A New Record of Pseudallescheria boydii Isolated from Crop Field Soil in Korea

Mycobiology. 2014 Dec;42(4):397-400. doi: 10.5941/MYCO.2014.42.4.397. Epub 2014 Dec 31.

Abstract

Pseudallescheria boydii KNU13-2 was isolated from crop field soil and identified by analysis of internal transcribed spacer regions of rDNA and morphological characteristics. In the literature, P. boydii has been mentioned as a human pathogen. This is the first record of P. boydii isolated from crop field soil in Korea.

Keywords: Fungi; Molecular identification; Morphology; Pathogenic fungi; Pseudallescheria.