Resistant Fungal Biodiversity of Electroplating Effluent and Their Metal Tolerance Index

Discharge of heavy metals in the aquatic system has become a global phenomenon due to their carcinogenic and mutagenic nature (Mahiva et al., 2008). electroplating industry in Pakistan is contributing its major part in deteriorating the country environment at massive scale with the accumulation of heavy metals in aqueous environment. The chemically polluted water has seriously damaged the ecology of surface and ground water, which eventually impart serious consequences on agriculture due to contamination of crops grown in a polluted area .