Thermophilous fungi from temperate soils of northern India
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Temperate soils of northern India were studied for thermophilic and thermotolerant fungi and 19 species belonging to 14 genera were isolated. Ten species were thermophilic and six were thermotolerant. Chaetomium senegalense (Ascomycetes) and Myceliophthora fergusii (anamorphic ascomycetes) are reported for the first time from India. The fungal “Colony Forming Units” (CFUs) in temperate soils were investigated by examining soil cores. Studies on importance value index (IVI) and numerical values for population numbers indicated that a higher number of CFUs and isolates occurred in Shimla soil. The temperature of the soil from which all fungi were isolated did not correspond with their optimum axenic growth temperature.
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