Isolation and Seasonal Distribution of Mesophilic Soil Microfungi from Some Cultivated Fields of Izmir - Bergama Province

Authors: Alev HALİKİ, Mücahit DİZBAY

Abstract: In this research, 5 different sites with different agricultural plants from the vicinity of Bergama, Izmir province, were selected and 40 soil samples were taken for two years. Using the soil dilution method; 60 different mesophilic fungal species belonging to the classes of Zygomycetes, Ascomycetes and Deuteromycetes were isolated. The seasonal distribution of these isolates were determined and according to this work 8 species were recorded for the first time in Turkey .

Keywords: Mesophilic soil microfungi, seasonal distribution of mesophilic microfungi