Isolation and screening for cellulolytic fungi from decomposing leaves of Enhalus acoroides (seagrass) and Avicennia marina (mangrove) in Talin Bay, Batangas

• Main Authors: Lopez, Carmina Clarice, Nolasco, Kathryn Patricia
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: Leaves—Microbiology; Leaves > Biodegradation; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/4120
• Institution: De La Salle University

Leaves of Enhalus acoroides and Avicennia marina at different stages of decomposition (14, 28, 42, 56, and 84 days) yielded 10 different species of cellulolytic fungi. Six species belonged to the genus Aspergillus, one species each of Paecilomyces, Penicillium, Rhizopus and Syncephalastrum. The firs...