Mycobiology.  2022 Oct;50(5):302-316. 10.1080/12298093.2022.2133808.

Diversity of the Bambusicolous Fungus Apiospora in Korea: Discovery of New Apiospora Species

• Kwon SL
• Cho M
• Lee YM
• Lee H
• Kim C
• Kim GH
• Kim JJ

• KMID: 2538257
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2022.2133808

Abstract

Many Apiospora species have been isolated from bamboo plants – to date, 34 bambusicolous Apiospora species have been recorded. They are known as saprophytes, endophytes, and plant pathogens. In this study, 242 bambusicolous Apiospora were isolated from various bamboo materials (branches, culms, leaves, roots, and shoots) and examined using DNA sequence similarity based on the internal transcribed spacer, 28S large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, translation elongation factor 1-alpha, and beta-tubulin regions. Nine Apiospora species (Ap. arundinis, Ap. camelliae-sinensis, Ap. hysterina, Ap. lageniformis sp. nov., Ap. paraphaeosperma, Ap. pseudohyphopodii sp. nov., Ap. rasikravindrae, Ap. saccharicola, and Ap. sargassi) were identified via molecular analysis. Moreover, the highest diversity of Apiospora was found in culms, and the most abundant species was Ap. arundinis. Among the nine Apiospora species, two (Ap. hysterina and Ap. paraphaeosperma) were unrecorded in Korea, and the other two species (Ap. lageniformis sp. nov. and Ap. pseudohyphopodiiApiospora in Korea.

Keyword

Bambusicolous Apiospora; diversity; multi-locus phylogeny; morphology; novel species