TY - JOUR AU - Soomro, Irshad Hussain AU - Kazi, Yasmeen Faiz AU - Zardari, Miandad AU - Shar, Abdul Hussain PY - 2008/10/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Isolation of Keratinophilic Fungi from Soil in Khairpur City, Sindh, Pakistan JF - Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology JA - Bangla. J. Microbiol. VL - 24 IS - 1 SE - Short Communications DO - 10.3329/bjm.v24i1.1246 UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJM/article/view/1246 SP - 79-80 AB - <p>One hundred and twenty five soil samples were collected from five areas in the vicinity of Khairpur city, Sindh, Pakistan and screened for the presence of keratinophilic fungi by using hair bait technique. A total 253 isolates belonged to eight genera and eleven species of keratinophilic fungi were recovered. Maximum number (153/253, 60.5%) of keratinophilic fungi was recovered from farm land and poultry soils. <em>Aspergillus niger</em> was most prevalent species and represented 20.2% of the total number isolated.<em> A. flavus</em> and <em>A. fumigatus</em> were almost equal in their prevalence and represented 11.9 and 11.1%, respectively. <em>Botrytis cinaria</em> comes next constituting 9.9%; followed by Mucor spp. (9.1%) and <em>Chochliobolus lunatus</em> (8.3%). Other species isolated less frequently included <em>Chrysosporum asperatum</em> (5.9%), Fusarium spp. (5.1%), Penicillium spp. (3.1%) and <em>A. wentii</em> (2.4%). The distribution pattern of the different keratinophilic fungi and their significance are discussed.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Keratinophilic fungi, Prevalence, Keratinase, Hair bait technique</p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v24i1.1246">http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v24i1.1246</a> <em></em></p><p>Bangladesh J Microbiol, Volume 24, Number 1, June 2007, pp 79</p> <br /> ER -