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First Report of Apinisia keratinophila Isolated from Soil in Korea

  • Song-Woon Nam (Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Leonid N. Ten (Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Seong-Keun Lim (Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Soo-Min Hong (Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Seung-Yeol Lee (Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Hee-Young Jung (Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2024.06.09
  • Accepted : 2024.06.11
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

In 2022, a fungal isolate, designated KNUF-22-049, was obtained from a soil sample collected from a field in Sang-ju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. The strain exhibited cultural and morphological characteristics, including colony color and size and the shapes and sizes of conidiogenous cells and conidia, that were consistent with those of Apinisia keratinophila. A phylogenetic analysis using the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions and the large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene confirmed that isolate KNUF-22-049 is most closely related to A. keratinophila CBS 947.73T at a species level. Both the morphological observations and phylogenetic analysis indicated that KNUF-22-049 is indeed an A. keratinophila strain. This study represents the first documentation of Apinisia keratinophila in Korea.

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Republic of Korea (NIBR No. 202203112).

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