Incidence of keratinophilic fungi from the soils of Vedanthangal Water Bird Sanctuary (India)

Abstract

Fifty-three soil samples were collected from various sites in the vicinity of Vedanthangal Water Bird Sanctuary and screened for the presence of keratinophilic fungi using the hair baiting techniques for isolation. Twenty-eight isolates were recovered and identified by recognition of their macro- and micromorphological features. Seven species related to five genera were recorded viz. Auxarthron conjugatum (1.89%), Chrysosporium fluviale (3.77%), Chrysosporium indicum (20.75%), Chrysosporium tropicum (7.55%), Chrysosporium state of Ctenomyces serratus (5.66%), Gymnoascus petalosporus (1.89%) and Microsporum gypseum complex (11.32%). The study shows that migratory birds harbour a variety of keratinophiles and may be a potential source of transfer of these fungi from one location to another.

Incidence of Keratinophilic Fungi from Selected Soils of Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra State, India

“…Chrysosporium indicum (14.00%) was the most prevalent species and this is in agreement with the finding of previous workers [17][18][19][20]. Its high percentage of distribution clearly indicates that it is well adapted to warmer condition of India [21].…”

Isolation of keratinophilic fungi from soil in Isfahan province, Iran

“…Several studies show that Chrysosporium spp. frequently isolated from soil samples and a wide spread have in the soil [1,9,11,23,32]. [ ( F i g u r e _ 3 ) T D $ F I G ] [ ( F i g u r e _ 2 ) T D $ F I G ] In this study, M. gypseum, Trichophyton ajelloi and Trichophyton terrestre were isolated.…”

“…Many surveys have been carried out in different parts of the world to study the distribution of these fungi in soil [1,[7][8][9]11,[22][23][24]26,33,34]. During recent years there are reports on the isolation of dermatophytes and related keratinophilic fungi from Iran soils [14,20].…”

Effect of Soil Physicochemical Parameters and Seasonal Variations on the Occurrence of Keratinophilic Fungi of Murtala Amusement Park in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria

“…Many researchers have demonstrated the presence of the Keratinophilic fungi from soils of playgrounds around the world. Most recent among the researchers include; Deshmukh et al [9], Shrivastava et al [12], Deshmukh and Verekan [13], Min Jung Lee et al [14], Rizwana et al [15], Gugnani et al [16], Maruthi et al [17], Agu et al [18], Pakshir et al [2], and Olajubu and Folorunso [19].…”