MICRO-FUNGI FROM ANCIENT SAND AND MODERN VOLCANIC ASH

Citation
Pa. Volz et al., MICRO-FUNGI FROM ANCIENT SAND AND MODERN VOLCANIC ASH, Microbios, 88(356), 1996, pp. 149-158
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00262633
Volume
88
Issue
356
Year of publication
1996
Pages
149 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2633(1996)88:356<149:MFASAM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Soil micro-fungi species from ancient sand and new ash were studied fr om two selected areas of the world. Botryotrichum piluliferum, Curvula ria clavata, and Mucor griseo-cyanus were recovered in large numbers f rom 3-year-old ash of Mount Pinatubo, The Philippines. A total of 46 m icro-fungi species were found in the ancient sands surrounding Cheeps' pyramid of Giza, Egypt. Alternaria chlamydospora and Scopulariopsis b revicaulis were recovered from the Pharaoh's tomb chamber in the centr e of his pyramid.