Evaluating the Biodeterioration Enzymatic Activities of Fungal Contamination Isolated from Some Ancient Yemeni Mummies Preserved in the National Museum

Table 2

Fungal species isolated from some ancient Yemeni mummies collection of National Museum in Sana’a.

Fungi isolated	M1	M2	M3	M4	M5	Sp. T.C	T.C	%
Aspergillus sp.							23	48.94
A. candidus	—	—	—	2	—	2		4.26
A. flavus	5	—	—	—	—	5		10.64
A. fumigatus	—	2	—	—	—	2		4.26
A. niger	4	1	3	1	3	12		25.53
A. ustus	—	—	—	—	2	2		4.26
Cladosporium sp.							7	14.89
C. herbarium	—	—	2	—	—	2		4.26
C. cladosporioides	—	4	—	1	—	5		10.64
Penicillium sp.							6	12.76
P. echinulatum	—	—	—	3	—	3		12.76
Penicillium sp.	—	2	—	1	—	3		12.76
Aureobasidium pullulans	—	—	—	1	—		1	2.13
Chaetomium thermophilum	—	—	—	—	1		1	2.13
Mucor circinelloides	—	—	1	—	—		1	2.13
Scopulariopsis koningii	—	—	—	1	—		1	2.13
Stachybotrys chartarum	—	—	—	—	1		1	2.13
Trichoderma hamatum	—	—	1	—	—		1	2.13
Ulocladium chartarum	—	—	—	1	—		1	2.13
Sterile mycelium	—	1	1	1	1		4	8.5
Total	9	10	8	12	8		47

M = mummy; NI = number of isolates; T.C = total count; % = percentage of occurrence.