Macroscopic And Microscopic Approaches For Identification Of Fungi From Plant Soil Of Cameron Highlands

Authors

  • Shamala Salvamani Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Norazah Mohammad Nawawi Faculty of Biotechnology and Life sciences, Universiti Selangor, 45 600 Bestari Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54987/bstr.v2i1.68

Keywords:

Fungi, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Rhizopus and Gliocladium.

Abstract

There were seven cultures of fungi isolated from vegetable soil in Cameroon Highlands. In this research project, two techniques have been used for the identification purpose, which are macroscopic and microscopic morphology approaches to identify the genus of the fungus. Macroscopic identification based on the characteristic of the fungus grown on the PDA plate and the microscopic identification was based on the spore and hyphae using lactophenol blue dye. Four genus that have been successfully identified using this approach are Aspergillus, Fusarium, Rhizopus and Gliocladium.

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Published

2014-07-20

How to Cite

Salvamani, S., & Nawawi, N. M. (2014). Macroscopic And Microscopic Approaches For Identification Of Fungi From Plant Soil Of Cameron Highlands. Bioremediation Science and Technology Research (e-ISSN 2289-5892), 2(1), 14–18. https://doi.org/10.54987/bstr.v2i1.68

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014)

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