Mycobiology.  2014 Dec;42(4):397-400. 10.5941/MYCO.2014.42.4.397.

A New Record of Pseudallescheria boydii Isolated from Crop Field Soil in Korea

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Bioresource Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea. younslee@kangwon.ac.kr
  • 2Microorganisms Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 404-708, Korea.
  • 3Division of Applied Bioresources and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.

Abstract

Pseudallescheria boydii KNU13-2 was isolated from crop field soil and identified by analysis of internal transcribed spacer regions of rDNA and morphological characteristics. In the literature, P. boydii has been mentioned as a human pathogen. This is the first record of P. boydii isolated from crop field soil in Korea.

Keyword

Fungi; Molecular identification; Morphology; Pathogenic fungi; Pseudallescheria

MeSH Terms

DNA, Ribosomal
Fungi
Humans
Korea
Pseudallescheria*
Soil*
DNA, Ribosomal
Soil
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