• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.351-362
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• 2021

Penicillium is the most common fungal genus in various terrestrial and marine environments. The number of new and unrecorded Penicillium species from various substrates and habitats are continuously increasing. As part of a project to discover indigenous fungi in South Korea, three unrecorded Penicillium species were isolated from mudflats and seaweeds. Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of β-tubulin and calmodulin loci, they were identified as P. amaliae, P. infrabuccalum, and P. manginii. Here, we provide a detailed morphological description and sequence information of these previously unrecorded species.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.25-33
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• 2024

Indigenous fungi from Mount Sohwangbyeongsan, Odaesan National Park, Pyeongchanggun, Gangwon-do, South Korea, were investigated between 2013 and 2016. Our survey identified a total of 137 macrofungi species. These species were systematically categorized into 2 phyla, 4 classes, 15 orders, 41 families, and 73 genera. We identified collected specimens to the species level based on their morphology and rDNA sequences. Two species-Lentinellus flabelliformis and Tricholoma stans were newly recorded as macromycota in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.433-449
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• 2020

Nine fish and one clam species were collected from freshwater environments in Korea, including four lakes, two streams, and the Nakdong River, to investigate the host-associated bacteria. Hundreds of bacterial strains were isolated from the samples using a cell sorter and a dilution plating method. After identification of the bacterial strains using 16S rRNA gene sequences, 42 strains with greater than 98.7% sequence similarity with validly published species were determined to be unrecorded bacterial species in Korea. These strains were phylogenetically diverse and assigned to four phyla, six classes, 17 orders, 27 families, and 32 genera. At the genus level, the unrecorded species were classified as Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium, Mycolicibacterium, Gordonia, Williamsia, Modestobacter, Brachybacterium, Sanquibacter, Arthrobacter, and Mycolicibacterium of the class Actinobacteria; Empedobacter, and Flavobacterium of the class Flavobacteriia; Fictibacillus, Psychrobacillus, Cohnella, Paenibacillus, Rummeliibacillus, Enterococcus, and Vagococcus of the class Bacilli; Aquamicrobium, Paracoccus, and Sphingomonas of the class Alphaproteobacteria; Achromobacter, Delftia, and Deefgea of the class Betaproteobacteria; and Aeromonas, Providencia, Yersinia, Marinomonas, Acinetobacter, and Pseudomonas of the class Gammaproteobacteria. The 42 unrecorded species were subjected to further taxonomic characterization using gram staining, cellular and colony morphological determination, biochemical analyses, and phylogenetic analyses. This paper provides detailed descriptions of the 42 previously unrecorded bacterial species.

• Journal of Species Research
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.318-325
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• 2024

Bacterial communities residing on islands have a significant impact on the functioning and establishment of a unique isolated ecosystem. Notwithstanding, systematic research on the indigenous microbial resources of domestic islands has been lacking. In order to understand the biodiversity and potential bioresources, we conducted sampling in 2023 from coastal waters from various islands off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, including Baengnyeongdo, Daebudo, Deokjeokdo, Jangbongdo, Yeonpyeongdo Islands, along with Somaemuldo Island along the south coast. The coastal seawater samples were used to unearth microbial resources through the standard dilution plating. In total, approximately 1,600 bacterial strains were isolated from the samples as single colonies and identified using 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses. Eighteen strains, exhibiting ≥98.7% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to bacterial species with validly published names but not previously reported in Korea, were categorized as unrecorded bacterial species in Korea. These unrecorded bacterial strains displayed phylogenetic diversity, representing three phyla, four classes, 9 orders, 13 families, and 18 genera. The unrecorded species were assigned to the classes Alphaproteobacteria (Aliiroseovarius, Kiloniella, Maritalea, Palleronia, and Roseobacter), Gammaproteobacteria (Aliamphritea, Aliivibrio, Enterovibrio, Francisella, Leucothrix, Pseudoalteromonas, Psychrobium, Shewanella, and Vibrio), Flavobacteriia (Aquimarina, Pseudofulvibacter, and Tenacibaculum), and Verrucomicrobiae (Roseibacillus). This study presents comprehensive descriptions of the taxonomic attributes of these unrecorded species, covering morphology, biochemistry, and phylogenetic position.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.251-264
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• 2017

