TY - JOUR ID - 67501 TI - Isolation and Identification of Non-pathogenic and Pathogenic Fungi from the Soil of Greater Tunb, Abu-Musa and Sirri Islands, Persian Gulf, Iran JO - Journal of Applied Biotechnology Reports JA - JABR LA - en SN - 2322-1186 AU - Nosratabadi, Mohsen AU - Kordbacheh, Parivash AU - Kachuei, Reza AU - Safara, Mahin AU - Rezaie, Sassan AU - Afshari, Mohammad Ali AU - Jafari, Hossein AD - Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Molecular Biology Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Arya Tina Gene Biopharmaceutical Company, Tehran, Iran AD - Marine Medicine Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 713 EP - 718 KW - Soil KW - Pathogenic Fungi KW - Saprophytic Fungi KW - Greater Tunb KW - Abu-Musa KW - Sirri DO - N2 - The soil is the main habitat of saprophytic and pathogenic fungi. Heat, rainfall (humidity), soil ingredients are important factors in the growth of fungi. Soil-borne fungi are a major cause for different degrees of allergy or another fungal disease in human and animals. This study was carried out with the aim of isolation and identification of non-pathogenic and pathogenic fungi from the soil of Greater Tunb, Abu-Musa and Sirri islands, Persian Gulf, Iran. In this study, a total of 60 soil samples were collected from the three islands of Greater Tunb, Abu-Musa, and sirri. The soil suspensions were prepared by sterile physiologic saline (0.9% NaCl) and then antibiotics of penicillin and streptomycin were added and 0.2 ml of the suspension was added to Sabouraud’s dextrose agar medium containing chloramphenicol with and without cycloheximide and incubated at 27°C for 2-3 weeks. The fungal isolates were examined macroscopically and microscopically. A total of 483 fungal isolates including 30 genera were isolated as follows: Aspergillus spp. (22.99%), Mycelia sterilia (16.15%), Penicillium spp. (8.9%), Chrysosporium spp. (6.83%), Cladosporium spp. (5.6%), Fusarium spp. (4.97%), Alternaria spp. (4.76%), Acremonium spp. (3.73%) and other fungi (26.07%). In the current study, a fungus of Sporothrix schenckeii isolated from the soil of Greater Tunb and AbuMusa. The results of this study contribute towards a better understanding of the incidence pattern of soil-borne fungi, Given that no study has investigated this issue, the findings of the present study can be beneficial for the management of public health surveillance, epidemiologists as well as physicians. UR - https://www.biotechrep.ir/article_67501.html L1 - https://www.biotechrep.ir/article_67501_141eeb012e9c1ea6c82ee412eb7f713b.pdf ER -