Fungal Diversity of Kshipra River with Relation to Human Health
Asian Resonance (P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No.UPENG/2012/42622 VOL.-6, ISSUE-3,
July - 2017 E: ISSN No. 2349-9443)
Abstract
Lecturer, Deptt.of Biotechnology, Vagdevi Bhawan, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P, India.
Arvind N Shukla
Lecturer, Deptt.of Zoology and Biotechnology, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P, India.
Sharad Shrivastava
Professor, Deptt.of Zoology and Biotechnology, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P, India.
The study of aquatic microbes has been an area of great interest for researchers across the world as aquatic ecosystem serves as ideal home for increased biological activity of diversified microbes. Fungi is one such important group of aquatic microbes whose diversity and distribution in aquatic ecosystem has not attained the degree of prominence. The current study is an attempt to study fungal composition. Diversity, distribution and periodicity for a period of one year. On the basis of anthropogenic activities five sampling sites were selected on banks of river Kshipra from where samples were collected on monthly basis and were subjected to laboratory analysis. Isolation of Fungi was done culturing on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) and identification was done by slide preparation and use of standard keys. Total 45 species belonging to seven divisions and eleven families have been recorded during the study period. Among recorded fungal diversity 2 species belong to Dothideomycetes, 7 to Eurotinomyecetes, 6 to Sordariomyecetes, 2 to Basidomycetes, 4 to Uredenomycetes, 5 to Chytridiomycetes, 4 to Hyphomycetes, 2 to Maxomycetes, 5 to Oomycetes, 5 to Mucormycotina and 3 to Trichomycetes. The fungal diversity ranged between 7-45 species where minimum is reported from Kshipra Village in the month of August and maximum fungal diversity has been recorded from Mangalnath study site in the month of May, June and July respectively. A close relation of Fungal diversity with physicochemical parameters has been observed. Cases of water born diseases caused by intake of river water, arising due to pathogenic Fungi have been reported during the present investigation.
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