Keratinophilic and other fungi isolated from combine harvester wheat and sorghum dusts and from the atmosphere of winnow sites in Egypt.
Three methods were used for the isolation of fungi in the present investigation: the dilution-plate method, hair-baiting technique with horse hairs and the "exposed plate" method. Sabouraud's glucose agar at 28 degrees C was also used as isolation medium. 102 species and 2 species varieties belonging to 36 genera were collected from combine harvester wheat and sorghum dusts and from the atmosphere of hay or winnow sites. Chrysosporium was represented by 6 species: C. asperatum, C. indicum, C. keratinophilum, C. merdarium, C. pannorum and C. tropicum. Several filamentous fungi tolerating high levels of cycloheximide and other moulds were frequently encountered in the two types of dusts and in the two atmospheres, such as members of Acremonium, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Emericella, Eupenicillium, Fusarium, Paecilomyces, Penicillium, Piedraia, Rhizopus, Scopulariopsis and others.
Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.
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D000391:Air Microbiology; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002912:Chrysosporium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003470:Culture Media; D004391:Dust; D004534:Egypt; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005670:Fusarium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007633:Keratins; D010407:Penicillium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006109:Poaceae; D014908:Triticum
D003470:Culture Media; D004391:Dust; D007633:Keratins