Acidophilic and acidotolerant fungi in mud and salt crusts collected from Wadi El- Natrun lakes

Abstract

Isolation some fungi from extreme source under extreme media and these were 42 species related to 14 genera of acidiphilic or/ aciditolerant fungi were collected from mud and salt crusts of Wadi El- Natrun lakes on Czapek Dox agar adjusted at pH 4 and pH 5 during the seasons of study. Aspergillus and Penicillium were the most common genera of the total propogules on the two pH levels.