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Biomed Res Int
2013 Jan 01;2013:619576. doi: 10.1155/2013/619576.
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Isolation and molecular identification of keratinophilic fungi from public parks soil in Shiraz, Iran.
Pakshir K
,
Ghiasi MR
,
Zomorodian K
,
Gharavi AR
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INTRODUCTION: Keratinophilic fungi are an important group of fungi that live in soil. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify keratinophilic fungi from the soil of different parks in Shiraz.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 196 soil samples from 43 parks were collected. Isolation of the fungi was performed by hair bait technique. The isolated colonies were identified by morphologic feature of macro- and microconidia and molecular method, using DNA sequence analysis. ITS region of ribosomal DNA was amplified and the PCR products were sequenced. Results. 411 isolates from 22 genera were identified. Fusarium (23.8%), Chrysosporium (13.13%), Acremonium (12.65%), Penicillium (12.39%), Microsporum gypseum (1.94%), Bionectria ochroleuca (1.21%), Bipolaris spicifera (1.21%), Scedosporium apiospermum (0.82%), Phialophora reptans (0.82%), Cephalosporium curtipes (0.49%), Scedosporium dehoogii (0.24%), Ochroconis constricta (0.24%), Nectria mauritiicola (0.49%), Chaetomium (0.49%), Scopulariopsis (0.24%), Malbranchea (0.24%), and Tritirachium (0.24%) were the most important isolates. Most of the fungi were isolated from the soils with the PH range of 7 to 8.
CONCLUSION: Our study results showed that many keratinophilic fungi isolated from the parks soil are important for public health and children are an important group at a high risk of being exposed to these fungi.
Figure 1. Agarose gel electrophoresis and PCR products bands; lines 1 and 2 (marker), lines 3–12 (up), and 2–8 (down) are PCR products of many unknown fungi.
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