Mycoflora in the intestine of Eisenia andrei (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) and in vermiculture substrates

0206481 - UPB-H 20033020 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Nováková, Alena - Pižl, Václav
Mycoflora in the intestine of Eisenia andrei (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) and in vermiculture substrates.
Czech Mycology. Roč. 55, 1/2 (2003), s. 83-102. ISSN 1211-0981
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Keywords : cattle manure * saprotrophic and cellulolytic microfungi * earthworms
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

Mycoflora of three commercial vermiculture systems based on cattle manure derived substrates and Eisenia andrei earthworms was studied using several isolation methods. A total of 172 taxa of saprotrophic micromycetes were isolated (19 taxa of Zygomycetes, 9 taxa of Ascomycetes and 144 taxa of mitosporic fungi). Aspergillus fumigatus was the most frequent microfungal species in the intestine of Eisenia andrei. In vermiculture substrates, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigatus were among species isolated very frequently by the soil dilution method, while Rhizopus stolonifer was estimated as frequent species using the soil washing isolation technique.
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