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STUDY OF FUNGI
FROM THE CONTAMINATED SOILS OF PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURAL
AREAS
SHAZIA IRAM1,
IFTIKHAR AHMAD2, KAINAT NASIR1 AND SHAZIA AKHTAR1
Abstract:
The
micro-fungal flora of heavy metals contaminated peri-urban agricultural
fields of Pakistan were investigated in terms of their diversity by soil
serial dilution method. A total of 30 micro-fungi were isolated from 6
sampling sites. Of these isolates 24 belong to phylum Ascomycota, 3 to
phylum Zygomycota, 2 to phylum Basidiomycota and 1 to phylum
Deuteromycota. The most widespread genus was Aspergillus and
common species Aspergillus niger. Frequency percentage showed
that Kasur is rich in fungal population as compared to other peri urban
areas while Wah Cantt showed maximum fungal Colony Forming Unit (CFU).
The aim of present investigation was to see the diversity of fungi in
heavy metal contaminated soils of peri-urban agricultural areas and
study them in future for heavy metal tolerance and biosorption analysis
in reference to bioremediation.
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, The
Mall, Rawalpindi.
2National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad.
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