Study of soil mycobiota diversity in some new reclaimed areas, Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Pharmaceutical Journal | ||
| Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 58-63 PDF (158.3 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.4103/1687-4315.135598 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdel-Nasser A. Zohri; Waill A. Elkhateeb; Mohamed B. Mazen; Mohamed Hashem; Ghoson M. Daba | ||
| Abstract | ||
The objective of this survey was to study the diversity of soil fungi, as they play an important role in knowing the soil quality and increase plant productivity. In this work, the chemical composition of soil samples in newly reclaimed localities at Assiut Governorate was studied; mycobiota of those areas were studied reporting some medically important substances produced by three fungal species, namely , , and , which recorded the highest occurrence all over the year in different studied areas. Soil samples were collected monthly for a whole year from the four selected reclaimed regions at Assiut Governorate, namely Protectorate of Assiut (PR), El-Ghorayeb (GH), El-Wady El-Assiuty (WA), and Petroleum's Farm (PF), and samples were identified using the morphological and microscopic features according to many references and confirmed by Assiut University Mycological Center (AUMC) followed by physiochemical analysis of soil, including measuring total soluble salts and determining the organic matter content, maximum and minimum temperatures, relative humidity, and soil texture. The highest numbers of fungal genera and species were recorded in PR followed by WA and PF, whereas the lowest numbers were recorded in GH. var. and were isolated with moderate frequency from GH; and were isolated with moderate frequency from WA; , , and were isolated with moderate frequency from PF; was isolated only from GH; , , and were isolated only from WA; , , were isolated only from PF; , , , and were isolated only from PR. There are no adequate mycological studies carried out to describe the fungal flora of these areas. Hence, any information on the endemic mycobiota is of great significance. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fungal isolates; identification; isolation; Reclaimed soil | ||
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