Isolation and identification of fungi from soil sample of different localities of agricultural land in Dehradun

Neha Saini; Sandeep Dhyani; Divya Dimri

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2016

Isolation and identification of fungi from soil sample of different localities of agricultural land in Dehradun

Neha Saini, Sandeep Dhyani, Divya Dimri

Abstract :

The mycoflora were isolated by using soil dilution technique and soil plate technique on Potato Dextrose Agar medium supplemented by suitable antibiotics i.e streptomycin. Identification and characterization of the mycoflora were made with the help of authentic manuals of fungi. Aspergillus was dominant in soil sample followed by fusarium and Rhizopus. The most common specie which are successfully identified among them was Aspergillus niger. Aspergillus niger was identified, based on their morphological and biochemical characteristics such as conformation by lacto phenol cotton blue staining and Microscope .