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FunVIP: Fungal Validation and Identification Pipeline based on phylogenetic analysis
Chang Wan Seo, Shinnam Yoo, Yoonhee Cho, Ji Seon Kim, Martin Steinegger, Young Woon Lim
J. Microbiol. 2025;63(4):e2411017.   Published online April 29, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71150/jm.2411017
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The increase of sequence data in public nucleotide databases has made DNA sequence-based identification an indispensable tool for fungal identification. However, the large proportion of mislabeled sequence data in public databases leads to frequent misidentifications. Inaccurate identification is causing severe problems, especially for industrial and clinical fungi, and edible mushrooms. Existing species identification pipelines require separate validation of a dataset obtained from public databases containing mislabeled taxonomic identifications. To address this issue, we developed FunVIP, a fully automated phylogeny-based fungal validation and identification pipeline (https://github.com/Changwanseo/FunVIP). FunVIP employs phylogeny-based identification with validation, where the result is achievable only with a query, database, and a single command. FunVIP command comprises nine steps within a workflow: input management, sequence-set organization, alignment, trimming, concatenation, model selection, tree inference, tree interpretation, and report generation. Users may acquire identification results, phylogenetic tree evidence, and reports of conflicts and issues detected in multiple checkpoints during the analysis. The conflicting sample validation performance of FunVIP was demonstrated by re-iterating the manual revision of a fungal genus with a database with mislabeled sequences, Fuscoporia. We also compared the identification performance of FunVIP with BLAST and q2-feature-classifier with two mass double-revised fungal datasets, Sanghuangporus and Aspergillus section Terrei. Therefore, with its automatic validation ability and high identification performance, FunVIP proves to be a highly promising tool for achieving easy and accurate fungal identification.

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Mycorrhizal Fungal Diversity Associated with Six Understudied Ectomycorrhizal Trees in the Republic of Korea
Ki Hyeong Park , Seung-Yoon Oh , Yoonhee Cho , Chang Wan Seo , Ji Seon Kim , Shinnam Yoo , Jisun Lim , Chang Sun Kim , Young Woon Lim
J. Microbiol. 2023;61(8):729-739.   Published online September 4, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-023-00073-1
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Mycorrhizal fungi are key components of forest ecosystems and play essential roles in host health. The host specificity of mycorrhizal fungi is variable and the mycorrhizal fungi composition for the dominant tree species is largely known but remains unknown for the less common tree species. In this study, we collected soil samples from the roots of six understudied ectomycorrhizal tree species from a preserved natural park in the Republic of Korea over four seasons to investigate the host specificity of mycorrhizal fungi in multiple tree species, considering the abiotic factors. We evaluated the mycorrhizal fungal composition in each tree species using a metabarcoding approach. Our results revealed that each host tree species harbored unique mycorrhizal communities, despite close localization. Most mycorrhizal taxa belonged to ectomycorrhizal fungi, but a small proportion of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were also detected. While common mycorrhizal fungi were shared between the plant species at the genus or higher taxonomic level, we found high host specificity at the species/OTU (operational taxonomic unit) level. Moreover, the effects of the seasons and soil properties on the mycorrhizal communities differed by tree species. Our results indicate that mycorrhizal fungi feature host-specificity at lower taxonomic levels.
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Erratum to: Fungal Catastrophe of a Specimen Room: Just One Week is Enough to Eradicate Traces of Thousands of Animals
Ji Seon Kim , Yoonhee Cho , Chang Wan Seo , Ki Hyeong Park , Shinnam Yoo , Jun Won Lee , Sung Hyun Kim , Wonjun Lee , Young Woon Lim
J. Microbiol. 2023;61(6):653-653.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-023-00060-6
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Correction to: Journal of Microbiology (2023) 61:189–197 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-023-00017-9 In this article two author names are given erroneaously: Written incorrectly: Ki Hyung Park · Shin Nam Yoo It should be read: Ki Hyeong Park · Shinnam Yoo

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