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Isolation and Characterization of Coprophilous Cellulolytic Fungi
                  from Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Dung
            Ahmadu Ali Farouq1, *Dzulkefly Kuang Abdullah1,4, Foo Hooi-Ling2, Norhafizah Abdullah3
    1. Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM
        Serdang. Selangor. Malaysia.
    2. Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti
        Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang. Selangor. Malaysia.
    3. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra
        Malaysia, 43400 Serdang. Selangor. Malaysia.
    4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang. Selangor.
        Malaysia.
    * E-mail of the corresponding author: dzul2240@gmail.com

Abstract
A lot of work has been done on isolation of cellulolytic fungi from the natural environment, but no such work
was done on Asian elephant dung in Malaysia. Fungi that grow on elephant dung which is full of fibres may
serve as a source of potential cellulase enzymes. Commercial cellulase enzymes used for the hydrolysis of
lignocellulose biomass are not only expensive, but may as well hinder progress in the bioethanol industry. In this
study, eight new fungi were isolated from Asian elephant dung sourced from Malaysian forest reserve. The fungi
were identified morphologically and by molecular assay. The sequences of the fungi were deposited in the Gen
Bank NCBI and were assigned accession numbers. Phylogenetic tree of the fungi was constructed to show
similarities of the new fungi to known strains. The fungi were tested for cellulolytic potential using
carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). Trichoderma aureoviride strain UPM 09 (JN811061) and Fusarium equiseti
strain UPM 09 (JN811063) proved to be potential cellulolytic fungi. This study shows that nature harbors the
best cellulolytic fungi for biotechnological applications yet to be exploited.
Keywords: cellulolytic, fungi, cellulase, lignocelluloses, biomass, Trichoderma aureoviride, Fusarium equiseti

1. Introduction
Fungi are well known agents of decomposition of organic matter, in general, and of cellulosic substrates in
particular (Lynd et al., 2002). Coprophilous fungi are the dung-loving fungi (copro: dung; philous: loving). A lot
of work on isolation of cellulolytic fungi from the environment has been done (Jahangeer et al., 2005). Sohail et
al. (2009) isolated a cellulolytic Aspergillus niger species from natural environment (soil, air and infected plant).
However, no such work was done on elephant dung which is mainly composed of cellulose fibers. Cellulose is
a linear polymer of glucose units linked together by ß-1, 4-glucosidic bonds and forms the major component of
plant biomass; a variety of fungi and bacteria can convert this insoluble substrate to soluble compounds by
elaborating cellulases enzyme, commercial products of which make bioethanol production extremely costly
(Sohail et al., 2009). This study is undertaken in order to source for cheaper cellulases from nature. Fungi that
grow on elephant dung are believed to be potential cellulase enzyme producers that may make bioethanol
production less expensive. The aim of this study, therefore, is to isolate fungi from Asian elephant (Elephas
maximus) dung, identify, characterize them phylogenetically and test their cellulolytic potential using cellulose
substrate.

2. Materials and Methods
2.1 Collection of Asian Elephant (E. maximus) Dung Samples
Samples of Asian elephant (E. maximus) dung were collected from the Royal Belum Park in the Perak State of
Malaysia. Fresh samples of the dung were collected in sterile containers and transported to the laboratory for
culture preparation.
2.2 Sample Collection Site
The Royal Belum State Park was established in the year 2000. It is situated in the northern state of Perak in
Malaysia. Its geographical coordinates are 5º 25‫ ″0 ׳‬North, 101º 8‫ ″0 ׳‬East. The park is a habitat for wild life
including Asian elephants.
2.3 Preparation of Elephant Dung
One gram (1g) of the elephant dung was weighed and put in a sterile test tube containing 10 milliliters of sterile




