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Isolation of Fungi from Polychaete Habitat in Morib, Selangor
Siti Suraya binti Ruslee
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof Dr. Mariam binti Taib
Bachelor in Science (Biological Sciences)
School of Fundamental Science
Fungi are found as a potential agents for heavy metal detoxification. Heavy metals
categorized as non-biodegradable and high in toxicity. Bioremediation considered as
the best way to degrade the heavy metals as they occur naturally by microorganisms.
Pantai Morib, Selangor considered as polluted areas as it was situated facing the
Straits of Malacca. The survival of polychaete in the contaminants area lead this study
to be conducted. The aims of this study are to isolate and identify the fungi that are
associated with the polychaetes as they are believed to assists in the survival of the
polychaetes. The soil suspension were spread on three types of agar. The morphology
were observed macroscopically and microscopically under light microscope. Totally,
18 fungal belonged to 16 genera were isolated from two sites of sample collected.
Ascomycetes as the most dominant fungi isolated. Only Trichoderma sp. identified as
terrestrial fungi while the other were marine fungi.
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