Anthonia Oluduro

Anthonia Oluduro

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Anthonia Oluduro

Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

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20 September 2018 in AMB Express
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MAMobolaji Adeniyi
Mobolaji Adeniyi
YTYinka Titilawo
Yinka Titilawo
AOAnthonia Oluduro
Anthonia Oluduro
OOOlu Odeyemi
Olu Odeyemi
MNMotebang Nakin
Motebang Nakin
AOAnthony Okoh
Anthony Okoh
Identification of fungal species based on morphological characteristics is tedious, complex, prone to errors, and thus cannot be completely relied upon. In this study, internal transcribed spacers (ITS 1 and 4)—polymerase chain reaction was employed to amplify DNA of 19 mushroom isolates collected at Environmental Pollution Science and Technology farm, Ilesa, Southwest Nigeria. The PCR amplification of ITS1 and 4 of the mushrooms isolates yielded approximately 850 bp. Amplicons obtained were sequenced and identified using BLASTn in the NCBI. The BLASTn results revealed that Termitomyces aurantiacus (3), Tricholoma matsutake (8), Tricholoma robustum (2), P. ostreatus (4), Schizophyllum commune (1) and Pleurotus pulmonarius (1) were fully represented. Only Tricholoma matsutake (KT273371), Pleurotus pulmonarius (KY962469) and Tricholoma matsutake (AF438605) had 100% similarity with reference strain. However, the phylogenetic analysis of the isolates showed low genetic relatedness with reference strains. This study revealed the novelty of the mushroom strains and thus advocating the need for strict conservation measures and further investigations on their potential benefits to mankind.