A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA

This report represents the first study of keratinophilic fungi present in soils of Jamaica. Out of the 40 soil samples examined from different habitats, 30 (75%) were positive for the presence of keratinophilic fungi, yielding 36 isolates of keratinophilic fungi. Microsporum gypseum complex (represe...

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Autores principales: Gugnani, Harish C., Sharma, Soni, Wright, Kharl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2014
Materias:
Mycology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24879002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000300009
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description This report represents the first study of keratinophilic fungi present in soils of Jamaica. Out of the 40 soil samples examined from different habitats, 30 (75%) were positive for the presence of keratinophilic fungi, yielding 36 isolates of keratinophilic fungi. Microsporum gypseum complex (represented by 16 isolates of M. gypseum, and four of M. fulvum) was most frequent, being present in 50% of the samples. A very high occurrence of this dermatophyte in Jamaican soil is of public health significance. The remaining isolates of keratinophilic fungi were represented by Chrysosporium spp (mainly C. indicum and C. tropicum) and Sepedonium sp.
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spelling pubmed-40858662014-07-16 A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA Gugnani, Harish C. Sharma, Soni Wright, Kharl Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Mycology This report represents the first study of keratinophilic fungi present in soils of Jamaica. Out of the 40 soil samples examined from different habitats, 30 (75%) were positive for the presence of keratinophilic fungi, yielding 36 isolates of keratinophilic fungi. Microsporum gypseum complex (represented by 16 isolates of M. gypseum, and four of M. fulvum) was most frequent, being present in 50% of the samples. A very high occurrence of this dermatophyte in Jamaican soil is of public health significance. The remaining isolates of keratinophilic fungi were represented by Chrysosporium spp (mainly C. indicum and C. tropicum) and Sepedonium sp. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4085866/ /pubmed/24879002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000300009 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Mycology
Gugnani, Harish C.
Sharma, Soni
Wright, Kharl
A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA
title A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA
title_full A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA
title_fullStr A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA
title_full_unstemmed A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA
title_short A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA
title_sort preliminary study on the occurrence of keratinophilic fungi in soils of jamaica
topic Mycology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24879002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000300009
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