Soil Analysis and Mycoflora of the Industrial Yanbu City, Saudi Arabia PDF

Keywords

fungal general, soil samples, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Twenty four isolates species belonging to eleven fungal genera were isolated from soil samples of ten localities from the industrial Yanbu city, Saudi Arabia. Aspergilli were predominant and represented by six species. Number of Aspergillus flavus and A. niger colonies were predominant as compared to the other detected Aspergillus spp. Alternaria and Penicillium were represented by 3 species each. While, two species of Curvularia, Fusarium, Mucor and Ulocladium were isolated. Cladosporium, Drechslera, Neurospora and Rhizopus were represented by one species each. Soil type is sandy, alkaline and differs in the organic matter content, total soluble salts, moisture content and total metal content.