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Fibrinolytic activity of some fungi isolated from self-heated composted fertilizer

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Mesophilic fungi isolated from organic fertilizer compost samples accounted for 70.94% of the total fungal count, while thermophilic and thermotolerant fungi constituted 29.05% of that count. Eight mesophilic fungal species, namelyAspergillus niger, Monilia sitophila, Paecilomyces divaricata, Penicillium chrysogenum, P. fellutanum, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, S. brumptii andZygorhynchus japonicus; two thermophilic fungiHumicola grisea andOidiodendron flavum and three thermotolerant speciesAspergillus fumigatus, Thermomyces lanuginosus andZygorhynchus vuilleminii were isolated during the study.

Most of the tested fungi showed a proteolytic activity and liquified gelatin in the test tube method and in cup plates. The thermophilic fungusO. flavum was the most potent proteolytic fungus.

The comparative fibrinolytic assay revealed the following sequence in the ability of the tested fungi to hydrolyse fibrin:O. fiavum>S. brevicaulis>H. grisea>A. fumigatus>T. lanuginosus.

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Abdel-Rahman, T.M.A., Salama, AA.M., Ali, M.I.A. et al. Fibrinolytic activity of some fungi isolated from self-heated composted fertilizer. Bot Mag Tokyo 103, 313–324 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488642

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