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| Sutheera Thongkantha | ||||
| Sutheera Thongkantha |
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Post-doctoral position, Mushroom Research Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand Education • B.Sc. (Microbiology) Chiang Mai University (1996) • M.Sc. (Biology), Chiang Mai University (1999) • Ph. D. (Biology) Chiang Mai University (2006) Address Mushroom Research Center 128 Moo3, Bahn Pa Dheng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng Chaing Mai 50150, Thailand |
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| Background Sutheera is from a small village of Phayao in northern Thailand. She is interested in fungal biodiversity and their phylogeny. She was the researcher of Dr. S. Lumyong after finished her M.Sc for 2 years. She also worked on CMU Fungal & Bacterial Collection, and investigated fungal endophytes on some Thai native herbaceous plants. She obtained her Ph. D at CMU in December of 2006. Sutheera then worked as the consulting investigator at the Mushroom Research Foundation with her doctoral co-adviser (Dr. K.D. Hyde). Duties mainly involve training new students, running the herbarium and library, designing experiments and writing scientific papers/research grants. Current Projects Establish diversity of micro fungi on Assam tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica) in northern Thailand emphasized at Phadeng village, Mae Tang, Chiang Mai. Comparing and monitoring diversity of edible and poisonous mushroom in different plots of Assam tea forests at Phadeng village. The plots were set-up in a variety of habitats in order to estimate local diversity and the implications that habitat destruction especially burning forest may cause. Maintenance of a permanent herbarium at the Mushroom Research Foundation. This includes the collection and cataloging of the mycological flora in northern Thailand. The herbarium consists of collections made by resident students and researchers visiting the Mushroom Research Foundation. Over a period of years, this will lead to an extensive database to be assimilated into a larger global database. The establishment of a culture collection of indigenous fungi to reside at the Mushroom Research Foundation. This collection will include isolates used by students, collaborators and other researchers conducting studies in Thailand. Scientific Interests/Expertise 1. Fungal taxonomy 2. Enzymology 3. Phylogeny of fungi Publications Thongkantha S. (1999). Isolation and Selection of Endophytic Fungi from Some Native Thai Bamboo Capable of Polysaccharide Hydrolyzing Enzyme Production. M. Sc. Thesis. Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai. Lumyong, S., Thongkantha, S., Lumyong, P. & Tomita, F. (2000). Endophytic fungi from 13 bamboo species in Thailand. Biotechnology for Sustainable Utilization of Biological Resources in the Tropics 14, 96-101. Thongkantha S., Lumyong S., Lumyong P., Whitton S.R., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D. (2003). Microfungi on the Pandanaceae: Linocarpon lammiae sp. nov., L. siamiensis sp. nov. and L. suthepensis sp. nov., and a key to species from the Pandanaceae. Mycologia 95: 360-367. Thongkantha S. (2006). Biodiversity of Saprobic and Pathogenic Fungi on Selected Pandanus and Dracaena lourieri. Ph.D. Thesis. Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai. Thongkantha S., Bussaban B., Lumyong P., McKenzie E.H.C. Hyde K.D. and Lumyong S. (2007). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Myrothecium and Solheimia analysed from ITS ribosomal DNA sequences. Fungal Diversity (Revision) Thongkantha S., Jeewon R., Lumyong S., McKenzie E.H.C. and Hyde K.D. (2007). Molecular systematics of the Magnaporthaceae and allied genera based on cladistic analyses of partial SSU and LSU rDNA gene sequence. Mycologia (Revision). McKenzie E.H.C., Thongkantha S. and Lumyong S. (2007). Zygosporium bioblitzi sp. nov. on dead leaves of Cortaderia and Dracaena. New Zealand Journal of Botany (In press). |
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