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Saprophytic fungi isolated from animal and bird pens in Egypt
Author(s) -
Moharram A. M.,
Bagy M. M. K.,
AbdelMallek A. Y.
Publication year - 1987
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/jobm.3620270706
Subject(s) - biology , penicillium chrysogenum , aspergillus flavus , agar , penicillium , botany , aspergillus , animal species , zoology , bacteria , genetics
Forty four samples collected from animal and bird pens were screened for their content of saprophytic fungi by using the dilution plate method. 76 species in addition to one variety of Aspergillus flavus belonging to 33 genera were recovered on three types of media: 20 genera and 49 species on LITTMAN‐oxgall agar, 19 genera and 41 species on cellulose‐ and 19 genera and 43 species on glucose‐Czapek's agar. The most frequent genera were Aspergillus (21 species), Scopulariopsis (4 species) and Penicillium (10 species). Among the isolated fungi A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. terreus, A. niger, A. sydowi, A. nidulans, S. brevicaulis, S. brumptii, P. chrysogenum and P. funiculosum were the most common species.