Journal of Microbiology

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NOTE] Aspergillus cibarius sp. nov., from Traditional Meju in Korea: Seung-Beom Hong , Mina Lee , Dae-Ho Kim , Martin Meijer , Eline Majoor , Patricia A. vanKuyk , Robert A. Samson; J. Microbiol. 2012;50(4):712-714. Published online August 25, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-012-2347-3

Abstract: Aspergillus cibarius sp. nov. isolated from meju, a brick of dried fermented soybeans in Korea, is described. The species was also found from black bean, bread and salami in the Netherlands. It is characterized by abundant yellow to reddish brown ascomata and small lenticular ascospores (4.5–5.5 μm) with a wide furrow, low equatorial crests and tuberculate or reticulate convex surface. The species was resolved as phylogenetically distinct from the other reported Aspergillus species with an Eurotium teleomorph based on multilocus sequence typing using partial fragments of the β-tubulin, calmodulin, ITS and RNA polymerase II genes.

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NOTE] Taxonomy of Eurotium Species Isolated from Meju: Seung-Beom Hong , Dae-Ho Kim , Mina Lee , Seong-Yeol Baek , Soon-Wo Kwon , Robert A. Samson; J. Microbiol. 2011;49(4):669-674. Published online September 2, 2011; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-011-0376-y

Abstract: Eurotium strains were isolated from 77 loaves of meju (dried fermented soybeans), in various regions of Korea from 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.

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