A report on the predominant occurrence of a dermatophyte species in cultivated soil from Kuwait.
From several soil samples screened for the occurrence of keratinolytic fungi, soils cultivated with ornamental plants were found to contain strains of the dermatophytic fungus Microsporum gypseum. One soil sample was dominated by this species.
al-Musallam
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Department of Botany and Microbiology, Kuwait University, Safat.
al-Zarban
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al-Sanè
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Ahmed
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D002912:Chrysosporium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007730:Kuwait; D008864:Microsporum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012988:Soil Microbiology