1Department Biotechnology, Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology (MIET), NH-58 Bypass crossing, Meerut-250005, Uttar Pradesh, India
Department of Biotechnology, Krishna University, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Online published on 27 July, 2017.
A thermophilic, heterothallic species of Mucor-M. imietiana A. Swathi Sri.& A. Subrahm.sp. nov.isolated from garden soil from MIET campus is described and illustrated. It grows well at 50°C on synthetic mucor agar and potato-dextrose agar from pH 3.0–9.0 with an optimum pH at 7.0. The specific epithet refers to its habitat.
Mucorimietiana sp. nov, Thermophilic, Heterothallic, Garden soil MIET Meerut
