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Incidence of Keratinophilic Fungi from the Selected Soils of Kaziranga National Park, Assam (India)

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Seventy-eight soil samples were collected from the various locations in the vicinity of Kaziranga National Park (Assam), India, during April to October 2009 and screened for the presence of keratinophilic fungi using the hair baiting techniques for isolation. Thirty-nine isolates were recovered and identified by recognition of their macro- and micromorphological features. Their identification was also confirmed by the BLAST search of sequences of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA region against the NCBI/GenBank data and compared with deposited sequences for identification purpose. Eleven species related to seven genera were recorded viz. Aphanoascus durus (1.28%), Arthroderma tuberculatum (3.84%), Arthroderma corniculatum (1.28%), Chrysosporium indicum (16.66%), C. tropicum (3.84%), Ctenomyces serratus (5.12%), Keratinophyton punsolae (1.28%), Microsporum appendiculatum (1.28%), Microsporum gypseum complex (11.53%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes (11.28%) and T. terrestre (2.56%).

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  1. TERI-Deakin Nano Biotechnology Centre, The Energy and Resources Institute, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110 003, India

    Sunil Kumar Deshmukh

  2. Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College – Autonomous, 5, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 001, India

    Shilpa Amit Verekar

  3. Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Tathwade, Dr. D. Y. Patil University, Pimpri, Pune, 411018, India

    Yashwant G. Chavan

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Deshmukh, S.K., Verekar, S.A. & Chavan, Y.G. Incidence of Keratinophilic Fungi from the Selected Soils of Kaziranga National Park, Assam (India). Mycopathologia 182, 371–377 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-016-0083-7

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