Phosphate solubilizing ability of two Arctic Aspergillus niger strains

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Shiv Mohan Singh, Lal Sahab Yadav, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Purnima Singh, Paras Nath Singh, Rasik Ravindra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: Phosphate; Arctic; fungi; Aspergillus; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Svalbard; Lesund; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7283; https://doaj.org/article/10ccc56f25f14ee39683aa21360d5741

Many filamentous fungi were isolated from the soils of Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, and were screened in vitro for their phosphate solubilizing ability. Two strains of Aspergillus niger showed good tricalcium phosphate (TCP) solubilizing ability in Pikovskaya's medium. Th...