School of Biological Sciences and Institution of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
J Microbiol. 2023 Jan;61(1):63-82. doi: 10.1007/s12275-023-00011-1. Epub 2023 Jan 30.
Various arenicolous fungal species have been detected from the beach sand in the coastal area. However, little has been revealed regarding their distribution and dynamics. To investigate the overall diversity of marine arenicolous fungi (MAFs) in Korea and whether the composition of MAFs is affected by ocean currents, we isolated and analyzed the fungal community from the western, southern, and eastern seasides of the Korean Peninsula. In total, 603 strains were isolated and identified as 259 species based on appropriate molecular markers for each genus (ITS, BenA, CaM, tef1, and act). The composition of MAFs showed differences among the seasides. Our results indicate that many MAFs inhabit the beach sand on the Korean Peninsula, and the composition of MAFs is also affected by ocean currents flowing along each coast.
已从沿海沙滩的沙中检测到多种嗜沙真菌。然而，关于它们的分布和动态，人们知之甚少。为了研究韩国海洋嗜沙真菌（MAFs）的总体多样性，以及海洋流是否会影响 MAFs 的组成，我们从朝鲜半岛的西海岸、南海岸和东海岸分离和分析了真菌群落。总共分离和鉴定了 603 株真菌，根据每个属的适当分子标记（ITS、BenA、CaM、tef1 和 act），将其鉴定为 259 个种。嗜沙真菌的组成在各海岸之间存在差异。我们的研究结果表明，许多嗜沙真菌栖息在朝鲜半岛的沙滩上，而海洋流也会影响沿各海岸流动的 MAFs 的组成。
