Studies on Fungal Contamination of Three Fish Species, Sold in Local Market of Nanded, Maharashtra.

Dr. Dinesh D. Wanule; Dr. V. Jalander; Mr. Jayvardhan Vithalrao Balkhande

Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2014

Studies on Fungal Contamination of Three Fish Species, Sold in Local Market of Nanded, Maharashtra.

Dr. Dinesh D. Wanule, Dr. V. Jalander, Mr. Jayvardhan Vithalrao Balkhande

Abstract :

Fishes are an important Source of nutrients and consumed as food since ancient time. In the present investigation all three fish species were contaminated by fourteen different fungal species. Oreochromis mossambicus fishes were found to be heavily contaminated fish with total 96 fungal colonies, belong to 12 different fungal species. The highest contamination was due to Cladosporium sp. with 33.33 % followed by Rhizoctina sp with 15.62%. Puntius sp of fishes were found to be contaminated fish with total 71 fungal colonies belong to 10 different fungal species. The highest contaminant was due to Aspergillus niger i.e. 29.57% followed by Rhizoctina sp with 28.16% fungal colonies, while Labeo rohita fishes were found to be least contaminated fish with 26 fungal colonies belong to 9 different fungal species in which highest contaminant was , A. niger with 19.23% followed by White sterile mycelium with 15.38%. .