In this present research, soil samples were
collected from three different places from Magway
University, during January to July 2018. Ten different
soil fungi were isolated from three different soil
samples. Isolation of soil fungi were undertaken by the
serial dilution method. A total of 10 fungal cultures
were isolated from the collected soil samples.
Antimicrobial activities of isolated fungal strains were
evaluated by the agar well diffusion assay with five test
organisms. There are Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli,
Pseudomonas fluorescences, Agrobacterium tumefaciens
and Staphylococcus aureus. These isolated fungal strains
were tested by 4 days culture within fermentation
period. Clear zones (inhibitory zones) surrounding the
agar well indicate the presence of bioactive metabolites
which inhibit the growth of test organisms. Four strains
showed the antimicrobial activity on Escherichia coli.
Among them Bacillus subtilis fungal strains showed that
the maximum antimicrobial activities (30.33 mm) and
Pseudomonas fluorescences showed a few antimicrobial
activity ( 9.77 mm). According to the present studied
that soil fungi are ubiquitous and different
morphologies among different soil area and this soil
fungi were possess with potential antimicrobial
activities.
Keywords : Soil Fungi, Antimicrobial Activity.