From: Biodegradation of polyethylene by indigenous fungi from waste recycling site, South West, Nigeria
Isolate code | Macroscopic/microscopic characteristics | Probable identity |
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F1 | Yellow–green spores, septate hyphae, rough and colourless conidia | Aspergillus flavus |
F2 | Green spores, septate hyphae, woolly colony, white mycelia. Conidia are glubose, rough | Aspergillus nidulans |
F3 | Light–green with whitish edges, brush-shaped conidia. Multinucleated septate and colourless hyphae | Penicillium chrysogenum |
F4 | Whitish colonies, raised and branched apical and globular spores | Mucor mucedo |
F5 | Yellow–green colonies with dendritic white edges. Conidia are ellipsoidal | Eurotium repens |
F6 | Blue–green spores. Columnar, uniseriate conidial heads. Hyphae are septate. Conidia are round, smooth to finely roughen | Aspergillus fumigates |
F7 | Greyish fluffy mass. Visible elevated black spore. Non-septate hyphae | Rhizopus stolonifer |