Enhancement of Biodegradation of Palm Oil Mill Effluents by Local Isolated Microorganisms

Table 4

Microscopic morphology and cultural characteristics of fungi isolates of POME.

Organisms	Type of organisms	Microscopic morphology	Macroscopic morphology
Aspergillus niger	Filamentous; mold	Presence of septate hyphae, long and smooth conidiophores, and long unbranded sporangiospores with large, round head.	Creamy to brownish-black mycelium with dark spores and often appears golden on the reverse side
Aspergillus flavus	Filamentous; mold	Presence of septate hyphae and colourless and rough conidiophores with swollen vesicles.	A greenish-yellow colour with a creamy edge that appears golden in the reverse of the septate
Aspergillus fumigatus	Filamentous; mold	Presence of rough conidiophore, with uni/biseriate phialides whose vesicle is round with radiate head. Brownish sclerotia were also observed.	Presence of blue-green to yellow coloration from surface
Fusarium sp.	Filamentous; mold	Presence of dark pigment of micro- and macroconidiophores and it is spherical in shape.	Presence of sickle shaped macroconidia that is yellow to purple in color
Penicillium sp.	Filamentous; mold	Presence of red pigment with edges surrounded by whitish margin. Also the conidiophores are branched. Septate and fruity mycelium are observed	A bluish-green filament is seen which changes to powdery greenish brown. Phial-spores arrangement
Mucor species	Filamentous; mold	Presence of visible spore and short sporangiospores with nonseptate hyphae	A slimy colonies texture with dark pigmented spores
Candida species	Ovoid sphere; yeast-like	Single clusters of blastoconidia which is round and elongated. Long branched pseudohyphas were also observed.	Creamy to yellowish colonies with smooth, pasty, glistening, or dry