A study searching for unrecorded and taxonomically undescribed indigenous species has been conducted since 2006. Samples were collected from many sites in coastal waters and offshore in Korea as well as around Jeju Island. Since 2008 we have found 13 unrecorded species belonging to family Diplopsaliaceae, Heterocapsaceae, Kolkwitziellaceae, Protoperidiniaceae and Thoracosphaeraceae. The species are as follows, Preperidinium meunieri (2014), Heterocapsa ovata (2015), H. pseudotriquetra (2015), Diplopsalis lenticula (2008), Protoperidinium abei (2009), P. diabolus var. longipes (2010), P. depressum (synonym: P. parallelum (2008)), P. latispinum (2016), P. punctulatum (2010), P. solidicorne (synonym: P. spinosum (2010)), P. subpyriforme (2010), P. pacificum (2013), Scrippsiella hexapraecingula (2009) (note; The numbers in parenthesis refer to the year that the species was reported as unrecorded indigenous species by National Institute of Biological Resources, NIBR hereafter). Among these, 5 species were described as newly recorded species in Korean waters, and 8 were re-described in this study.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.43-47
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• 1959

In t is paeper the writer has recorded 13 genera and 15 species belonging to 8 families that unrecorded from Korea. With these, spiders in Korea are 126 species 76 genera and 27 families in all.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.6-8
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• 1958

1. The present report deals with the specimens of Pyralidae collected by the authors , during the period of 1956-1957, in Korea. 2. 117 species were collected during the above mentioned period . Among them , only unrecorded 30 species are reported in this article.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 1958

In this paper the author reports on 4 species of crabs qhich were collected during August 20th-26th 1957 in the Island Quelpart. Among them Philyra kanckoi Sakai, Charybdis japonica A. Milne Edwards, Macrophthalmus dilatatus de Haan are unrecorded species on the Island Quelpart and phynchoplax messor Stimpson is unrecored one in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.289-298
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• 2020

As part of the research program "2018 Rapid screening and identification of freshwater microorganisms using MALDI-TOF/MS library" freshwater samples were collected from a branch of the Nakdong River. Almost 300 antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains were isolated from freshwater samples and subsequently identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Seventeen strains among the isolates shared high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>99.0%) with known species that were not previously recorded in Korea, and each of the isolates also formed a robust phylogenetic clade with the closest species. These species were phylogenetically diverse, belonging to four phyla, seven classes, 10 orders, and 13 genera. At the genus and class level, the previously unrecorded species belonged to Rhodovarius, Xanthobacter, and Shinella of the class Alphaproteobacteria; Ottowia, Simplicispira, and Zoogloea of Betaproteobacteria; Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and Shewanella of Gammaproteobacteria; Arcobacter of Epsilonproteobacteria; Sphingobacterium of Sphingobacteriia; Trichococcus of Bacilli; and Leucobacter of Actinobacteria. The previously unrecorded species were further characterized by examining their gram-staining, colony and cell morphology, biochemical properties, and phylogenetic position.

• Mycobiology
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.346-354
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• 2021

The genus Aspergillus is commonly isolated from various marine and terrestrial environments; however, only a few species have been studied in rhizosphere soil. As part of the Korean indigenous fungal excavation project, we investigated fungal diversity from rhizosphere soil, focusing on Aspergillus species. A total of 13 strains were isolated from the rhizosphere soil of three different plants. Based on phylogenetic analysis of β-tubulin and calmodulin and morphological characteristics, we identified five Aspergillus species. A. calidoustus and A. pseudodeflectus were commonly isolated from the rhizosphere soil. Four species were confirmed as unrecorded species in Korea: A. calidoustus, A. dimorphicus, A. germanicus, and A. pseudodeflecuts. The detailed morphological descriptions of these unrecorded species are provided.