Afshan Kaleem

Jan 4, 2025 | bmcbiotechnol.biomedcentral.com | Imran Ali |Roheena Abdullah |Afshan Kaleem |Mehwish Iqtedar |Xiaoming Chen |Sana Saqib | +2 more

In this study, a total of ten thermophilic pectinolytic fungal strains were isolated from different sources including 10 cm deep soil, compost and industrial waste piles such as agricultural waste piles (e.g., leftover crop residues and fruit peels), sugarcane bagasse piles (from sugar mills) from different areas of Punjab by serial dilution method on petri plates containing Pectinase Screening Agar Medium (PSAM) g/L of pectin 1, KH2PO4 0.2, NH4Cl 0.3, MgSO4 0.01 and agar 25 [17].