[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "DIVERSITY OF SOIL BORN ESTARCH HYDROLYZING FUNGI OF LIVESTOCK FARMS",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Sana",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Anjum",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Nawaz",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Ahmad",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Rabbani",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2017]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "27",
  "issue": "2",
  "page": "407-414",
  "DOI": "N/A",
  "abstract": "<p>Soil of livestock farms is rich with mycoflora having diverse biological activities. Fungi isolated from soil (n=145) of livestock farms (n=29) at Lahore district were characterized into pathogenic, toxigenic and phaeoid starch hydrolyzers. Pure fungal isolates (1101) recovered from soil cultured on starch agar and only 112 (10.17%) were positive to starch hydrolysis. Out of 112 starch hydrolyzing fungi, 32 (28.57%) were declared pathogenic. Non-pathogenic starch hydrolyzing fungi further screened for mycotoxin production potential and 27.5 percent were found toxigenic. Starch hydrolyzing non-toxigenic fungi (n=58) were morphologically identified as&nbsp;<em>Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Zygomycete, Actinomycete and Phaeoid</em>.&nbsp; Highest number of industrially important fungi was of&nbsp;<em>Aspergillus</em>&nbsp;(27.58%).&nbsp;<em>Aspergillus</em>&nbsp;isolates (n=16) identified at specie level were&nbsp;<em>A. niger</em>&nbsp;(03),&nbsp;<em>A. flavus</em>&nbsp;(07),&nbsp;<em>A. versicolor</em>&nbsp;(01),&nbsp;<em>A. terrus</em>&nbsp;(04) and&nbsp;<em>A. nidulans</em> (01). These isolates were declared as safe and could be used for mass production of amylases to meet commercial demands.&nbsp;</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2017-JAPS-52"
}]