Taxonomy of Eurotium Species Isolated from Meju

• Published in: The journal of microbiology 2011, 49(4), , pp.669-674
• Main Authors: Hong, S.B., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Kim, D.H., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Lee, M.N., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Baek, S.Y., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Kwon, S.W., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Samson, Robert A., CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bacterial Typing Techniques; Biomedical and Life Sciences; E. chevalieri; E. tonophilum; EUROTIUM; Eurotium - classification; Eurotium - genetics; Eurotium - isolation & purification; Food Microbiology; Fungi; Glycerol; IDENTIFICACION; IDENTIFICATION; Korea; Life Sciences; Meju; Microbiology; Morphology; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Scanning electron microscopy; Soybeans; Sucrose; Taxonomy; Tubulin - genetics; 생물학
• ISSN: 1225-8873; 1976-3794
• DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0376-y

Eurotium strains were isolated front 77 loaves of meju (dried fermented soybeans), in various regions of Korea front 2008 to 2010. Morphological characteristics and DNA sequences of β-tubulin were examined. They were identified as Eurotium amstelodami, E. chevalieri, E. herbariorum, E. repens, E. rubrum, and E. tonophilum. Of these species, E. chevalieri and E. tonophilum had not been previously reported in association with meju. E. chevalieri and E. repens were the species isolated most frequently. This paper summarizes the morphological characteristics of six Eurotium species and provides key to identify the species from meju.