Fungi in two swimming pools in Assiut town, Egypt.
50 water samples from 2 public swimming pools were tested for the presence of fungi using the hair baiting technique and plate count methods. Sabouraud's-dextrose agar and Littman-oxgall agar media were used for isolation of the fungi. Of the keratinolytic fungi 8 species were recorded of which three species were dermatophytes (Trichophyton terrestre, 14% of the samples; T. mentagrophytes, 10% and Microsporum gypseum, 6%). On Littman-oxgall agar the following species were recovered: Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, Penicillium chrysogeman, Syncephalastrum racemosum, Alternaria alternata and Mucor hiemalis.
Maghazy
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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Minya University, Egypt.
Abdel-Mallek
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Bagy
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D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D004534:Egypt; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D006197:Hair / Q000378:metabolism; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D013551:Swimming Pools; D014871:Water Microbiology
D003470:Culture Media; D007633:Keratins