Evaluatig the diesel biodegradatin potentil of wild microfungi isolated from decaying wood in Nigeria

Ehi-Eromosele, C. O. (2014) Evaluatig the diesel biodegradatin potentil of wild microfungi isolated from decaying wood in Nigeria. Evaluatig the diesel biodegradatin potentil of wild microfungi isolated from decaying wood in Nigeria, 4 (3). pp. 110-117. (Submitted)

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Abstract

We evaluated the potentils of pure wild microfungi isolated from decaying wood in utiizing diesel as source of carbon/energy and monitoring of their physiological responses via OD and pH gradient flxes. The fungi diversity was obtained by conventinal enrichment culture methods. Pure cultures of tentatie fungal species namely: SC1, SC2, SC3, YI and Y2 were tested for their ability to utiize diesel oil as carbon and energy source. From the cultural, morphological and biochemical characterizatin and comparison with respect to the standard reference of fungi, the wild microfungi tentatiely named as SC1, SC2, SC3, YI and Y2 were seemingly the members of Penicillum, Aspergillus, Mucor, Candida and Cryptococcus species. The diesel dependent growth of the pure microfungi was assessed by monitoring the flxes in the pH and Optial density OD of the minimal media slurry for 288 hours. There were flctuatins in OD as well as pH values for the diffrent microfungi. The mean pH data 5.90 ± 0.01-7.01± 0.01 and the OD 0.349±0.001 -1.232 ± 0.002 were obtained. The ability of our fungal isolates to tolerate diesel and grow in it, suggests that the isolates can be employed as bioremediatin agent.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Dr. C. O. Ehi-Eromosele
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2015 09:40
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2015 09:40
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/4776

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