| Soils are known to be ultimate and complex reservoirs of microbial diversity. The complex dimensions of bacterial and fungal diversity in tropical soils and microbial community dynamics are underexplored. Isolation techniques aimed at Actinomycetes generally employ highly selective media, powerful antibiotics and antifungal compounds to suppress undesirable bacteria and fungi. However some soil fungi may show their resistance towards these antifungal compounds. During our work to explore soil actinomycetes diversity, slides coated with Arginine Vitamin agar (AVA) incorporating a cocktail of antibiotics and antifungal compounds such as Nystatin, Cycloheximide, Terbinafin, Griseofulvin, and Fluconazole were exposed to soil environment and were retrieved at... |
