STUDY OF THE PREVAILING FUNGI ON THE HYDROCARBON POLLUTED SOIL
Merlyn Stephen and A.Panneerselvam
Abstract
The present investigation of fungi on the hydrocarbon polluted soil.
These are conducted by the enumeration of the fungal population and
the identification.The soil sample examined for isolating fungi from
hydrocarbon contaminated site. Identified as Aspergillus, Penicillium,
Fusarium, Cladosporium, Mucor, Curvularia, Helminthosporium, and
Trichoderma Species. The isolation of filamentous fungi in
environments containing oil or its sub products found a very similar
diversity of genera to that found in our study. The growth of fungal
diversity was higher due to more carbon concentration hydrocarbon
polluted sites and the dominant species present in all stations are
Aspergillus and penicillium Species. The study focuses its attention on
the survey of fungi from the zone of hydrocarbon polluted area and
their potential ability to bring about degradation of hydrocarbons
Keywords: soil, pollution, hydrocarbon, biodegradation, fungi.
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