Research Article

Diversity of Cellulolytic Microbes and the Biodegradation of Municipal Solid Waste by a Potential Strain

Table 1

Preliminary screening of cellulose-degrading microbes isolated from different sources.

CultureCode no.SourceZone
SoilMSWCompost

Absidia sp.MRLF #1+
Alternaria alternataMRLF #2++++
Alternaria sp.MRLF #3++++
Acremonium  butyriMRLF #4+++
Aspergillus clavatusMRLF #5++++
Aspergillus flavusMRLF #6+++
Aspergillus candidusMRLF #7++
Aspergillus luchuensisMRLF #8+++
Aspergillus fumigatusMRLF #9++++
Aspergillus nidulansMRLF #10++++
Aspergillus nigerMRLF #11++++
Aspergillus sp.MRLF #12++
Aspergillus terreusMRLF #13++
Chaetomium sp.MRLF #14++
Chrysosporium sp.MRLF #15++
Cladosporium sp.MRLF #16+++
Colletotrichum sp.MRLF #17+++
Curvularia lunataMRLF #18++++
Curvularia sp.MRLF #19++++
Drechslera sp.MRLF #20++
Exserohilum sp.MRLF #21+
Fusarium oxysporumMRLF #22++++
Fusarium roseum MRLF #23+++
Gliocladium sp.MRLF #24++
Helminthosporium sp.MRLF #25+
Humicola sp.MRLF #26+++
Mucor sp.MRLF #27++++
Myrothecium sp.MRLF #28++
Paecilomyces sp.MRLF #29+++
Penicillium digitatumMRLF #30++
Penicillium sp.MRLF #31++
Rhizopus sp.MRLF #32++++
Sclerotium rolfsiiMRLF #33+++
Torula sp.MRLF #34+
Trichoderma virideMRLF #35+++
Trichoderma sp.MRLF #36+++
Verticillium sp.MRLB #37+++
Bacteria 1MRLB #38+++
Bacteria 2MRLB #39++++
Bacteria 3MRLB #40+++
Bacteria 4MRLB #41+
Bacteria 5MRLB #42+++
Bacteria 6MRLB #43++++
Bacteria 7MRLB #44++++
Bacteria 8MRLB #45++
Bacteria 9MRLB #46+++
Bacteria 10MRLB #47+++
Bacteria 11MRLB #48++
Bacteria 12MRLB #49++
Bacteria 13MRLB #50++++
Bacteria 14MRLB #51+++
Bacteria 15MRLB #52+++
Bacteria 16MRLB #53++
Bacteria 17MRLB #54+++
Bacteria 18MRLB #55++++
Bacteria 19MRLB #56++++
Bacteria 20MRLB #57+++
Bacteria 21MRLB #58+++

−: Absent; +: present; MSW: municipal solid waste.