Back to Contents

FREE FULL TEXT PDF

BIODIVERSITY OF YEAST MYCOFLORA IN SLIME FLUXES OF SOME TREES

MUHAMMAD MUSHTAQ¹, SHARFUN-NAHAR² AND M.H. HASHMI³

Abstract: A total of 13 species belonging to 9 genera were isolated from slime fluxes of Araucaria cooki, Azadirachta indica, Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Ficus religiosa. The isolated yeast species were identified on the basis of morphological and physiological / biochemical characters. Bullera pseudoalba, Candida lyxosophila, Cryptococcus gasrticus, Pichia anomala, P. strasburgensis, Sporidiobolus ruineniae and Wiliopsis californica were predominantly isolated from slime fluxes of trees.

¹Department of Botany, Adamjee Govt. Science College, Off. Business Recorder Road, Karachi-74800, Pakistan, E-mail: mmushtaq72@yahoo.com

²Central Plant Quarantine Laboratory (CPQL), Department of Plant Protection, Jinnah Avenue, Malir Halt, Karachi, Pakistan, E-mail: Sharfun_nahar@yahoo.com

³Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.

Corresponding Author: pakrust@gmail.com; drankhalid@yahoo.com