STUDY ON IDENTIFICATION AND ISOLATION OF RHIZOPUS FROM

DECAYING BREAD
A Proposal Submitted To The Department Of The Microbiology.
Mahendra Morang Adarsha Multiple Campus
Institute Of Science And Technology
Tribhuvan University
Nepal

FOR THE AWARD OF

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSc) IN MICROBIOLOGY
BY
ANJALI JHA
Summary
Rhizopus spp. are saprophytic fungi found on plants and it is parasitic on animals.
They are found in a wide variety of organic substances, including “mature fruits
and vegetables” jellies, syrups, leather, bread, peanuts and tobacco. Rhizopus
nigricans belongs to a group of fungi known as the “black molds”. It is also known
commonly as the “red molds” because it grows freely on moist state bread. It is a
common mold, which is widespread in occurance Rhizopus forms a mass of soft,
closely woven white silky threads. The common bread mold (Rhizopus) finds new
bakery items by means of air-borne spores.
There are multiple species of Rhizopus, but Rhizopus stolonifer earned this
species name because it is a black mold that grows on bread and it’s spores float
around in the air. Rhizopus species grow as filamentous, branching hyphae that
generally lacks cross-wall. Bread mold is the common name for Rhizopus. It is a
spore-forming fungus. Moist bread slice offers both moisture and nutrients to the
bread mold, therefore it grows profusely.
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study
 Rhizopus stolonifera is commonly known as black bread mold. It is a member of
Zygomycota and considered the most important species in the genus Rhizopus.
Rhizopus forms a mass of soft, closely woven