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Five New Wood Decay Fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea
The wood decay fungi are a diverse taxonomic group that plays a pivotal role in forest carbon cycling. Wood decay fungi use various enzymatic pathways to digest dead or living wood in order to obtain carbon and other nutrients and these enzymatic systems have been exploited for both industrial and m...
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The Korean Society of Mycology
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5078127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27790065 http://dx.doi.org/10.5941/MYCO.2016.44.3.146 |
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author | Kim, Nam Kyu Park, Jae Young Park, Myung Soo Lee, Hyun Cho, Hae Jin Eimes, John A. Kim, Changmu Lim, Young Woon |
author_facet | Kim, Nam Kyu Park, Jae Young Park, Myung Soo Lee, Hyun Cho, Hae Jin Eimes, John A. Kim, Changmu Lim, Young Woon |
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description | The wood decay fungi are a diverse taxonomic group that plays a pivotal role in forest carbon cycling. Wood decay fungi use various enzymatic pathways to digest dead or living wood in order to obtain carbon and other nutrients and these enzymatic systems have been exploited for both industrial and medical applications. Over 600 wood decay fungi species have been described in Korea; however, the recent application of molecular markers has dramatically altered the taxonomy of many of these wood decay fungi at both the genus and species levels. By combining molecular methods, specifically sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region, with traditional morphological characters, this study identified five new species records for Korea in five genera: Aurantiporus, Favolus, Neofavolus, Loweomyces, and Hymenochaetopsis. Three of these genera (Aurantiporus, Favolus, and Loweomyces) were previously unknown in Korea. The relatively simple morphology of the wood decay fungi often leads to ambiguous taxonomic assignment. Therefore, molecular markers are a necessary component of any taxonomic or evolutionary study of wood decay fungi. Our study highlights the need for a more robust and multifaceted approach in investigating new wood decay fungi in Korea. |
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spelling | pubmed-50781272016-10-27 Five New Wood Decay Fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea Kim, Nam Kyu Park, Jae Young Park, Myung Soo Lee, Hyun Cho, Hae Jin Eimes, John A. Kim, Changmu Lim, Young Woon Mycobiology Research Article The wood decay fungi are a diverse taxonomic group that plays a pivotal role in forest carbon cycling. Wood decay fungi use various enzymatic pathways to digest dead or living wood in order to obtain carbon and other nutrients and these enzymatic systems have been exploited for both industrial and medical applications. Over 600 wood decay fungi species have been described in Korea; however, the recent application of molecular markers has dramatically altered the taxonomy of many of these wood decay fungi at both the genus and species levels. By combining molecular methods, specifically sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region, with traditional morphological characters, this study identified five new species records for Korea in five genera: Aurantiporus, Favolus, Neofavolus, Loweomyces, and Hymenochaetopsis. Three of these genera (Aurantiporus, Favolus, and Loweomyces) were previously unknown in Korea. The relatively simple morphology of the wood decay fungi often leads to ambiguous taxonomic assignment. Therefore, molecular markers are a necessary component of any taxonomic or evolutionary study of wood decay fungi. Our study highlights the need for a more robust and multifaceted approach in investigating new wood decay fungi in Korea. The Korean Society of Mycology 2016-09 2016-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5078127/ /pubmed/27790065 http://dx.doi.org/10.5941/MYCO.2016.44.3.146 Text en © The Korean Society of Mycology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kim, Nam Kyu Park, Jae Young Park, Myung Soo Lee, Hyun Cho, Hae Jin Eimes, John A. Kim, Changmu Lim, Young Woon Five New Wood Decay Fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea |
title | Five New Wood Decay Fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea |
title_full | Five New Wood Decay Fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea |
title_fullStr | Five New Wood Decay Fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Five New Wood Decay Fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea |
title_short | Five New Wood Decay Fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea |
title_sort | five new wood decay fungi (polyporales and hymenochaetales) in korea |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5078127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27790065 http://dx.doi.org/10.5941/MYCO.2016.44.3.146 |
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