Mycobiology.  2003 Dec;31(4):191-195.

Distribution of Alcohol-tolerant Microfungi in Paddy Field Soils

• Choi SY

Abstract

Ethanol treatment method was attempted for the selective isolation of ethanol-tolerant fungi from two sites of rice paddy fields around Seoul area. The vertical and seasonal fluctuation of the fungal population were also investigated. The ethanoltolerant fungi were Talaromyces stipitatus, T. flavus var. flavus, T. helicus var. major, Eupenicillium javanicum, Emericellopsis terricolor, Pseudourotium zonatum, Aspergillus flavus, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Penicillium frequentans, P. janthinellum, and P. verruculosum. The most dominant species isolated by this method was T. stipitatus. It was found that the numbers of fungal species and colony forming units (CFUs) of ethanol-tolerant fungi were higher in Ascomycota than in Deuteromycota. A particular tendency appeared the highest CFUs in autumn, but lower in spring and winter. T. stipitatus was the dominant species of ethanol tolerant microfungi. This result would suggest that membrane lipid composition of ethanoltolerant fungi isolated from the soils may play on important role in the ethanol tolerance.

Keyword

Ethanol-tolerant microfungi; Paddy field soils; Selective isolation

MeSH Terms

Ascomycota
Aspergillus flavus
Cladosporium
Ethanol
Eupenicillium
Fungi
Membranes
Mitosporic Fungi
Penicillium
Seasons
Seoul
Soil*
Stem Cells
Talaromyces
Ethanol
Soil