ANBAR JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to isolate and diagnose aerobic bacteria.which have cellulolytic activity and determine the extent of their spearding in Ramadi city.Atotal of 20 soil samples were collection from 6 different location in Ramadi city .Asuitable selective medium was used for isolation.Several biochemical and cultural tests were done for diagnosis.The study revealed the following:
1- The soils of Ramadi city contained different genera of aerobic cellulolytic bacteria in ratio of 55% of total isolated bacteria .
2-These bacteria belonged to the genera Pseudomonas ,Micrococcus and Enterococcus in ratios of 45,5 and 5%, respectively .