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.