International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 2 Number 2 (2013) pp.67 75. |
Abundance and Diversity of fungi in salt pan and marine ecosystem of the R. Thamizhmani1*, R.Vimal Raj1, and T.Sivakumar2 |
ABSTRACT |
Abundance and Diversity of fungi in salt pan and marine of the East coast of Tamil Nadu, India was studied in terms of species diversity, frequency of occurrence in Marakkanam (S1), Pillaichavadi (S2), T.R.Pattanam (S3), Muthukuda (S4) and Kanyakumari (S5, S6, S7) of the marine and salt pane ecosystem. Among the 46 species of fungi isolated, totally 35 species were isolated from sediment samples followed by water with 31 species. Among the fungal members Aspergillus was common genus represented with 10 species followed by Penicillium with 5 species |
Keywords :Marine fungi; Physico-Chemical parameters; Species diversity; Frequency of occurrence. |