Diversity and Enzymatic Profiling of Halotolerant Micromycetes from Sebkha El Melah, a Saharan Salt Flat in Southern Tunisia
Table 2
Effect of salt concentration on fungal growth in solid and liquid media.
Strain code
Strain
Solid media (1)
Liquid media (2)
5% NaCl
10% NaCl
15% NaCl
20% NaCl
5% NaCl
10% NaCl
15% NaCl
20% NaCl
JA1
Penicillium chrysogenum
74
72
60
18
83
54
10
0
JA3
Penicillium chrysogenum
100
72
37
0
96
46
11
0
JA22
Penicillium chrysogenum
100
82
41
25
90
46
0
0
AJ5
Penicillium canescens
70
30
20
0
79
44
0
0
JA15
Penicillium sp.
83
70
34
0
53
18
0
0
JA8
Cladosporium halotolerans
80
68
32
18
30
0
0
0
JA2
Cladosporium sphaerospermum
76
64
34
22
47
19
11
0
JA13
Cladosporium sphaerospermum
100
49
25
0
81
79
12
0
JA14
Cladosporium cladosporioides
40
30
10
0
0
0
0
0
JA18
Cladosporium cladosporioides
58
40
24
8
63
61
4
0
JA4
Aspergillus flavus
90
80
48
26
56
16
0
0
JA10
Aspergillus fumigatus
100
76
35
0
100
57
11
0
JA11
Aspergillus fumigatiaffinis
100
46
25
0
52
30
12
0
JA19
Alternaria alternata
52
38
24
0
57
9
0
0
JA20
Alternaria alternata
60
40
0
0
37
24
0
0
JA23
Alternaria alternata
100
68
20
0
65
12
0
0
JA6
Alternaria tenuissima
100
60
22
0
80
55
17
0
JA9
Embellisia phragmospora
94
50
10
0
78
26
0
0
JA12
Ulocladium consortiale
72
28
0
0
32
10
0
0
JA17
Ulocladium sp.
100
70
28
0
67
20
0
0
JA7
Engyodontium album
56
36
14
10
43
10
0
0
(1) Relative growth on solid media after 7 days incubation = (⌀ colony under salt stress/⌀ colony without salt stress) × 100. (2) Relative growth in liquid media after 7 days incubation = (kinetic curve surface under salt stress/kinetic curve surface without salt stress) × 100.