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distilled water to make a suspension or slurry. Serial dilution was carried out by transferring 1ml of the
suspension into the first test tube and to the next, and on up to the 9th of the nine sterile test tubes arranged in a
rack each containing 9 ml of sterile distilled water (Tripathi, 2006) before inoculation on potato dextrose agar
medium.
2.4 Preparation of Medium and Inoculation
Potato dextrose agar medium was prepared as described by the manufacturer (Oxoid) by dissolving 39 g in 1
liter of distilled water. The medium was sterilized in an autoclave at 121ºC for 15 mins. Tetracycline (125 mg)
was incorporated in the medium to inhibit growth of bacteria. Using streak plate method, the diluted dung
suspension was inoculated using an inoculating loop on Potato Dextrose Agar medium and incubated at 30ºC for
4 to 7days. The colonies of the fungi were then sub cultured on potato dextrose agar medium to obtain pure
colonies. The fungal cultures were routinely sub cultured on fresh potato dextrose agar medium using streak and
pour plate methods in order to obtain pure colonies.
2.5 Morphological Identification and Characterization of Fungi
The fungal colonies observed were identified using light microscopy (×40, ×100) by staining with phenolic rose
Bengal or cotton blue reagent (Tripathi, 2006).The various characteristics of the hyphae, mycelia and conidia
were studied to aid in identification of the fungi. DNA extraction, PCR Amplification and sequencing were used
to identify the fungi as described by Pant and Adholeya (2007).
2.6 Molecular Identification of Native Fungi
Following the instructions of the manufacturer (Epicenter®), the Genomic DNA of the fungi was extracted.
About 1-5 mg each of fresh fungal mycelia was diluted with a solution containing 1 µl of 50 µg/µl Proteinase K
and 300 µl of Tissue and Cell Lysis Solution and mixed thoroughly before homogenizing. The tubes were
incubated at 65ºC for 15 minutes and vortexed every 5 minutes. The samples were placed on ice for 3-5 minutes.
175 µl of MPC protein precipitation reagent was added to 300 µl of lysed sample and vortexed vigorously for 10
seconds. The debris was pelleted by centrifugation at 4ºC for 10 minutes at 10,000 x g in a micro centrifuge. The
supernatant was transferred to a clean micro centrifuge tube and discarded the pellet. About 500 µl of
isopropanol was added to the recovered supernatant. The tubes were inverted 30-40 times. The total nucleic acids
were pelleted by centrifugation at 4ºC for 10 minutes in a micro centrifuge. The isopropanol was carefully
poured off without dislodging the total nucleic acid pellet and rinsed twice with 70% ethanol, being careful to
not dislodge the total nucleic acid pellet. The residual ethanol was removed with a pipette. The total nucleic acids
were resuspended in 35 µl of TE Buffer. Following extraction, genomic DNA concentration was measured using
Biophotometer (Eppendorf, Germany).This was achieved by taking the sample’s optical density (OD) at a
wavelength of 260 nm. One OD was equivalent to 50 µg / mL of DNA. On the other hand, the sample’s purity
was determined by taking the ratio of 260 nm and 280 nm optical densities. Samples with ratio between 1.8 nm
and 2.0 nm were considered pure.
2.7 PCR Amplification and Sequencing
Two universal oligonucleotide primers were used for polymerase chain amplification. They were the ITS-1
forward primer (5’ TCC GTA GGT GAA CCT GCG G3’) and the ITS-4 reverse primer (5’ GCT GCG TTC TTC
TTG ATC GAT GC 3’). The primers were developed based on descriptions by White et al. (1990) and were
supplied by 1st Base Laboratories, Malaysia. Amplification reactions were conducted in 50µl reaction mixture
containing a final concentration l µl of 10 X PCR buffer (NovaTaq®), 4µl of MgCl2, (25mM) 0.5µl of Nova Taq
polymerase (100U), 1µl of dNTP (10Mm) and 4µl of genomic DNA. All the reagents above were obtained from
Novagen Lab, USA. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplifications were performed using the BIOMETRA
Tpersonal/Tprofessional Thermo cycler (Germany) with an initial denaturation of 5 minutes at 95oC followed by
30 cycles of denaturation at 95oC for 45 seconds, annealing at 55oC for 90 secs and extension at 72oC for 90 secs,
with a final extension step at 72oC for 7 minutes. After amplification, the products were used immediately or
stored at 4ºC until required (Saitoh et al., 2006). Aliquots of 5 µl of each PCR product were subjected to
electrophoresis on a 1.8% horizontal agarose gel (Promega, USA) in a 1 X TBE buffer at 70V for 90 mins,
depending on the size of the amplified fragment from the primer. The gel was stained in 1µl of Gel Red for 15 to
20 minutes. A 1 kb marker (Fermentas) was used as molecular weight standard to estimate the size of the ITS 1
regions amplified. The gel was photographed by using an Ultraviolet transilluminator and the ITS products were
photographed by using the UVDI Analyser (Major Science, TAIWAN).
2.8 Molecular Sequence Analysis
The PCR products were sequenced by 1st Base Laboratories (Malaysia). The resultant nucleotide sequences were
assembled and manually edited with Bio Edit software, version 7.0.9. Furthermore, the nucleotide sequences
were subjected to sequence homology search using BLAST tool (available at http:/blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). In
performing the search, sequence with lower E- value score of <10-3 and ≥ 70% were considered homologous.
Nucleotide sequences generated in this study were also deposited in NCBI- Gen Bank database, USA and were
assigned accession numbers. The phylogenetic tree was constructed using MEGA 5 Software (Tamura et al.,



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2011).
2.9 Screening of Native Fungi for cellulolytic Activity
Cellulolytic Basal Medium (CBM) medium as described by Pointing (1999) was prepared.
Carboxymethylcellulose CMC (2 % w/v) and 1.6 % w/v agar were incorporated into the medium and autoclaved.
This was aseptically transferred to Petri dishes (agar was cooled until viscous and gently mixed before pouring to
ensure uniform distribution of cellulose in the agar medium). Then the agar was inoculated with the test fungus.
Incubation was done at 25ºC in darkness and was examined daily for 10 days. The plates were flooded with 2 %
w/v aqueous Congo red (C.I. 22120) and left for15 minutes. The stain was poured off and washed the agar
surface with distilled water. The plates flooded were with IM NaCI to destain for 15 minutes. Cellulolysis was
assessed based on clearance zones of the opaque agar around growing colonies.

