Isolatıon of fılamentous fungı assocıated wıth two common edıble aquatıc ınsects hydrophılus pıceus and dytıscus margınalıs

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Özdal M., İncekara Ü., Polat A., Gür Ö., Kurbanoğlu E. B., Taşar G. E.

Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, cilt.2, ss.95-105, 2012 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.95-105
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: edible aquatic insect, Hydrophilus piceus, Dytiscus marginalis, mycoflora, ASPERGILLUS, MYCOTOXINS
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Insects are widely used for their potential source of protein, lipids, carbohydrates and certain vitamins in many parts of the world. As in terrestial ones, aquatic insects can also carry fungal structures. Therefore, in the present study, we evaluated microfungal flora of internal and external surface of Hydrophilus piceus and Dytiscus marginalis collected from their natural habitats in Erzurum (Turkey). We isolated total 19 different species of fungi belonging to Penicillium, Alternaria, Beauveria, Trichoderma, Fusarium, Aspergillus, Acremonium, Paecilomyces genera. The relationship between these fungi and edible insects was discussed further in the light of the existing literature. Among the isolated fungi, species that were recognized as pathogenic or toxigenic, and ones having biotechnological importance were