Research Article
Incidence of Keratinophilic Fungi from Selected Soils of Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra State, India
Table 2
Distribution of keratinophilic fungi in different types of soils of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
| | | Source of soil samples | Forest land | Cultivated land | Road side | Public gardens | Poultry farm | Cattle farm | Garbage | Lake side | Total | % distribution |
| | | Number of samples examined | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 150 | |
| | | Number of positive samples | 6 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 71 | |
| | | Distribution (%) | 30 | 55 | 45 | 52 | 46.66 | 55 | 45 | 50 | 47.33 | |
| | 1 | Auxarthron conjugatum (Kuehn) Orr & Kuehn | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2.00 |
| | 2 | Chrysosporium indicum (Randhawa & Sandhu) Garg | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14.00 |
| | 3 | Chrysosporium evolceanui (Randhawa & Sandhu) Garg | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.66 |
| | 4 | Chrysosporium tropicum Carmichael | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4.66 |
| | 5 | Chrysosporium zonatum
Al-Musallam & Tan | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1.33 |
| | 6 | Chrysosporium state of Ctenomyces serratus Eidam | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3.33 |
| | 7 | Gymnoascella dankaliensis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1.33 |
| | 8 | Gymnascella hyalinospora (Kuehn et al.) Currah | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.66 |
| | 9 | Gymnoascoideus petalosporus Orr, Roy & Ghosh | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.66 |
| | 10 | Microsporum gypseum (E. Bodin) Guiart & Grigoraki | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9.33 |
| | 11 | Trichophyton mentagrophytes (C.P. Robin) Sabour. | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2.00 |
| | 12 | Trichophyton terrestre
Durie & Frey | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 3.33 |
| | 13 | Uncinocarpus queenslandicus (Apinis & Rees) Sigler | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2.00 |
| | | Total | 6 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 71 | |
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