3. Results and Discussion
3.1 Characterization of Isolated fungi
Eight new fungi were isolated in this study. The fungi were deposited in the culture collection of Universiti Putra
Malaysia (UPMC) while their sequences were deposited in the Gen Bank NCBI database (USA), and were
assigned accession numbers (prefixed UPMC and JN, respectively). These include Trichoderma aureoviride
UPM 09 (JN811061) (UPMC 389), Wickerhammomyces anomalus UPM 02-09 (JN811059) (UPMC 394),
Wickerhammomyces anomalus (Pichia anomala ) UPM 01-09 (JN811060) (UPMC 394), Aureobasidium
pullulans UPM 09 (JN811062) (UPMC397), Gibberella intermedia UPM-09 (JN811064) ( UPMC390),
Fusarium equiseti UPM 09 (JN811063) (UPMC391), Rhizomucor variabilis UPM 09 (JN806137) (UPMC 392)
and Schizophyllum commune UPM 09 (JN811058) (UPMC395). The colony and microscopic morphology of
some of the fungal isolates are presented in Table 1. All the fungi are natural fungi since the dung samples were
collected from a site situated deep in the rainforest jungle in sterile containers. The PCR amplified fragments of
the DNA of the isolates are presented in Figs. 1 and 2. Their sizes range between 200 to 320 bp.
3.2 Phylogenetic tree of the Native Fungi
The phylogenetic tree of the native fungi isolated in this study is presented in Fig. 3. The tree shows the
relationship between the fungi isolated in this study (in bold) and other related species isolated elsewhere with
100 % resemblance. With respect to DNA identity, the sequence similarity among the local isolates ranges from
33% to 100%. W. anomalus (P. anomala) UPM 01-09 and W. anomalus UPM 02-09 are 100% similar (Table 2).
F. equiseti UPM 09 and G. intermedia UPM 09 are grouped under the same cluster. Likewise, W. anomalus (P.
anomala) UPM 01-09 and W. anomalus UPM 02-09 are also grouped under the same cluster. While each cluster
has one of the local isolates distributed evenly among the six clusters. This is confirmed by sequence identity
matrix (Table 2). The phylogenetic tree confirms that all the species are fungi and are also evolutionary related to
other fungal species. This implies that the fungi are closely related can also be potentially cellulolytic.
3.3 Screening for cellulolytic activity
The result of the cellulolytic screening is presented in Table 3 where Trichoderma aureoviride UPM 09 had the
highest cellulolytic activity (4.0 mm) and A. pullulans strain UPM 09 had the lowest cellulolytic activity (0.75
mm). This result shows that T. aureoviride UPM 09 had the highest potential for cellulolytic activity.

4. Conclusion
The Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) dung was found to be a good source of new cellulolytic fungi which can
be used as a cheap source of cellulase enzyme in the bioethanol industry which may ultimately be a substitute for
the expensive commercial cellulase enzyme. Trichoderma aureoviride strain UPM 09 (JN811061) and Fusarium
equiseti strain UPM 09 (JN811063) proved to be potential cellulolytic fungi. This study shows that nature
harbors the best cellulolytic fungi for biotechnological applications yet to be exploited.
Acknowledgements
The authors are indebted to Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), for the research facilities,
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, and ERGS (project number:1/11/STG/UPM/01/27) for the research
funding.
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White, San Diego Academic Press.




Figure1. PCR amplified fragments of Genomic DNA of the Native fungi strains-L=100bp Ladder/Marker, Lane
1= F. equiseti strain UPM 09 (JN811063), Lane 2= Gibberella intermedia strain UPM 09(JN81164), Lane 3= W.
anomalus strain UPM 09- 02 (JN811059), Lane 4 = T. aureoviride strain UPM 09 (JN811061), Lane 5=
Rhizomucor variabilis strain (JN806137), Lane 6= Aureobasidium pullulans strain UPM 09(JN811062) and Lane
7. Schizophyllum commune strain UPM 09 (JN811058).




Figure 2. PCR amplified fragments of Genomic DNA of the Native fungi strains-L=100bp Ladder/Marker, Lane
1= Gibberella intermedia strain UPM 09 JN811064, Lane 2= Rhizomucor variabilis strain (JN806137) and Lane
3= W. anomalus (P. anomala) UPM 09- 01 (JN811059).




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                                                                  Aspergillus flavus strain AFM1

                                                             100 Septogloeum mori isolate NW582B EU520242
                                                                 Fusarium equiseti strain Fe1HQ718414
                                                 97               Fusarium equiseti strain UPM 09
                                                              Gibberella intermedia strain UPM 09
                                                              Gibberella thapsina strain LYF002HQ176442
                                          98          100
                                                              Fusarium sp. Da167 HM991180
                                                                        Trichoderma aureoviride strain UPM 09
                                                                        Trichoderma aureoviride strain T77HQ596945
                        96                                        100 Hypocrea lixii isolate PCO.89HQ248196
                                                                        Hypocrea lixii strain GJS 98-183AF275330
                                                                      Aureobasidium pullulans strain UPM 09
                                                                      Aureobasidium pullulansJF440584
                                                               100 Aureobasidium pullulans strain 196B1HM849619
                                                                      Aureobasidium pullulans strain 196B1HM849619(2)
                                                        Rhizomucor variabilis strain UPM 09
                                                              Fungal endophyte sp. R18 1 EU561611
                                                 100
                                                             Rhizomucor variabilis strain Rm-11Rm-11EF583638
                                                   62
                                                             Rhizomucor variabilis strain Rm-10 EF583638
                                                       36
                                                        21     Rhizomucor variabilis strain CBS 103.93 DQ119006

                                           100 Schizophyllum commune strain UPM 09
                                               Schizophyllum commune isolate UD 46/08GQ249871

