Isolation of Ascomycetous Fungi from a Tertiary Institution Campus Soil

Ka Durowade,Ki Enonbun,Ro Uddin Ii,Om Kolawole

doi:10.4314/jasem.v12i4.55220

Abstract

Studies were carried out on the ascomycetous fungi present in six different but carefully selected sites on the University of Ilorin permanent site soil. Fungi isolation was done by the soil dilution methodincubated at 27oC for 72 hours. The predominant Ascomycetous fungi isolated include among others; Aspergillus niger, Fusarium solani, Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium italicum, Fusarium acuminatum, Fusarium culmorum, Candida albicans, Botrytis cinerea, Geotrichum candidum, Trichoderma viride, Verticillium lateritum, Curvulariapalescens, Penicillium griseofulvum, Penicillium janthinellum, Penicillium chrysogenum, Aspergillus terreus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus glaucus, Aspergillus clavatus, Cladosporium resinae, Alternaria alternate, Trichothecium roseum, Phialophora fastigiata, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus wentii,Humicola grisea, Trichophyton rubrum, Helminthosporium cynodontis, Penicillium funiculosum, Penicillium purpurogenum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Trichoderma harzianum, Scopulariopsis candida.The physicochemical characteristics of soil samples was found to affect the distribution and population of fungi. The colony count in the study are ranged between 5.8 x 10 per gram of soil to 1.63 x 10 per gram of soil. The soil consists of high organic matter content.

Highlights

This study intends to examine the physicochemical characteristic of the soil samples and to identify as many Ascomycetors fungi as possible present in the six different sites of soil collected from the University of Ilorin permanent site
In the case of organic matter contents, site 6 had the highest with 4.76% and the lowest value goes to site 5 with 2.63%
The experimental evidence shown in this study indicates that there are a lots of ascomycetous fungi present in the different sites of the University of Ilorin

Summary

Introduction

This study intends to examine the physicochemical characteristic of the soil samples and to identify as many Ascomycetors fungi as possible present in the six different sites of soil collected from the University of Ilorin permanent site. In the case of organic matter contents, site 6 had the highest with 4.76% and the lowest value goes to site 5 with 2.63%.

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Conclusion