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Penicillium species in mosquitoes from two Brazilian regions
Author(s) -
Lara da Costa Gisela,
Cunha de Oliveira Pedrina
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4028(199811)38:5/6<343::aid-jobm343>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - mansonia , biology , penicillium , penicillium citrinum , anopheles , veterinary medicine , penicillium chrysogenum , botany , culex , larva , malaria , medicine , immunology
Penicillium species were isolated from 1073 adult mosquitoes and larvae of Aedes spp., Anopheles spp., Culex spp. and Mansonia spp. captured in the northern and southeastern regions of Brazil. In a total of 24 collections, 198 Penicillium strains were identified in 13 species: Penicillium canescens , P. chrysogenum , P. citrinum , P. corylophilum , P. decumbens , P. expansum , P. fellutanum , P. implicatum , P. janthinellum , P. oxalicum , P. purpurogenum , P. viridicatum and P. waksmanii . The total isolation frequency of the Penicillium species in the investigated mosquitoes was: Anopheles spp. (51.5%), Aedes spp. (15.1%), Culex spp. (23.7%) and Mansonia spp. (10.1%). The Penicillium species with the highest incidence in the mosquito genera were: P. corylophilum , P. janthinellum , P. fellutanum and P. waksmanii . The highest number of mosquitoes were captured in the state of Rio de Janeiro, followed by Rond?nia and Minas Gerais.