ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF THERMOPHILIC FUNGUS MALBRANCHEA PULCHELLA VAR. SULFUREA
ANIL PRAKASH *
Department of Microbiology, Bhopal University, Bhopal-462026 (M.P.)
PRINITI SAXENA *
Department of Microbiology, Bhopal University, Bhopal-462026 (M.P.)
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The antifungal activity of six isolates of Malbranchea pulchella var. sulfurea was assayed against four different test organisms viz. Acremonium alabamensis, Humicola lanuginosa, Thermoascus sp. and Thermomucor indicae-seudaticae in agar medium, Among six isolates of Malbranchea, APMO6 was found to give better yield of anti-fungal component .The effect of different factors on the production of anti-fungal component is discussed.
Keywords: Thermophilic fungi/ Antifungal activity of Malbranchea