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Unreported Endophytic Fungi Isolated from the Leaves of Evergreen Woody Plants in Korea: Muyocopron lithocarpi and Didymocyrtis cladoniicola

  • Gwon, Ju-Hui (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Park, Hyeok (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Chul (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Choi, Jae-Wook (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Eom, Ahn-Heum (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • Received : 2021.06.07
  • Accepted : 2021.09.17
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

In this study, endophytic fungi were isolated from the leaves of evergreen woody plants in Hansando Island in South Korea. The fungal isolates were identified based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer and the large subunit regions of rDNA. It was confirmed that two endophytic fungal species, Muyocopron lithocarpi and Didymocyrtis cladoniicola, isolated in this study have not previously been reported in South Korea.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR201902202).

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