Mycotic flora in vermicultures and intestines of Eisenia andrei

0206446 - UPB-H 20023093 RIV SIGLE CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Nováková, Alena - Pižl, Václav
Mycotic flora in vermicultures and intestines of Eisenia andrei.
Studies on Soil Fauna in Central Europe, Proceedings of the 6th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology. České Budějovice: Institute of Soil Biology AS CR, 2002, s. 133-136. ISBN 80-86525-00-7.
[Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology /6./. České Budějovice (CZ), 23.04.2001-25.04.2001]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA6066001
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z6066911
Keywords : microscopic fungi * Eisenia andrei * vermicultures
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

In spring and autumn 2000, microscopic fungi associated with fresh and processed substrates and with the intestines of Eisenia andrei were studied in three vermiculture plants differing in their productivity. 119 species and 6 forms of microscopic fungi were isolated. Of those, 97 taxa were recorded from vermiculture substrates and 76 taxa from worm intestines. In vermiculture substrates, Aspergillus fumigatus, A. niger, Geotrichum candidum, Penicillium expansum and P. roquefortii were dominant among taxa isolated by soil dilution plate method, and Rhizopus stolonifer was most frequently isolated by soil washing technique. A. fumigatus, Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides and P. expansum predominated in the intestines of earthworms. Processed vermiculture substrates regularly yielded higher numbers of cultivable micromycetes (CFU-counts) than fresh ones. The CFU-counts of earthworm intestines were close to those of processed substrates in two vermiculture plants studied. In the third plant, however, intestinal CFU-count was the same as that found in fresh vermiculture substrate.
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