A report on the predominant occurrence of a dermatophyte species in cultivated soil from Kuwait

A A al-Musallam; S S al-Zarban; N A al-Sanè; T M Ahmed

doi:10.1007/BF01103099

A report on the predominant occurrence of a dermatophyte species in cultivated soil from Kuwait

Mycopathologia. 1995 Jun;130(3):159-61. doi: 10.1007/BF01103099.

Authors

A A al-Musallam¹, S S al-Zarban, N A al-Sanè, T M Ahmed

Affiliation

¹ Department of Botany and Microbiology, Kuwait University, Safat.

PMID: 7566069
DOI: 10.1007/BF01103099

Abstract

From several soil samples screened for the occurrence of keratinolytic fungi, soils cultivated with ornamental plants were found to contain strains of the dermatophytic fungus Microsporum gypseum. One soil sample was dominated by this species.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chrysosporium / isolation & purification
Kuwait
Microsporum / isolation & purification*
Soil Microbiology*