                   99                                                 Wickerhammomyces anomalus (Pichia anomala) strain UPM 01-09
                                                                      Wickerhammomyces anomalus strain UPM 02-09
                                                               100
                                                                      Pichia anomala strain NYSDOH 835-90 AY217019
                                                                 21
                                                                      Pichia anomala strain CBS 605 AF335926
                                                                  8
                                                                 22 Wickerhamomyces anomalus isolate Tcy27JN210893
                                                                  72 Pichia anomala isolate ST 3352/2-03


            0.05

Figure 3. Phylogenic tree of the native fungi isolated from Asian Elephant (E. maximus) dung. Phylogenetic tree
was obtained using the neighbour-joining algorithm, reflecting the relationships of 16S rRNA gene sequences.
Branches also supported by parsimony and maximum-likelihood. Percentages above branches correspond to
1000 bootstrap replicates using the neighbour-joining algorithm. Malaysian isolates are indicated in bold.




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                        Table 1. Morphology of the Fungal Isolates from Asian Elephant dung
Fungi                                Colony Morphology                            Microscopic Morphology
a). F. equiseti strain UPM 09        whitish, pinkish       background with       septate     hyphae,     canoe-shaped,
(Ascomycota)                         light periphery, remain white                multiseptate unbranched
b). T. aureoviride strain UPM 09     white fluff at first, compact wooly, later   conidiophores         long,       tufted,
(Ascomycota)                         green                                        compact
c). W. anomala (P. anomala)          milky, cream-colored                         spherical, elliptical, oblong cells
strain UPM 09 (Ascomycota)                                                        elliptical, oblong cells, smooth
d). W. anomalus strain UPM 09                                                     elliptical, oblong cells, hyphae,
                                     white tufts, compact
(Ascomycota)                                                                      septate;      conidia         ellipsoidal
e).     A. Pullulans UPM 09                                                       one-celled
(Ascomycota)                         smooth faint-pink slimy spores
f).   S.   commune      UPM     09
(Basidiomycota)                      upper surface covered with small hairs,      cylindrical to elliptical, smooth
g). R. variabilis strain UPM 09      white to grayish smooth wooly tufts          spores
(Zygomycota)                         Wooly, whitish thread-like, mucoid           bearing      sporangiospores          on
h).G.      intermedia     UPM-09     mycelia                                      sporangia
(JN811064) ( UPMC390)                                                             septate     hyphae,     canoe-shaped,
                                     whitish,    light   pinkish   with   light
                                                                                  multiseptate unbranched
                                     periphery, remain white




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                                        Table 2. Sequence Identity Matrix of Fungal isolates

                    R. variabilis W.    anomalus F. equiseti S. commune W. anomalus T. aureoviride A. pullulans G. intermedia

Sequences           UPM 09      UPM01-09        UPM 09     UPM 09       UPM 02-09    UPM 09       UPM 09      UPM 01-09



R.     variabilis

UPM 09              ID          0.491           0.491      0.327        0.491        0.498        0.479       0.498

W.    anomalus

UPM01-09            0.491       ID              0.536      0.421        1            0.516        0.547       0.531

F.       equiseti

UPM09               0.491       0.536           ID         0.354        0.536        0.691        0.62        0.94

S.    commune

UPM09               0.327       0.421           0.354      ID           0.421        0.347        0.339       0.348

W.    anomalus

UPM02-09            0.491       1               0.536      0.421        ID           0.516        0.547       0.531

T.   aureoviride

UPM 09              0.498       0.516           0.691      0.347        0.516        ID           0.565       0.705

A.    pullulans

UPM09               0.479       0.547           0.62       0.339        0.547        0.565        ID          0.645

G.   intermedia

UPM01-09            0.498       0.531           0.94       0.348        0.531        0.705        0.645       ID




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     Table 3. The ratio between the Clearing zone (mm) and colony diameter (mm) grown on cellulose agar
                                                   medium
Fungus                  Clearing      zone       Colony diameter   Ratio of Clearing   Clearing   zone
                        (mm)                     (mm)              zone/Diameter       (mm)
                                                                   (mm)
T.        aureoviride   4.0                      1.0               4.0/1.0             4.0
UPM               09
(JN811063)
F. equiseti strain      2.5                      1.0               2.5/1               1.0
UPM               09
(JN811061)
 W.        anomalus     ND                       ND                ND                  ND
strainUPM02-      09
JN811059
A. Pullulans strain     3.0                      4.0               3.0/4.0             0.75
UPM 09 JN811062
 S. commune strain
UPM 09 JN811058         2.9                      3.0               2.9/3.0             0.97
R. variabilis strain
UPM 09 JN806137
W. anomalus (P.         ND                       ND                ND                  ND
anomala)       strain
UPM01-            09
JN811059                ND                       ND                ND                  ND
ND= Not Detectable; figures in mm represent average diameter of three zones for each fungus.




