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Five Previously Unrecorded Fungal Species Isolated from Marine Plastic Wastes in South Korea

  • Ji Seon Kim (School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Sung Hyun Kim (School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Wonjun Lee (School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chang Wan Seo (School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jun Won Lee (School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Ki Hyeong Park (School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Young Woon Lim (School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2022.08.29
  • Accepted : 2022.11.24
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

Plastic wastes have a negative impact on marine environments; however, they can be used as carbon sources and habitats by certain microbes. Microbes in the marine plastisphere can migrate worldwide through the ocean and cause serious environmental problems when they encounter suitable environments. Therefore, efforts to investigate the microbes inhabiting the marine plastisphere are increasing. In the present study, fungal strains were isolated from plastic wastes buried in Korean sea sands and mudflats and identified using molecular and morphological analyses. Five species were identified that were previously unrecorded from South Korea: Cladosporium funiculosum, Neosetophoma poaceicola, Neosetophoma rosigena, Parasarocladium gamsii, and Trichoderma fomiticola. Their molecular phylogenies and morphological characteristics are described in this study.

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This study was supported by the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea [2022M01100].

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