Abstract

STUDY OF THE PREVAILING FUNGI ON THE HYDROCARBON POLLUTED SOIL

Merlyn Stephen and A.Panneerselvam

Abstract

The present investigation of fungi on the hydrocarbon polluted soil. These are conducted by the enumeration of the fungal population and the identification.The soil sample examined for isolating fungi from hydrocarbon contaminated site. Identified as Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Cladosporium, Mucor, Curvularia, Helminthosporium, and Trichoderma Species. The isolation of filamentous fungi in environments containing oil or its sub products found a very similar diversity of genera to that found in our study. The growth of fungal diversity was higher due to more carbon concentration hydrocarbon polluted sites and the dominant species present in all stations are Aspergillus and penicillium Species. The study focuses its attention on the survey of fungi from the zone of hydrocarbon polluted area and their potential ability to bring about degradation of hydrocarbons

Keywords: soil, pollution, hydrocarbon, biodegradation, fungi.