title: Dyes as fungal inhibitors: effect on colony diameter.
abstract: The effects of a wide range of concentrations of 13 dyes on the colony diameters of nine fungal strains (including members of the Deuteromycetes and Zygomycetes) were evaluated. Auramine at a concentration of 50 ppm (50 micrograms/ml), methylene blue at a concentration of 500 ppm, gentian violet at a concentration of 5 ppm, and phenol red at a concentration of 50 ppm performed as well as the commonly used dyes dichloran at a concentration of 2 ppm and rose bengal at a concentration of 50 ppm in that they allowed adequate colony development of the Deuteromycetes strains tested and controlled rapidly spreading fungi.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patología y Producciones Animales (Microbiología), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bragulat
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Abarca
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bruguera
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Cabañes
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003470:Culture Media; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003470:Culture Media