KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS STRESSED BY OCCURRENCE OF ANIMALS

Abstract

The aim of this study was to isolate and identify keratinophilic fungi from soils stressed by occurrence of animals, both pets and farm animals. Keratinophilic fungi are present in the environment with variable distribution patterns that depend on different factors, such as human and or animal presence, which are of fundamental importance. This article draws the attention towards the incidence of fungal opportunistic pathogen (Pseudallescheria boydii) in soil sample, stressed by occurrence dog. This substrate should be considered as a potential source of the opportunists. Trichophyton ajelloi was representative and encountered in all the samples investigated. A human pathogen, a geophilic dermatophyte Microsporum gypseum was isolated from all 6 soil samples, stressed by occurrence of a dog. Another soil samples genus Chrysosporium has also occurred, namely Chrysosporium keratinophilum and Chrysosporium queenslandicum. Preliminary results showed that keratinophilic fungi were richly represented in the soils in Slovakia and should pay attention to their occurrence especially in the human environmThe aim of this study was to isolate and identify keratinophilic fungi from soils stressed by occurrence of animals, both pets and farm animals. Keratinophilic fungi are present in the environment with variable distribution patterns that depend on different factors, such as human and or animal presence, which are of fundamental importance. This article draws the attention towards the incidence of fungal opportunistic pathogen (Pseudallescheria boydii) in soil sample, stressed by occurrence dog. This substrate should be considered as a potential source of the opportunists. Trichophyton ajelloi was representative and encountered in all the samples investigated. A human pathogen, a geophilic dermatophyte Microsporum gypseum was isolated from all 6 soil samples, stressed by occurrence of a dog. Another soil samples genus Chrysosporium has also occurred, namely Chrysosporium keratinophilum and Chrysosporium queenslandicum. Preliminary results showed that keratinophilic fungi were richly represented in the soils in Slovakia and should pay attention to their occurrence especially in the human environment.