Characterization and Antimicrobial Analysis of Ganoderma lucidum

Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most important member among the Basidiomycetes. These fugal species have equal medicinal and therapeutical importance. They have exhibited various phenotypical features and response to other living organisms in a variable fashion. Recent study was plotted to examine the molecular identity among the species of Ganoderma lucidum colonizing at various sites in Lahore and also to evaluate their antimicrobial potential.

Mr.Muhammad Ali has completed his M.Sc.(Hons.)from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences and now is a PhD scholar at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore under the supervision of Prof.Dr. Muhammad Saleem Haider.