Microbiological Characteristics and Physiological Functionalities of Unrecorded Wild Yeast Strains in the Soils of Hajodae and Gyungpodae Beaches in Korea

• Published in: Hangug gynnhaghoi ji Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 249 - 258
• Main Authors: Ha-Kun Kim, Ji-Yoon Kim, Sang-Min Han, Changmu Kim, Jong-Soo Lee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Korean Society of Mycology 01.09.2019
• Subjects: hajodae and gyungpodae beaches; physiological functionality; soil; unrecorded wild yeasts
• ISSN: 0253-651X; 2383-5249
• DOI: 10.4489/KJM.20190000

The goal of this study was to isolate and characterize the wild yeast strains in the soils of Hajodae and Gyungpodae Beaches, Gyungpo Lake in Kangwon-do, Korea and evaluate their anti-demential and tyrosinase inhibitory activities. Among the 27 yeast strains isolated from 30 soil samples from Hajodae Beach, Cyberlindnera culbertsonii HJ31-1, Dothichiza pithyophila HJ22-4, Metschnikowia bicuspidata HJ16-1, and Sakaguchia cladiensis HJ14-1 were recorded for the first time in Korea. Additionally, six of the 55 wild yeast strains isolated from 45 soil samples from Gyungpodae Beach and Gyungpo Lake had not previously been detected in Korea, such as Aureobasidium melanogenum JR3-1. The microbiological characteristics and anti-demential and tyrosinase inhibitory activities of these previously unrecorded yeasts were investigated. Almost all of them were oval-shaped and had ascospores except for Dothichiza pithyophila HJ22-4, Diutina siamensis JR37-5, and Canadida gelsemii DC 35-1. Furthermore, they were all sugar-tolerant and able to grow in 20% glucose-containing YPD broth, except for Cyberlindnera culbertsonii HJ31-1. Diutina siamensis JR37-5 had the highest tyrosinase inhibitory activity (30.9%).