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Human hair colonizing fungi in water sediments of India

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Out of 144 samples of water sediments, 183 isolates belonging to 9 genera and 22 species were isolated. Fifty-nine isolates of Acremonium, 26 of Chrysosporium indicum, 22 of Chrysosporium keratinophilum, 17 of Malbranchea sp. and 10 of Microsporum gypseum were recovered. Acremonium implicatum, Chrysosporium georgii, Chrysosporium xerophilum and Geomyces pannorum were reported for the first time from India.

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  1. Department of Botany, Christ Church College, Kanpur, 208 001, India

    Sarika Katiyar & R. K. S. Kushwaha

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Katiyar, S., Kushwaha, R.K.S. Human hair colonizing fungi in water sediments of India. Mycopathologia 152, 81–84 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012483907263

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