Diversity of Monument Deterioration-Causing Fungi at Gwalior Fort (M.P.) India.

摘要

Fungiarecomplexcommunitiesofmicroorganismsthatdamagehistoricmonuments.Thepresentstudywasmadetoexaminethediversityoffungiassociatedwithdeterioratedmonumentssites.Inthepresentinvestigation,40stonesampleswerecollectedfrom15deterioratingsitesofGwaliorFort.Adilutionplatemethodwasusedforisolationoffungi.Twenty-threefungalspeciescontaining19generaisolatedfromfifteendeterioratedmonumentsitesarereportedinthispaper.ThemostfrequentisolatedfungalspeciesfromthehistoricmonumentsitesareemAlternaria/emsp,emA.nidulans,A.fumigatus,A.flavus,A.terreus,A.niger,Beauveria/emsp.,emBipolaris/emsp.,emCurvularia/emsp.,emCochliobollus/emsp.,emCladosporium/emsp.,emChaetomium/emsp.,emCrysosporium/emsp.,emConidiobolus/emsp.,emDrechslera/emsp.,emExserohilum/emsp.,emFusarium/emsp.,emPenicillium/emsp.,emSepedonium/emsp.,emScopulariopsis/emsp.,emTrichothecium/emsp.,emTorula/emsp.andemUlocladium/emsp.TheBhimsenChatri,GujriMahalandManMandirsitescontainedthemaximumnumberoffungalspeciesfollowedbyBarak,Bawari,BahuMandir,BhimSinghChatri,RangMahal,KaranMahal,Fansighar,TeliKaMandir,Jail,SasMandir,Unknownsite1,Unknownsite2andVikramMandir.Thediversityofthesefungiassociatedwithdeterioratedmonumentssitesprovidesvaluabledataforfuturestudies.