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Isolation and characterization of coprophilous cellulolytic fungi from asian elephant (elephas maximus) dung

  • 1. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2, No.7, 2012 Isolation and Characterization of Coprophilous Cellulolytic Fungi from Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Dung Ahmadu Ali Farouq1, *Dzulkefly Kuang Abdullah1,4, Foo Hooi-Ling2, Norhafizah Abdullah3 1. Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang. Selangor. Malaysia. 2. Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang. Selangor. Malaysia. 3. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang. Selangor. Malaysia. 4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang. Selangor. Malaysia. * E-mail of the corresponding author: dzul2240@gmail.com Abstract A lot of work has been done on isolation of cellulolytic fungi from the natural environment, but no such work was done on Asian elephant dung in Malaysia. Fungi that grow on elephant dung which is full of fibres may serve as a source of potential cellulase enzymes. Commercial cellulase enzymes used for the hydrolysis of lignocellulose biomass are not only expensive, but may as well hinder progress in the bioethanol industry. In this study, eight new fungi were isolated from Asian elephant dung sourced from Malaysian forest reserve. The fungi were identified morphologically and by molecular assay. The sequences of the fungi were deposited in the Gen Bank NCBI and were assigned accession numbers. Phylogenetic tree of the fungi was constructed to show similarities of the new fungi to known strains. The fungi were tested for cellulolytic potential using carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). Trichoderma aureoviride strain UPM 09 (JN811061) and Fusarium equiseti strain UPM 09 (JN811063) proved to be potential cellulolytic fungi. This study shows that nature harbors the best cellulolytic fungi for biotechnological applications yet to be exploited. Keywords: cellulolytic, fungi, cellulase, lignocelluloses, biomass, Trichoderma aureoviride, Fusarium equiseti 1. Introduction Fungi are well known agents of decomposition of organic matter, in general, and of cellulosic substrates in particular (Lynd et al., 2002). Coprophilous fungi are the dung-loving fungi (copro: dung; philous: loving). A lot of work on isolation of cellulolytic fungi from the environment has been done (Jahangeer et al., 2005). Sohail et al. (2009) isolated a cellulolytic Aspergillus niger species from natural environment (soil, air and infected plant). However, no such work was done on elephant dung which is mainly composed of cellulose fibers. Cellulose is a linear polymer of glucose units linked together by ß-1, 4-glucosidic bonds and forms the major component of plant biomass; a variety of fungi and bacteria can convert this insoluble substrate to soluble compounds by elaborating cellulases enzyme, commercial products of which make bioethanol production extremely costly (Sohail et al., 2009). This study is undertaken in order to source for cheaper cellulases from nature. Fungi that grow on elephant dung are believed to be potential cellulase enzyme producers that may make bioethanol production less expensive. The aim of this study, therefore, is to isolate fungi from Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) dung, identify, characterize them phylogenetically and test their cellulolytic potential using cellulose substrate. 2. Materials and Methods 2.1 Collection of Asian Elephant (E. maximus) Dung Samples Samples of Asian elephant (E. maximus) dung were collected from the Royal Belum Park in the Perak State of Malaysia. Fresh samples of the dung were collected in sterile containers and transported to the laboratory for culture preparation. 2.2 Sample Collection Site The Royal Belum State Park was established in the year 2000. It is situated in the northern state of Perak in Malaysia. Its geographical coordinates are 5º 25‫ ″0 ׳‬North, 101º 8‫ ″0 ׳‬East. The park is a habitat for wild life including Asian elephants. 2.3 Preparation of Elephant Dung One gram (1g) of the elephant dung was weighed and put in a sterile test tube containing 10 milliliters of sterile 44
  • 2. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2, No.7, 2012 distilled water to make a suspension or slurry. Serial dilution was carried out by transferring 1ml of the suspension into the first test tube and to the next, and on up to the 9th of the nine sterile test tubes arranged in a rack each containing 9 ml of sterile distilled water (Tripathi, 2006) before inoculation on potato dextrose agar medium. 2.4 Preparation of Medium and Inoculation Potato dextrose agar medium was prepared as described by the manufacturer (Oxoid) by dissolving 39 g in 1 liter of distilled water. The medium was sterilized in an autoclave at 121ºC for 15 mins. Tetracycline (125 mg) was incorporated in the medium to inhibit growth of bacteria. Using streak plate method, the diluted dung suspension was inoculated using an inoculating loop on Potato Dextrose Agar medium and incubated at 30ºC for 4 to 7days. The colonies of the fungi were then sub cultured on potato dextrose agar medium to obtain pure colonies. The fungal cultures were routinely sub cultured on fresh potato dextrose agar medium using streak and pour plate methods in order to obtain pure colonies. 