Characterization of Two Species of Acremonium (Unrecorded in Korea) from Soil Samples: A. variecolor and A. persicinum

Abstract

During a survey of fungal diversity of the order Hypocreales in Korea, two Acremonium isolates, CNUFC-1YSRS2-4 and CNUFC-GSNPF3-1, were isolated from soils collected on a bank of the Yeongsan River, Naju, and in a forest on the Mt. Daegak located on Sinsi Island, Gunsan, South Korea, respectively. Based on the morphological characteristics and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer and D1/D2 domains of 28S ribosomal DNA, the isolates CNUFC-1YSRS2-4 and CNUFC-GSNPF3-1 were identified as A. variecolor and A. persicinum, respectively. These 2 species represent novel Hypocreales isolates in Korea.

Acremonium capsici and A. guizhouense, two new members of Acremonium (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes) isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Capsicum annuum

“…To date, Acremonium has 219 records in the Index Fungorum (http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp, retrieval on Dec. 2022). However, many Acremonium taxa have been reported, but there are no trustworthy classification systems and little sequence data are available in GenBank for multigene analyses (Park et al 2017). In the future, the classification of Acremonium will become clearer with the increase of molecular data.…”

Six Newly Recorded Fungal Taxa from Freshwater Niche in Korea

“…Species of Acremonium are common in substrates such as soil and plant debris [ 7 , 8 ]; while some species cause important diseases in plants [ 9 , 10 ], others are agents of opportunistic infection in humans [ 11 , 12 ]. Acremonium comprises more than 100 species; however, only seven species have previously been reported in Korea: A. strictum , A. acutatum , A. zonatum , A. sclerotigenum , A. variecolor , A. persicinum , and A. tubakii [ 13 , 14 ].…”

A New Meroterpene, A New Benzofuran Derivative and Other Constituents from Cultures of the Marine Sponge-Associated Fungus Acremonium persicinum KUFA 1007 and Their Anticholinesterase Activities

“…The genus Acremonium (Hypocreaceae) includes approximately 100 species and are known as saprobic on dead plants or soil dwellers [1]. Many species of this genus have been identified as producers of structurally and biologically diverse secondary metabolites [2] including hydroquinone inhibitors of neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase) [3], anti-phytopathogenic meroterpenoids [4,5,6], as well as the enzyme cellulase [7].…”