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Isolation and Characterization of Blakeslea trispora Isolated from Gut of Grasshopper and Soldier Fly Larva in Korea

  • Nguyen, Thi Thuong Thuong (Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Hyang Burm (Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2016.10.29
  • Accepted : 2016.11.21
  • Published : 2016.12.30
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Abstract

During a survey of fungal diversity in insect guts in Korea, two fungal strains, EML-PGH2 and EML-PUKI88, were isolated from the gut of grasshopper and soldier fly larvae inhabiting the bulrush plants at a pond located in the Chonnam National University Arboretum, Gwangju, Korea. Based on their morphological characteristics and a phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1 and ITS2) and 5.8S rDNA sequences, the strains were identified as Blakeslea trispora. To our knowledge, the zygomycete species B. trispora has not been previously described in Korea.

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