2.5 Morphological Identification and Characterization of Fungi The fungal colonies observed were identified using light microscopy (×40, ×100) by staining with phenolic rose Bengal or cotton blue reagent (Tripathi, 2006).The various characteristics of the hyphae, mycelia and conidia were studied to aid in identification of the fungi. DNA extraction, PCR Amplification and sequencing were used to identify the fungi as described by Pant and Adholeya (2007). 2.6 Molecular Identification of Native Fungi Following the instructions of the manufacturer (Epicenter®), the Genomic DNA of the fungi was extracted. About 1-5 mg each of fresh fungal mycelia was diluted with a solution containing 1 µl of 50 µg/µl Proteinase K and 300 µl of Tissue and Cell Lysis Solution and mixed thoroughly before homogenizing. The tubes were incubated at 65ºC for 15 minutes and vortexed every 5 minutes. The samples were placed on ice for 3-5 minutes. 175 µl of MPC protein precipitation reagent was added to 300 µl of lysed sample and vortexed vigorously for 10 seconds. The debris was pelleted by centrifugation at 4ºC for 10 minutes at 10,000 x g in a micro centrifuge. The supernatant was transferred to a clean micro centrifuge tube and discarded the pellet. About 500 µl of isopropanol was added to the recovered supernatant. The tubes were inverted 30-40 times. The total nucleic acids were pelleted by centrifugation at 4ºC for 10 minutes in a micro centrifuge. The isopropanol was carefully poured off without dislodging the total nucleic acid pellet and rinsed twice with 70% ethanol, being careful to not dislodge the total nucleic acid pellet. The residual ethanol was removed with a pipette. The total nucleic acids were resuspended in 35 µl of TE Buffer. Following extraction, genomic DNA concentration was measured using Biophotometer (Eppendorf, Germany).This was achieved by taking the sample’s optical density (OD) at a wavelength of 260 nm. One OD was equivalent to 50 µg / mL of DNA. On the other hand, the sample’s purity was determined by taking the ratio of 260 nm and 280 nm optical densities. Samples with ratio between 1.8 nm and 2.0 nm were considered pure. 2.7 PCR Amplification and Sequencing Two universal oligonucleotide primers were used for polymerase chain amplification. They were the ITS-1 forward primer (5’ TCC GTA GGT GAA CCT GCG G3’) and the ITS-4 reverse primer (5’ GCT GCG TTC TTC TTG ATC GAT GC 3’). The primers were developed based on descriptions by White et al. (1990) and were supplied by 1st Base Laboratories, Malaysia. Amplification reactions were conducted in 50µl reaction mixture containing a final concentration l µl of 10 X PCR buffer (NovaTaq®), 4µl of MgCl2, (25mM) 0.5µl of Nova Taq polymerase (100U), 1µl of dNTP (10Mm) and 4µl of genomic DNA. All the reagents above were obtained from Novagen Lab, USA. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplifications were performed using the BIOMETRA Tpersonal/Tprofessional Thermo cycler (Germany) with an initial denaturation of 5 minutes at 95oC followed by 30 cycles of denaturation at 95oC for 45 seconds, annealing at 55oC for 90 secs and extension at 72oC for 90 secs, with a final extension step at 72oC for 7 minutes. After amplification, the products were used immediately or stored at 4ºC until required (Saitoh et al., 2006). Aliquots of 5 µl of each PCR product were subjected to electrophoresis on a 1.8% horizontal agarose gel (Promega, USA) in a 1 X TBE buffer at 70V for 90 mins, depending on the size of the amplified fragment from the primer. The gel was stained in 1µl of Gel Red for 15 to 20 minutes. A 1 kb marker (Fermentas) was used as molecular weight standard to estimate the size of the ITS 1 regions amplified. The gel was photographed by using an Ultraviolet transilluminator and the ITS products were photographed by using the UVDI Analyser (Major Science, TAIWAN). 2.8 Molecular Sequence Analysis The PCR products were sequenced by 1st Base Laboratories (Malaysia). The resultant nucleotide sequences were assembled and manually edited with Bio Edit software, version 7.0.9. Furthermore, the nucleotide sequences were subjected to sequence homology search using BLAST tool (available at http:/blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). In performing the search, sequence with lower E- value score of <10-3 and ≥ 70% were considered homologous. Nucleotide sequences generated in this study were also deposited in NCBI- Gen Bank database, USA and were assigned accession numbers. The phylogenetic tree was constructed using MEGA 5 Software (Tamura et al., 45
