Research Article

Isolation of Cellulose Degrading Fungi from Decaying Banana Pseudostem and Strelitzia alba

Table 1

Fungal isolation and screening on Avicel and CMC-Congo Red agar.

Sampling siteIsolate code no.Isolate taxa

Banana plantation site, Allesbeeste farm, TzaneenLMLBP07 13-5Trichoderma harzianum
LMLBP06 13-3Aspergillus fumigatus
Decomposing banana pseudostem, Allesbeeste farm, TzaneenLMLPS 13-1Aspergillus fumigatus
LMLPS 13-4Aspergillus fumigatus
Banana dumpsite, Allesbeeste farm, TzaneenLMLBS02 13-2Aspergillus fumigatus
Decomposing Strelizia alba, University of LimpopoLMLSAUL 14-1Trichoderma longibrachiatum

BP refers to banana plantation site; PS refers to Pseudostem; BS refers to banana dumpsite outside plantation; SAUL refers to Strelitzia alba at University of Limpopo