Diversity and distribution of soil micro fungi from different evergreen forest types of Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Isolation and Identification of Soil Mycoflora in the Upland and Lowland Soils of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Sokoto State

“…n A. f A. fl A. ni A. 1 A 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 22 2 B 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 34 3 C 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 26 4 D 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 2 4 1 4 4 4 50 Total 12 08 07 08 11 09 10 13 08 12 03 09 11 Table 4, Aspergillus species was found to be the most occurring and abundant fungi with 34.85% frequency of occurrence out of the total population of all the isolated fungal species, followed by Fussarium spp. (20.45%), these findings also corroborates with that of [15] who reported Aspergillus species as the most abundant in the soil and accounted for 71.74% and also a little higher of Aspergillus niger (10.46%) than what was obtained (9.09%) in this research, and also domination of the community by Aspergillus species is somehow similar to the findings of [23] in the same research. The domination and abundance of species might be attributed to their ubiquitous distribution in nature and also to their ability to produce toxins and mycotoxins which may prevent the growth of other fungal species [28].…”

“…Macro nutrients such as, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and carbon were analyzed using the procedures adopted from [22]. Temperatures of the soil sample were determined using mercury dry-thermometer at the field as described by [16,23]. As shown in Table 2.…”

Mangrove Fungi for the Future

“…About 89% of malachite green is known to be degraded by laccase enzyme, derived from Hypocrea lixii within 10 days. The undegraded dye is highly toxic, while the degraded dye is non-toxic, as proved by biotoxicity assay with Artemia salina (Saravanakumar, 2012).…”

“…The fungal dry biomass of Hypocrea lixii is reportedly efficient to remove 94% of lead within 47 min and 88% of iron within 34 min (Saravanakumar, 2012).…”

“…The protease derived from Trichoderma estonicum is capable of removing blood stain by 60% instantly, which is greater than that of the commercial detergent (Saravanakumar and Kathiresan, 2012). Thermostable cellulase derived from Trichoderma (Hypocrea estonica) is a potent enzyme for the conversion of the lignocellulosic waste (sawdust) into the simple sugars (Saravanakumar, 2012).…”