  • 3. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2, No.7, 2012 2011). 2.9 Screening of Native Fungi for cellulolytic Activity Cellulolytic Basal Medium (CBM) medium as described by Pointing (1999) was prepared. Carboxymethylcellulose CMC (2 % w/v) and 1.6 % w/v agar were incorporated into the medium and autoclaved. This was aseptically transferred to Petri dishes (agar was cooled until viscous and gently mixed before pouring to ensure uniform distribution of cellulose in the agar medium). Then the agar was inoculated with the test fungus. Incubation was done at 25ºC in darkness and was examined daily for 10 days. The plates were flooded with 2 % w/v aqueous Congo red (C.I. 22120) and left for15 minutes. The stain was poured off and washed the agar surface with distilled water. The plates flooded were with IM NaCI to destain for 15 minutes. Cellulolysis was assessed based on clearance zones of the opaque agar around growing colonies. 3. Results and Discussion 3.1 Characterization of Isolated fungi Eight new fungi were isolated in this study. The fungi were deposited in the culture collection of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPMC) while their sequences were deposited in the Gen Bank NCBI database (USA), and were assigned accession numbers (prefixed UPMC and JN, respectively). These include Trichoderma aureoviride UPM 09 (JN811061) (UPMC 389), Wickerhammomyces anomalus UPM 02-09 (JN811059) (UPMC 394), Wickerhammomyces anomalus (Pichia anomala ) UPM 01-09 (JN811060) (UPMC 394), Aureobasidium pullulans UPM 09 (JN811062) (UPMC397), Gibberella intermedia UPM-09 (JN811064) ( UPMC390), Fusarium equiseti UPM 09 (JN811063) (UPMC391), Rhizomucor variabilis UPM 09 (JN806137) (UPMC 392) and Schizophyllum commune UPM 09 (JN811058) (UPMC395). The colony and microscopic morphology of some of the fungal isolates are presented in Table 1. All the fungi are natural fungi since the dung samples were collected from a site situated deep in the rainforest jungle in sterile containers. The PCR amplified fragments of the DNA of the isolates are presented in Figs. 1 and 2. Their sizes range between 200 to 320 bp. 3.2 Phylogenetic tree of the Native Fungi The phylogenetic tree of the native fungi isolated in this study is presented in Fig. 3. The tree shows the relationship between the fungi isolated in this study (in bold) and other related species isolated elsewhere with 100 % resemblance. With respect to DNA identity, the sequence similarity among the local isolates ranges from 33% to 100%. W. anomalus (P. anomala) UPM 01-09 and W. anomalus UPM 02-09 are 100% similar (Table 2). F. equiseti UPM 09 and G. intermedia UPM 09 are grouped under the same cluster. Likewise, W. anomalus (P. anomala) UPM 01-09 and W. anomalus UPM 02-09 are also grouped under the same cluster. While each cluster has one of the local isolates distributed evenly among the six clusters. This is confirmed by sequence identity matrix (Table 2). The phylogenetic tree confirms that all the species are fungi and are also evolutionary related to other fungal species. This implies that the fungi are closely related can also be potentially cellulolytic. 3.3 Screening for cellulolytic activity The result of the cellulolytic screening is presented in Table 3 where Trichoderma aureoviride UPM 09 had the highest cellulolytic activity (4.0 mm) and A. pullulans strain UPM 09 had the lowest cellulolytic activity (0.75 mm). This result shows that T. aureoviride UPM 09 had the highest potential for cellulolytic activity. 4. Conclusion The Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) dung was found to be a good source of new cellulolytic fungi which can be used as a cheap source of cellulase enzyme in the bioethanol industry which may ultimately be a substitute for the expensive commercial cellulase enzyme. Trichoderma aureoviride strain UPM 09 (JN811061) and Fusarium equiseti strain UPM 09 (JN811063) proved to be potential cellulolytic fungi. This study shows that nature harbors the best cellulolytic fungi for biotechnological applications yet to be exploited. Acknowledgements The authors are indebted to Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), for the research facilities, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, and ERGS (project number:1/11/STG/UPM/01/27) for the research funding. References Jahangeer, N., Jahangeer, S., Sohail, M., Shahzad, S., Ahmad, A. and Khan, S. A. (2005), Screening and characterization of fungal cellulases from natural environment, Pakistan Journal of Botany 37(3): 739-748. Lynd, L. R., Weimer, P. J., Van Zyl, W. H. and Pretorius, I. S. (2002), Microbial cellulose utilization: Fundamentals and Biotechnology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Review 66: 506-577. Pant, D. and Adholeya, A., (2007), Identification, Ligninolytic Enzyme Activity and Decolorization Potential of Two Fungi Isolated from a Distillery Effluent Contaminated Site, Water, Air and Soil pollution 183 (1-4):165-176. 46
  • 4. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2, No.7, 2012 Pointing, S.B. (1999). Qualitative methods for the determination of lignocellulolytic enzyme production by tropical fungi, Fungal Diversity 2: 17-33. Saitoh, K., Togashi, K., Arie, T. and Teraoka, T. (2006), A simple method for a mini-preparation of fungal DNA, Journal of General Plant Pathology 76 (6):348-450. Sohail, M., Siddiqi, R., Ahmad, A. and Khan, S. A., 2009, Cellulase production from Aspergillus niger MS82: effect of temperature and pH, New Biotechnology 25 (6): 437-441. Tamura, K., Peterson, D., Peterson, N., Stecher, G., Nei, M. and Kumar, S. (2011), MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods, Molecular Biology and Evolution 2 (10): 2731-2739. White, T., Burns T., Lee, S. and Taylor, J. 1990. Amplification and Direct Sequencing of RNA genes for phylogenetics- In PCR Protocols, pp 315-322, Edited by M. A. Innis, D. H. Gelfand, J. J. Sninsky and T. J. White, San Diego Academic Press. Figure1. PCR amplified fragments of Genomic DNA of the Native fungi strains-L=100bp Ladder/Marker, Lane 1= F. equiseti strain UPM 09 (JN811063), Lane 2= Gibberella intermedia strain UPM 09(JN81164), Lane 3= W. anomalus strain UPM 09- 02 (JN811059), Lane 4 = T. aureoviride strain UPM 09 (JN811061), Lane 5= Rhizomucor variabilis strain (JN806137), Lane 6= Aureobasidium pullulans strain UPM 09(JN811062) and Lane 7. Schizophyllum commune strain UPM 09 (JN811058). Figure 2. PCR amplified fragments of Genomic DNA of the Native fungi strains-L=100bp Ladder/Marker, Lane 1= Gibberella intermedia strain UPM 09 JN811064, Lane 2= Rhizomucor variabilis strain (JN806137) and Lane 3= W. anomalus (P. anomala) UPM 09- 01 (JN811059). 47
