A survey of Egyptian soil fungi with special reference to Aspergillus, Penicillium and Penicillium-related genera

Moubasher, A. H.; Moustafa, A.F.

doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(70)80121-8

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“…(Moubasher and Moustafa, 1970;Pitt and Hocking, 1997 for penicillium sp., Domsch et al, 1980 for sterile hyphae; Woudenberg et al, 2013, for alternarea sp. ).…”

Section: Identification Of Fungal Endophytesmentioning

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Biotechnological applications of fungal endophytes associated with medicinal plant Asclepias sinaica (Bioss.)

Fouda

Hassan

Eid

et al. 2015

Annals of Agricultural Sciences

208

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Fungal endophytes associated with medicinal plants have potential role to promote plant growth through different mechanisms. However, the biological and ecological roles of fungal endophytes still totally unexplored. In this study, three different fungal endophytes were isolated from the medicinal plant of Asclepias sinaica and identified as Penicillium chrysogenum Pc_25, Alternaria alternata Aa_27 and the third fungal strain was described as sterile hyphae Sh_26. It was recorded that, these endophytes had various ability to produce several extracellular enzymes including amylase, pectinase, cellulase, gelatinase, xylanase and tyrosinase. Their antimicrobial activities against different specific test organisms were investigated as well. In addition, both endophyte isolates i.e. Sh_26 and Aa_27 were found to promote root growth higher than Pc_25 and control treatments. These fungal isolates had a considerable impact on plant growth parameters including root elongation as a result of ammonia and IAA production. ª 2015 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University.

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“…(Moubasher and Moustafa, 1970;Pitt and Hocking, 1997 for penicillium sp., Domsch et al, 1980 for sterile hyphae; Woudenberg et al, 2013, for alternarea sp. ).…”

Section: Identification Of Fungal Endophytesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biotechnological applications of fungal endophytes associated with medicinal plant Asclepias sinaica (Bioss.)

Fouda

Hassan

Eid

et al. 2015

Annals of Agricultural Sciences

208

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“…It is noteworthy that in all deserts Aspergillus and Penicillium are the most frequent isolated fungi. In a study of Egyptian desert soil by Moubasher and El-Dohlob (1970) Aspergillus was found most frequently during the summer (mean temp. Griffin (1972) found that Penicillium and Aspergillus were the only active fungi at low water potentials (-145 bar), Aspergillus being more xerothermic than Penicillium.…”

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“…Outside IBP, numerous lists of fungi from desert soils are found in the literature, for example from USA (Ranzoni 1968, Durrell andShields 1960), Israel (Borut 1960), Libya (Youssef 1974), Egypt (Moubasher and El-Dohlob 1970, Moubasher and Moustafa 1970, Moubasher and Mazen 1972, Naguib and Mouchacca 1970, Kharboush et al 1975 and from Sahara (Nicot 1960).…”

Section: Desertmentioning

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Microfungi in Ecosystems: Fungal Occurrence and Activity in Litter and Soil

Kjøller¹,

Struwe²

1982

Oikos

168

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“…The fungus has been recovered from skin lesions of cattle, horses, dogs, and steer (11,14). It was isolated from Egyptian soils by Moubasher and Moustafa (18) and by several other investigators in this laboratory. It was The results in Table 3 show that after 7 days, the total population of fungi in soil stored at 25 C regularly increased with increasing concentration of keratinaceous material, so that 20% gave the highest total count.…”

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Effect of Treatment of Soil with Keratinaceous Material on Soil Fungi

Moubasher

Abdel-Fattah

Maghazy

1981

Microbiology and Immunology

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In the early periods of soil storage, the total number of fungi almost regularly and significantly increased with the concentration of keratinaceous material (ground buffalo hooves) between 1% and 10%. A concentration of 20% was stimulative after 7 days and became toxic after 15 days and remained so through the end of the experiment. With increase in the storage period, the beneficial effect of all concentrations was lost and in the case of high concentrations (5-20%) toxic ammonia was produced.The occurrence of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Cephalosporium acremonium, Chrysosporium tropicum, C. indicum, and C. keratinophilum increased markedly, especially at the higher concentrations of the keratinaceous material and after long periods of incubation.With increase in the concentration of keratinaceous material, the rate of evolution of ammonia from the soil sharply increased during the second week after treatment and fell off sharply during the third and fourth weeks.In soil stored at 35 C, the rate of decline in total fungi after longer periods of incubation was sharper at 35 C than at 25 C. Also the amount of evolved ammonia during the first and the second weeks was almost always higher at 35 C than at 25 C.Fourteen species were tested for keratinolytic activity. Three of them were highly keratinolytic and five moderately so. In a previous study (H.M. Abdel-Fattah, A.H. Moubasher, and S.M. Maghazy, unpublished observations) the frequency of occurrence of keratinolytic fungi in Egyptian soils was studied by the baiting technique with human and animal hair and pigeon feathers.The aim of the present investigation was to assess the behavior of soil fungi in general and keratinolytic fungi in particular in soil treated with different concentrations of keratinaceous material (buffalo hooves). MATERIALS AND METHODSSoil treatment with ground buffalo hooves. Buffalo hooves were collected, washed with distilled water several times and left to dry. Portions of the hooves were 853

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A survey of Egyptian soil fungi with special reference to Aspergillus, Penicillium and Penicillium-related genera

Cited by 59 publications

References 3 publications

Biotechnological applications of fungal endophytes associated with medicinal plant Asclepias sinaica (Bioss.)

Biotechnological applications of fungal endophytes associated with medicinal plant Asclepias sinaica (Bioss.)

Microfungi in Ecosystems: Fungal Occurrence and Activity in Litter and Soil

Effect of Treatment of Soil with Keratinaceous Material on Soil Fungi

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