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Preparation and Comparison of Low Cost Media for Fungus Growth


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1 Department of Microbiology, Palanisamy College of Arts, Perundurai, Erode – 638052, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Biochemistry, Sree Sankara College, Kelady, Ernakulam – 683574, Kerala, India
 

The cost of preparation of selective media for the fungus is costly. The preparation of media with low cost supplements can be efficiently used for the growth of fungus thereby reducing the cost of media preparation. So, we have selected four different low cost, locally and naturally available materials like Tender Coconut Water (TCW), milk, whey and toddy were selected for the media preparation. Three different fungi i.e, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium species and Mucor species were tested.

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Fungus, Milk, Tender Coconut Water (TCW), Toddy, Whey.
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Authors

Arvind Lal
Department of Microbiology, Palanisamy College of Arts, Perundurai, Erode – 638052, Tamil Nadu, India
Febi John
Department of Biochemistry, Sree Sankara College, Kelady, Ernakulam – 683574, Kerala, India
C. S. Senthamil Selvi
Department of Microbiology, Palanisamy College of Arts, Perundurai, Erode – 638052, Tamil Nadu, India
M. Revathi
Department of Microbiology, Palanisamy College of Arts, Perundurai, Erode – 638052, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


The cost of preparation of selective media for the fungus is costly. The preparation of media with low cost supplements can be efficiently used for the growth of fungus thereby reducing the cost of media preparation. So, we have selected four different low cost, locally and naturally available materials like Tender Coconut Water (TCW), milk, whey and toddy were selected for the media preparation. Three different fungi i.e, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium species and Mucor species were tested.

Keywords


Fungus, Milk, Tender Coconut Water (TCW), Toddy, Whey.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/fijrfn%2F2019%2Fv6i1%2F184227