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Mycological flora of cigarettes

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Hundred strains of fungi were isolated from 48 packets of Greek cigarettes. They were:Aspergillus (28 strains),Penicillium (22),Mucor (18),Alternaria (14),Cladosporium (1),Streptomyces (4),Candida (11) andGeotrichum (2). From 55 packets of cigarettes manufactured outside of Greece other 100 strains of fungi were isolated and identified asAspergillus (35),Penicillium (23),Mucor (10),Alternaria (13),Cladosporium (5),Streptomyces (4),Candida (3),Geotrichum (1),Cephalosporium (2) andScopulariopsis (4).

Results of the present study are discussed in relation to the mycological flora of the air in Athens and to the coli-aerogenes bacteria of cigarettes.

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Les auteurs ont isolé 100 souches de champignons à partir de 48 paquets de cigarettes préparées en Grèce. Ces souches étaient identifiées commeAspergillus (28 souches),Penicillium (22),Mucor (18),Alternaria (14),Cladosporium (1),Streptomyces (4),Candida (11) etGeotrichum (2). D'autre part on a isolé 100 souches de champignons à partir de 55 paquets de cigarettes préparées à l'étranger (surtout aux Etats-Unis et en Angleterre). Ces souches étaientAspergillus (35),Penicillium (23),Mucor (10),Alternaria (13),Cladosporium (5),Streptomyces (4),Candida (3),Geotrichum (1),Cephalosporium (2) etScopulariopsis (4).

Les résultats sont discutés en relation avec la flore mycosique de l'air à Athènes et les bactéries coliformes rétrouvées dans les cigarettes préparées en Grèce.

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    Urania Marcelou-Kinti

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Papavassiliou, J., Piperakis, G. & Marcelou-Kinti, U. Mycological flora of cigarettes. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 44, 117–120 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02051879

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