Biodiversity of yeast mycoflora in nectar of Bombax cieba and Canna indica flower

Mushtaq, M. . Dept. of Botany; Jamal, A. . Dept. of Botany; Nahar, S. . Dept. of Plant Protection

Biodiversity of yeast mycoflora in nectar of Bombax cieba and Canna indica flower

2006

Mushtaq, M. (Adamjee Govt. Science Coll., Karachi (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany) | Jamal, A. (DHA Degree Girls Coll., Karachi (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany) | Nahar, S. (Central Plant Quarantine Lab., Karachi (Pakistan). Dept. of Plant Protection)

Sixteen yeast species belonging to 10 genera from nectar of Bombax cieba flower and 25 species belonging to 15 genera from nectar of Canna indica flower were isolated and identified on the basis of their morphological and biochemical/physiological characteristics. Pichia lynferdii and Zygoascus helinicus were predominantly isolated from nectar of Bombax cieba whereas Cryptococcus laurentii, Debaryomyces hansenii and Fibulobasidium inconspicuum from nectar of Canna indica flower.

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