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Thermophilic fungi from stacks of oil palm kernels in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Oso B. A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
zeitschrift für allgemeine mikrobiologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0044-2208
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.19740140706
Subject(s) - thermophile , palm oil , chaetomium , biology , botany , food science , enzyme , biochemistry , penicillium
Seven thermophilic fungi have been isolated from stacks of oil palm kernels in parts of the Western State of Nigeria. These include Humicola lanuginosa ( GRIFFON and MAUBLANC ) BUNCE , Mucor pusillus LINDT , Talaromyces emersonii STOLK, Chaetomium thermophile var coprophile COONEY and EMERSON , Chaetomium thermophile var. dissitum COONEY and EMERSON , Thermoascus aurantiacus MIEHE sensu APINIS , and Thermoascus crustaceus ( APINIS and CHESTERS ) STOLK . While the last four are new records for Nigeria, they, together with H. lanuginosa and M. pusillus , are also reported on palm kernels for the first time. All are shown to be strongly thermophilic.