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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1962 September; 10(5): 441-447

Fungi Growing on Jute Fabrics Deteriorating under Weather Exposure and in Storage

Microbiology Section, Indian Jute Mills Association Research Institute, Calcutta, India

ABSTRACT

Special media suitable for the isolation of fungi growing on jute were developed. Species that would better resist sunlight, such as organisms with dark hyphae and spores or closed fruit bodies, predominated on weather-exposed fabrics. Several strongly cellulolytic organisms not previously implicated in fiber decomposition were isolated from this source. On the other hand, the fungi obtained from jute materials damaged in storage were mostly of the familiar types. Most of the newly isolated fungi are generally missed on ordinary media, but they probably play an important role in the natural decomposition of jute materials.