phylogenetically affiliated with the genus Phialomyces. Furthermore, strain KNUF-23-295 exhibited distinct cultural and morphological characteristics that differentiated it from closely related species. It was characterized by the production of a pink pigment on potato dextrose agar, asymmetrical colonies on cornmeal agar, shorter and narrower conidiophores (6.5-20.0 × 2.5-3.9 μm), bottle-shaped phialides (8.4-20.9 × 2.0-4.7 μm), and a distinctive conidial arrangement consisting of solitary conidia, short chains (two to five), long chains (up to 15), and aggregates. Two phylogenetic trees based on a concatenated dataset of ITS, LSU, Cct8, and RPB2 sequences consistently placed strain KNUF-23-295 as a distinct and well-supported lineage in the genus Phialomyces, providing strong phylogenetic evidence for its novelty. The morphological characteristics and multilocus phylogenetic data indicate that strain KNUF-23-295 is a novel species, for which the name P. koreanus sp. nov. is proposed.
期刊介绍:
Mycobiology is an international journal devoted to the publication of fundamental and applied investigations on all aspects of mycology and their traditional allies. It is published quarterly and is the official publication of the Korean Society of Mycology. Mycobiology publishes reports of basic research on fungi and fungus-like organisms, including yeasts, filamentous fungi, lichen fungi, oomycetes, moulds, and mushroom. Topics also include molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry, metabolism, developmental biology, environmental mycology, evolution, ecology, taxonomy and systematics, genetics/genomics, fungal pathogen and disease control, physiology, and industrial biotechnology using fungi.