  • 5. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2, No.7, 2012 Aspergillus flavus strain AFM1 100 Septogloeum mori isolate NW582B EU520242 Fusarium equiseti strain Fe1HQ718414 97 Fusarium equiseti strain UPM 09 Gibberella intermedia strain UPM 09 Gibberella thapsina strain LYF002HQ176442 98 100 Fusarium sp. Da167 HM991180 Trichoderma aureoviride strain UPM 09 Trichoderma aureoviride strain T77HQ596945 96 100 Hypocrea lixii isolate PCO.89HQ248196 Hypocrea lixii strain GJS 98-183AF275330 Aureobasidium pullulans strain UPM 09 Aureobasidium pullulansJF440584 100 Aureobasidium pullulans strain 196B1HM849619 Aureobasidium pullulans strain 196B1HM849619(2) Rhizomucor variabilis strain UPM 09 Fungal endophyte sp. R18 1 EU561611 100 Rhizomucor variabilis strain Rm-11Rm-11EF583638 62 Rhizomucor variabilis strain Rm-10 EF583638 36 21 Rhizomucor variabilis strain CBS 103.93 DQ119006 100 Schizophyllum commune strain UPM 09 Schizophyllum commune isolate UD 46/08GQ249871 99 Wickerhammomyces anomalus (Pichia anomala) strain UPM 01-09 Wickerhammomyces anomalus strain UPM 02-09 100 Pichia anomala strain NYSDOH 835-90 AY217019 21 Pichia anomala strain CBS 605 AF335926 8 22 Wickerhamomyces anomalus isolate Tcy27JN210893 72 Pichia anomala isolate ST 3352/2-03 0.05 Figure 3. Phylogenic tree of the native fungi isolated from Asian Elephant (E. maximus) dung. Phylogenetic tree was obtained using the neighbour-joining algorithm, reflecting the relationships of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Branches also supported by parsimony and maximum-likelihood. Percentages above branches correspond to 1000 bootstrap replicates using the neighbour-joining algorithm. Malaysian isolates are indicated in bold. 48
  • 6. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2, No.7, 2012 Table 1. Morphology of the Fungal Isolates from Asian Elephant dung Fungi Colony Morphology Microscopic Morphology a). F. equiseti strain UPM 09 whitish, pinkish background with septate hyphae, canoe-shaped, (Ascomycota) light periphery, remain white multiseptate unbranched b). T. aureoviride strain UPM 09 white fluff at first, compact wooly, later conidiophores long, tufted, (Ascomycota) green compact c). W. anomala (P. anomala) milky, cream-colored spherical, elliptical, oblong cells strain UPM 09 (Ascomycota) elliptical, oblong cells, smooth d). W. anomalus strain UPM 09 elliptical, oblong cells, hyphae, white tufts, compact (Ascomycota) septate; conidia ellipsoidal e). A. Pullulans UPM 09 one-celled (Ascomycota) smooth faint-pink slimy spores f). S. commune UPM 09 (Basidiomycota) upper surface covered with small hairs, cylindrical to elliptical, smooth g). R. variabilis strain UPM 09 white to grayish smooth wooly tufts spores (Zygomycota) Wooly, whitish thread-like, mucoid bearing sporangiospores on h).G. intermedia UPM-09 mycelia sporangia (JN811064) ( UPMC390) septate hyphae, canoe-shaped, whitish, light pinkish with light multiseptate unbranched periphery, remain white 49
  • 7. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2, No.7, 2012 Table 2. Sequence Identity Matrix of Fungal isolates R. variabilis W. anomalus F. equiseti S. commune W. anomalus T. aureoviride A. pullulans G. intermedia Sequences UPM 09 UPM01-09 UPM 09 UPM 09 UPM 02-09 UPM 09 UPM 09 UPM 01-09 R. variabilis UPM 09 ID 0.491 0.491 0.327 0.491 0.498 0.479 0.498 W. anomalus UPM01-09 0.491 ID 0.536 0.421 1 0.516 0.547 0.531 F. equiseti UPM09 0.491 0.536 ID 0.354 0.536 0.691 0.62 0.94 S. commune UPM09 0.327 0.421 0.354 ID 0.421 0.347 0.339 0.348 W. anomalus UPM02-09 0.491 1 0.536 0.421 ID 0.516 0.547 0.531 T. aureoviride UPM 09 0.498 0.516 0.691 0.347 0.516 ID 0.565 0.705 A. pullulans UPM09 0.479 0.547 0.62 0.339 0.547 0.565 ID 0.645 G. intermedia UPM01-09 0.498 0.531 0.94 0.348 0.531 0.705 0.645 ID 50
  • 8. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2, No.7, 2012 Table 3. The ratio between the Clearing zone (mm) and colony diameter (mm) grown on cellulose agar medium Fungus Clearing zone Colony diameter Ratio of Clearing Clearing zone (mm) (mm) zone/Diameter (mm) (mm) T. aureoviride 4.0 1.0 4.0/1.0 4.0 UPM 09 (JN811063) F. equiseti strain 2.5 1.0 2.5/1 1.0 UPM 09 (JN811061) W. anomalus ND ND ND ND strainUPM02- 09 JN811059 A. Pullulans strain 3.0 4.0 3.0/4.0 0.75 UPM 09 JN811062 S. commune strain UPM 09 JN811058 2.9 3.0 2.9/3.0 0.97 R. variabilis strain UPM 09 JN806137 W. anomalus (P. ND ND ND ND anomala) strain UPM01- 09 JN811059 ND ND ND ND ND= Not Detectable; figures in mm represent average diameter of three zones for each fungus. 51
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