Vol. 7, Issue 6 (2019)
Microbial community on leaf surface of Lantana camera as influenced by industrial and road side pollution
Author(s): Rajan K Ojha, Amrit K Jha and Sudhir K Jha
Abstract: Present investigation was carried out to isolate, characterize and identify the microbial communities on leaf surface of Lantana camera collected from different polluted (near road or industrial sites) and unpolluted (one km away) sites of Ranchi district of Jharkhand. The population of Bacterial, Fungi and Actinomycetes decreased significantly in polluted site as compared to unpolluted sites. The bacterial isolate found on leaf surface of Lantana camera from different locations have been placed in five groups on the basis of morphological, physiological and biochemical characterizations. These groups of bacterial isolates were identified as Methylovorous spp., Aminobacter spp., Beijerinckia spp., Azotobacter spp. Pseudomonas spp. Less no. of bacterial isolates (9) were noted in polluted site as compare to unpolluted site (12). Dominant genus reported on polluted site was Aminobacter and Pseudomonas however, Beijerinckia spp. showed their dominancy in polluted sites. 17 fungal isolates found on leaf surface of Lantana camera from different location have been placed in 8 different groups based on cultural characterization. The prominent genera at polluted site were Aspergillus, while Rhizopus was found only at unpolluted sites. Twelve isolates of actinomycetes, corresponding to five genus were noted from Lantana camara leaf surface at polluted and unpolluted sites. The genera Herbidospora was found at both site but, dominant at unpolluted site.
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Rajan K Ojha, Amrit K Jha, Sudhir K Jha. Microbial community on leaf surface of Lantana camera as influenced by industrial and road side pollution. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(6):1491-1497.
