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Table 1 Fungal entities isolated from the contaminated soil

From: Isolation and characterisation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) degrading fungi from a historically contaminated soil

Fungal entities

MEA

PR478A

Mean of media

Acremonium strictum W. Gams

42 (0.4%)

-

21 (0.2%)

Aspergillus flavus Link var. flavus

42 (0.4%)

-

21 (0.2%)

Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius var. fumigatus

-

83 (0.9%)

42 (0.4%)

Aspergillus versicolor (Vuillemin) Tiraboschi

42 (0.4%)

54 (0.6%)

48 (0.5%)

DBB+ sterile ialine basidiomycetes

4 (0.0%)

-

2 (0.0%)

Cladosporium herbarum (Persoon) Link

-

42 (0.4%)

21 (0.2%)

Yeasts

4546 (45.8%)

1088 (11.4%)

2817 (28.9%)

Paecilomyces marquandii (Massee) S. Hughes

75 (0.8%)

-

38 (0.4%)

Penicillium brevicompactum Dierckx

13 (0.1%)

4 (0.0%)

9 (0.1%)

Penicillium paneum Frisvad (ined.)

88 (0.9%)

-

44 (0.5%)

Penicillium phoeniceum J.F.H. Beyma

42 (0.4%)

-

21 (0.2%)

Penicillium waksmanii K.M. Zalessky

42 (0.4%)

229 (2.4%)

135 (1.4%)

Phomopsis sp.

54 (0.5%)

-

27 (0.3%)

Scedosporium apiospermum (Saccardo) Saccardo

4892 (49.3%)

8046 (84.3%)

6469 (66.5%)

Trichurus spiralis Hasselbring

4 (0.0%)

-

2 (0.0%)

Umbelopsis isabellina (Oudemans) W. Gams

42 (0.4%)

-

21 (0.2%)

Total CFU g-1dw

9928

9547

9736

  1. Fungal entities are expressed as number of colony forming units per g of soil dry weight (CFU g-1dw). In brackets is indicated the percentage of occurrence of the species with respect to the total CFU g-1dw. "DBB +" means positive to the reaction with Diazonium Blue B salts.