Author(s): H.A. Bokhary and Sarwat Parvez
Article publication date: 1995-08-01
Vol. 13 No. 2 (yearly), pp. 323-335.
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Keywords
fungi, Saudi Arabia, edible oil
Abstract
Fungi were isolated from different types of soils in Saudi Arabia using three different media. Their ability to utilize edible oil as a sole carbon was then examined. Out of a total of 74 fungal species isolated, 29 could utilize edible oil as the sole source of carbon. Initiation of growth was shown by some fungi in a dox medium containing edible oil and sucrose as carbon sources but these fungi failed to grow on the medium containing edible oil as the only carbon source.