Isolation and Identification of Filamentous Fungi from Different Industrial Effluents

Abstract

Fungi have unique bioremediation properties. Many of the remediation technologies currently being used involve not only physical and chemical treatment, but also biological processes. The aim of the present work was to derive information about the fungal community structure in different industrial effluents to provide a base for further attempts on bioremediation. A total of 6 fungal genera were identified from glass, pharmaceutical, paper mill and textile effluent samples. Maximum numbers of fungal species were isolated from textile effluent. Aspergillus was the most occurring genera in all the sample types where as Absidia, Gibberella and Rhizopus were the least isolated. Fusarium camptocera, Gibberella baccata, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus phoenicis, Aspergillus terreus, Penicillium digitatum, Penicillium implicatum, enicillium lenosum, Penicillium oxalicum and Penicillium verrucosum are the most important addition in effluent mycoflora from Pakistan. These are also being used in different waste water and metal treatment plants all over the world.

Key words: Aspergillus, bioremediation, fungal isolation, mycoflora, Penicilium,