The genus Arthrinium (Ascomycota, Sordariomycetes, Apiosporaceae) from marine habitats from Korea, with eight new species

Sun Lul Kwon, Myung Soo Park, Seokyoon Jang, Young Min Lee, Young Mok Heo, Joo Hyun Hong, Hanbyul Lee, Yeongseon Jang, Ji Hyun Park, Changmu Kim, Gyu Hyeok Kim, Young Woon Lim, Jae Jin Kim

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    Abstract

    Species of Arthrinium are well-known plant pathogens, endophytes, or saprobes found in various terrestrial habitats. Although several species have been isolated from marine environments and their remarkable biological activities have been reported, marine Arthrinium species remain poorly understood. In this study, the diversity of this group was evaluated based on material from Korea, using morphological characterization and molecular analyses with the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, β-tubulin (TUB), and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF). A total of 41 Arthrinium strains were isolated from eight coastal sites which represented 14 species. Eight of these are described as new to science with detailed descriptions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number13
    JournalIMA Fungus
    Volume12
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Dec

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (NRF-2017R1A2B4002071). Additional funding was provided by the project for the survey and excavation of Korean indigenous species of the National Institute of Biological Resources [NIBR201902113] under the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea, and the Marine Biotechnology Program of the Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology Promotion (KIMST), funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) (No. 20170431 & No. 20170325).

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    © 2021, The Author(s).

    Keywords

    • Eight new taxa
    • Fungal diversity
    • Marine fungi
    • Multigene phylogeny

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
    • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

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