Thermophilic fungi from stacks of oil palm kernels in Nigeria.

Abstract

Seven thermophilic fungi have been isolated from stacks of oil palm kernels in parts of the Western State of Nigeria. These include Humicola lanuginosa (GRIFFON and MAUBLANC) BUNCE, Mucor pusillusLINDT, Talaromyces emersonii STOLK, Chaetomium thermophile var coprophileCOONEY and EMERSON, Chaetomium thermophile var. dissitumCOONEY and EMERSON, Thermoascus aurantiacusMIEHEsensuAPINIS, and Thermoascus crustaceus (APINIS and CHESTERS) STOLK. While the last four are new records for Nigeria, they, together with H. lanuginosa and M. pusillus, are also reported on palm kernels for the first time. All are shown to be strongly thermophilic.