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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 1999 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 952-954
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.1999.952.954
Intertidal Mycoflora of Indus Delta Mangroves
Fatima S. Mehdi and Imran Ali Siddiqui

Abstract: The fungal communities of Avicennia marina and Rhizophora mucronata were studied and results were evaluated in terms of occurrence distribution and dominance of fungal species. Species of Alternaria marina, Aspergillus spp, Chaetomium spp. Cladosporium spp, Fusarium spp and Penicillium spp., were found to be the most constituent mycoflora of intertidal mud and water. The mangrove examined revealed a preponderance population of Deuteromycotina whereas Ascomycotina and Mastigomycotina were poorly represented . The results of the study lead us to the conclusion that mangrove swamp is a potential habitat for fungal inhabitation.

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Fatima S. Mehdi and Imran Ali Siddiqui , 1999. Intertidal Mycoflora of Indus Delta Mangroves . Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 952-954.

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