Penicillium from Rhizosphere Soil in Terrestrial and Coastal Environments in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Penicillium, the most common genus plays an important ecological role in various terrestrial and marine environments. However, only a few species have been reported from rhizosphere soil. As part of a project to excavate Korean indigenous fungi, we investigated rhizosphere soil of six plants in the forest (terrestrial habitat) and sand dunes (coastal habitat) and focused on discovering Penicillium species. A total of 64 strains were isolated and identified as 26 Penicillium species in nine sections based on morphological characteristics and the sequence analysis of β-tubulin and calmodulin. Although this is a small-scale study in a limited rhizosphere soil, eight unrecorded species and four potential new species have been identified. In addition, most Penicillium

SUBMITTER: Park MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7717687 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature