Table 7.1 Average total count
(calculated per gram dry soil in
every sample) for fungal genera
and species recovered from soil
samples cultivated on glucose,
cellulose, and 50%
sucrose-Czapek’s agar at 28 °C
(adapted from: El-Said and
Saleem 2008)
No.
Genera and species
Average total count (calculated/g dry soil in every
sample)
Cultivated
Desert
Saline
1
Acremonium strictum
100
40
120–1160
2
Alternaria alternata
100–340
300–2780
860–1900
3
Aspergillus
11880–32000
8780–21860
10340–22340
4
A. candidus
180–260
–
80–140
5
A. carneus
220
–
–
6
A. flavus
3480–9720
4880–10180
10300–8580
7
A. flavus var. columnaris
60–100
–
–
8
A. fumigatus
100–2280
960–4380
20–380
9
A. niger
4220–12380
340–6660
3700–10340
10
A. ochraceus
600–1180
220–260
280–860
11
A. sydowii
240–260
140
120–200
12
A. terreus
1200–6940
500–2180
1120–2220
13
A. terreus var. africanus
200–380
–
–
14
A. terreus var. aureus
540–600
120–940
680
15
A. ustus
920–2400
540–900
540–1200
16
A. versicolor
240
–
–
17
A. wentii
1300–2480
–
–
18
Botryotrichum atrogriseum
100–1540
–
80–360
19
Chaetomium globosum
140–740
880
100–1380
20
Cladosporium
140–400
–
–
21
C. cladosporioides
140–240
–
240–380
22
C. sphaerospermum
160
–
–
23
Cochliobolus
200–620
–
–
24
C. hawaiiensis
300
–
–
25
C. lunatus
100
–
–
26
C. spicifer
100–320
60
180–280
27
Cunninghamella echinulata
160
–
–
28
Emericella
3560–11800
1120–4220
–
29
E. nidulans
3560–11100
1120–4220
1260–3500
30
E. nidulans var. dentata
460
–
–
31
E. nidulans var. lata
240
520
–
32
Fusarium
920–3620
–
680–1500
33
F. dimerum
820
–
280
34
F. moniliforme
300
–
180 - 620
35
F. oxysporum
700–3120
160
500–1220
36
F. poae
220–420
–
–
37
Gibberella
120–500
–
–
38
G. acuminata
120
–
–
39
G. intricans
500
–
–
40
Humicola
600–5760
–
–
41
H. brevis
160–1460
–
–
42
H. grisea
440–4300
480
–
43
Eurotium
15060
–
–
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(calculated per gram dry soil in
every sample) for fungal genera
and species recovered from soil
samples cultivated on glucose,
cellulose, and 50%
sucrose-Czapek’s agar at 28 °C
(adapted from: El-Said and
Saleem 2008)
No.
Genera and species
Average total count (calculated/g dry soil in every
sample)
Cultivated
Desert
Saline
1
Acremonium strictum
100
40
120–1160
2
Alternaria alternata
100–340
300–2780
860–1900
3
Aspergillus
11880–32000
8780–21860
10340–22340
4
A. candidus
180–260
–
80–140
5
A. carneus
220
–
–
6
A. flavus
3480–9720
4880–10180
10300–8580
7
A. flavus var. columnaris
60–100
–
–
8
A. fumigatus
100–2280
960–4380
20–380
9
A. niger
4220–12380
340–6660
3700–10340
10
A. ochraceus
600–1180
220–260
280–860
11
A. sydowii
240–260
140
120–200
12
A. terreus
1200–6940
500–2180
1120–2220
13
A. terreus var. africanus
200–380
–
–
14
A. terreus var. aureus
540–600
120–940
680
15
A. ustus
920–2400
540–900
540–1200
16
A. versicolor
240
–
–
17
A. wentii
1300–2480
–
–
18
Botryotrichum atrogriseum
100–1540
–
80–360
19
Chaetomium globosum
140–740
880
100–1380
20
Cladosporium
140–400
–
–
21
C. cladosporioides
140–240
–
240–380
22
C. sphaerospermum
160
–
–
23
Cochliobolus
200–620
–
–
24
C. hawaiiensis
300
–
–
25
C. lunatus
100
–
–
26
C. spicifer
100–320
60
180–280
27
Cunninghamella echinulata
160
–
–
28
Emericella
3560–11800
1120–4220
–
29
E. nidulans
3560–11100
1120–4220
1260–3500
30
E. nidulans var. dentata
460
–
–
31
E. nidulans var. lata
240
520
–
32
Fusarium
920–3620
–
680–1500
33
F. dimerum
820
–
280
34
F. moniliforme
300
–
180 - 620
35
F. oxysporum
700–3120
160
500–1220
36
F. poae
220–420
–
–
37
Gibberella
120–500
–
–
38
G. acuminata
120
–
–
39
G. intricans
500
–
–
40
Humicola
600–5760
–
–
41
H. brevis
160–1460
–
–
42
H. grisea
440–4300
480
–
43
Eurotium
15060
–
–
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