ISSN: 0973-7510
E-ISSN: 2581-690X
Diversity and distribution of different organisms in the marine environment are influenced by the physico-chemical properties of both water and the sediments. Point Calimere includes many diverse habitats such as sandy and muddy shores and mangroves, which have various physico – chemical features. Soil samples were collected from four stations Viz. Old light house, New light house, Chola light house and Muniyappan lake. A total of 59 species were isolated from all the four stations. Among them 59 species belonged to 20 genera, 6 species belonged to 4 genera were of Phycomycetes, 5 species belonged to 3 genera were of Ascomycetes and 47 species belonged to 13 genera were of Deuteromycetes.
Ascomycetes, Deuteromycetes, Diversity, Fungi, Mangroves
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