Isolation, identification and antimicrobial activities of some fungi associated with marine algae

ABSTRACT

Ninety four fungal isolates belonging to nineteen fungal genera and thirty seven species were isolated from different algae samples collected from Abou-keer, Alexandria, Egypt, during the four seasons of 2004. The marine fungal genera were Helicascus, Sigmoidea and Varicosporina, while the terrestrial fungal genera were Acremonium, AIternaria, Aspergillus, Chrysonilia, Cladosporium, Dendryphiopsis, Fusarium, Geotriclium, Helminthosporium, Moniliella, Mucor, Penicillium. Scopulariopsis, Trichoderma, Ulocladium and Verticillium. All fungal isolates were tested against some pathogenic bacteria, yeast and fungi. The results revealed that, Penicillium brevicompactum [APt] and Varicsporina ramulosa [SPa] were the most promising fungi which were active against gram positive, gram negative bacteria and fungi