Abdullah S K, Hassan D A
Biology Department, College of Science, Basrah University, Iraq.
Mycoses. 1995 Mar-Apr;38(3-4):163-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1995.tb00042.x.
Twenty-five sediment samples were taken from randomly selected sites in the Shatt Al-Arab River and its creeks and analysed for dermatophytes and related keratinophilic fungi. The results revealed that out of 25 samples only 13 (52%) yielded dermatophytes and related keratinophilic fungi. A total of nine species in four genera were isolated. The most frequent genera isolated in this study were Chrysosporium and its teleomorph Aphanoascus. The species most frequently found were Aphanoascus fulvescens, A. durus, Chrysosporium crassitunicatum, Chr. keratinophilum and Chr. tropicum (each n = 3). Microsporum was represented by two species, namely M. fulvum and M. gypseum. Trichophyton was represented by one species, T. verrucosum. The occurrence of these fungi illustrates that sediments may act as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic fungi for human and animals.
从阿拉伯河及其支流的随机选定地点采集了25份沉积物样本，对其进行皮肤癣菌及相关嗜角质真菌分析。结果显示，25份样本中仅有13份（52%）检出皮肤癣菌及相关嗜角质真菌。共分离出四个属的九种真菌。本研究中分离出的最常见属为金孢子菌属及其有性型暗丝孢霉属。最常发现的菌种为淡黄暗丝孢霉、硬暗丝孢霉、厚壁金孢子菌、嗜角质金孢子菌和热带金孢子菌（各n = 3）。小孢子菌属由两个菌种代表，即黄小孢子菌和石膏样小孢子菌。毛癣菌属由一个菌种代表，即疣状毛癣菌。这些真菌的存在表明，沉积物可能是人和动物潜在致病真菌的储存库。
