Diversity of Culturable Fungi in Two-Phase Olive Mill Waste, a Preliminary Evaluation of Their Enzymatic Potential, and Two New <i>Trichoderma</i> Species.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates the diversity and provides a preliminary evaluation of the enzymatic potential of culturable fungi present in two-phase olive mill waste (TPOMW), a lignocellulose- and phenolic-rich agro-industrial by-product generated in large quantities in olive oil-producing countries. Ninety-four isolates, representing 31 species of the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Mucoromycota, were obtained and identified by using ITS, 28S, tef1-α, tub2, rpb2, act, and/or cal sequences. Among the identified taxa, two new Trichoderma species within the Harzianum clade, namely Trichoderma amurcicola (phylogenetically related to T. simile and T. guizhouense) and Trichoderma olivarum (phylogenetically related to T. si

SUBMITTER: Fryssouli V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12470466 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature