Keratinophilic fungi of poultry farm and feather dumping soil in Tamil Nadu, India.
Soils of 10 poultry farms from Namakkal and 12 feather dumping sites from Chennai were studied for the presence of keratinophilic fungi. A total of 34 species belonging to 19 genera and one non-sporulating fungus were recovered. Sixteen species of fungi and one non-sporulating fungi were common to both sites, eight species were specific to Namakkal and nine species were specific to Chennai. Dermatophytes and closely related fungi were represented by six species belonging to five genera. Fungal species commonly found in the soil samples included Chrysosporium keratinophilum (73%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes (68.2%), Microsporum gypseum (64%), Myceliopthora vellerea (32%), Chrysosporium state of Arthroderma tuberculatum (27.3%) and Geomyces pannorum (23%). Non-dermatophyte fungi were represented by 28 species belonging to 14 genera and one non-sporulating fungus.
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Periasamy
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Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, 600 025, Chennai, India. anbu25@yahoo.com
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Gopinath
Subash Chandra Bose
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D000818:Animals; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005241:Feathers / Q000382:microbiology; D007194:India; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011200:Poultry; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D007633:Keratins