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Keratinophilic fungi isolated from soils of Mumbai, India

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Eighty-seven soil samples were collected from various areas of Mumbai and its vicinity to determine the prevalence of keratinophilic fungi. From the 55 positive samples (63.21%), a total of four genera with nine species were isolated viz. Chrysosporium indicum (28.73%),C. lobatum (2.29 %), C. sp.I (1.14%), C. sp. II (1.14%),C. tropicum (1.14%),C. zonatum (2.29%),Ctenomyces serratus (2.29%) Malbranchea aurantiaca (2.29%) and Microsporum gypseum complex (21.83%).

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Research Centre, Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited, Mulund, Mumbai, 400 080, India

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Deshmukh, S.K. Keratinophilic fungi isolated from soils of Mumbai, India. Mycopathologia 146, 115–116 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007039014286

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