Salilaporn Nuankaew

National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) | BioTec

Aspergillus section Nigri (black aspergilli) fungi are economically important food spoilage agents. Some species in this section also produce harmful mycotoxins in food. However, it is remarkably difficult to identify this fungal group at the species level using morphological and chemical characteristics. The molecular approach for classification i...

Karst caves are unique oligotrophic ecosystems characterised by the scarcity of organic litter, darkness, low to moderate temperatures, and high humidity, supporting diverse fungal communities. Despite their importance, little is known about the fungi in karst caves in Thailand. In 2019, we explored the culturable mycobiota associated with three se...

Seven Endophragmiella taxa were found in Thailand, from freshwater and terrestrial habitats in various locations. Five of them are proposed as new species: E. acutispora , E. filiformis , E. obpyriformis , E. sporoprolifera , and E. tunicata . Endophragmiella acutispora is characterized by fusiform to obclavate, 2–5-septate conidia; E. filiformis b...

Karst caves are distinctive ecosystems that have limited nutrients, darkness, low to moderate temperatures, and high moisture levels, which allow for a diverse range of fungal communities to thrive. Despite their significance, little is understood about the fungi found in karst caves in Thailand. In 2019, we studied the cultured mycobiota from five...

Karst caves are oligotrophic environments that appear to support a high diversity of fungi. Studies of fungi in Thailand’s caves are limited. During a 2019 exploration of the mycobiota associated with soil samples from a karst cave, namely, Phu Pha Phet in the Satun UNESCO Global Geopark in Satun Province, southern Thailand, two previously undescri...

Pestalotiopsis and related genera, including Neopestalotiopsis and Pseudopestalotiopsis have damaged many plants for many decades; however, there is little available information about the fungi on tropical fruit in Thailand. This study isolated and characterized pestalotioid fungi on tropical fruit, investigated host specificity, and screened wheth...

Asexual morphs of freshwater fungi have been mostly reported from tropical and subtropical regions. From our ongoing investigation of the diversity and taxonomy of freshwater mi-crofungi in Thailand, a country with rich natural resources and diverse ecosystems, Parafuscosporella ellipsoconidiogena sp. nov. and P. obovata sp. nov., collected from de...

Species of Kionochaeta are saprobes commonly associated with decaying plant materials. As a part of surveys on freshwater microfungi, Kionochaeta-like taxon was found on a submerged decaying twig at a rivulet in the protected forest area of Khao Kheow Open Zoo (KKOZ), eastern Thailand. This taxon is microscopically similar to Kionochaeta, but clear...

During our studies of microfungi from Thailand, Triadelphia hexaformispora sp. nov. collected from decaying wood in a freshwater habitat in Nan Province, Thailand, is described and illustrated. Based on newly generated sequences of the nuclear ribosomal DNA and partial sequence of the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase, Triadelphia species cl...

Tretoheliocephala cylindrospora is described and illustrated as a new species collected from a decaying twig of an unidentified plant in Phu Laenkha National Park, Chaiyaphum Province, northeastern Thailand. The new fungus, which is compared with T. compacta, the type species of the previously monotypic genus, is characterized by unbranched conidio...

Tamhinispora saraburiensis sp. nov. was collected on decaying culms of bamboo in Saraburi Province, Thailand. Tamhinispora saraburiensis is characterized as dark brown to black, obpyriform, and dictyoseptate and has conidia with long appendages arising from the conidial tip. Phylogenetic analyses of the combined ITS and LSU rDNA sequence data demon...

A new species of a hyphomycetous fungus, Hermatomyces trangensis, was collected during an investigation of the diversity of palm fungi in Na Yong district, Trang province, Southern Thailand, and is introduced in this paper based on morphological and molecular evidence. The fungus is characterized by the production of only one type of conidia, globo...

During the last 10 years, studies on endophytic fungal diversity in various plant host varieties have been investigated increasingly. However, very little empirical research focused on the diversity of sporulating rice endophytic fungi (SREF) associated with Thai rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.) has been performed. The aim of the present study is t...

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Angola, Gnomoniopsis angolensis and Pseudopithomyces angolensis on unknown host plants. Australia, Dothiora corym­ biae on Corymbia citriodora, Neoeucasphaeria eucalypti (incl. Neoeucasphaeria gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus sp., Fumagopsis stellae on Eucalyptu...

The research was to conduct the stability potential of secondary metabolite offive aquatic endophytic fungi isolated from Lotus in Thailand,Alternaria longipes, Pleosporales sp., Setosphaeriamonoceras, Curvularia lunata and Alternariaeichhorniae. All fungal were cultured in PDA and extract withorganic solvent as hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol b...

This paper is a compilation of notes on 142 fungal taxa, including five new families, 20 new genera, and 100 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range. The new families, Ascocylindricaceae, Caryosporaceae and Wicklowiaceae (Ascomycota) are introduced based on their distinct lineages and unique morphology. The new Dothideomycet...

This paper is a compilation of notes on 142 fungal taxa, including five new families, 20 new genera, and 100 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range. The new families, Ascocylindricaceae, Caryosporaceae and Wicklowiaceae (Ascomycota) are introduced based on their distinct lineages and unique morphology. The new Dothideomycet...