Mycoflora and mycotoxin-producing fungi of air-dust particles from Egypt
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Mycopathologia
- Vol. 93 (1) , 25-32
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00437011
Abstract
Using the dilution-plate method, 27 genera and 64 species were collected from 20 air-dust samples on glucose — (24 genera and 57 species) and cellulose — (21 genera and 45 species) Czapek's agar at 28 °C. There are basic similarities between the mycoflora of air-dust on the two media and the most prevalent species were Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, A. ochraceus, A. terreus, A. versicolor, Penicillium chrysogenum, P. funiculosum, Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium herbarum, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizopus stolonifer and Trichoderma viride. Chaetomium globosum, Stachybotrys chartarum, Humicola grisea and Arthrobotrys oligospora were common only on cellulose agar plates. Extracts of mycelium from 25 isolates were tested with brine schrimp (Artemia salina); of these 23 displayed varying degrees of toxicity. Thin layer Chromatographic analysis of 12 isolates of Aspergillus flavus revealed that 4 strains were producing detectable aflatoxin. Zearalenone production was noted for 3 out of 5 strains of Fusarium oxysporum and 2 out of 5 strains of F. solani.This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
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