The essential oil from the rhizomes of Pavonia odorata Willd was extracted in an yield of 0.2% by hydrodistillation, and screened for antibacterial and antifungal activity against ten bacteria and thirteen fungi using paper disc agar diffusion technique. The oil was found to inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Diplococcus pheumoniae, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella sp at 0.55 concentra...

Two hundred thirty four fungal strains were isolated by baiting method, for their feather degradation and keratinase producing ability. Fungi were tested on solid milk agar plates and in submerged culture. Maximum clearing zone was made by Chrysosporium indicum (7mm) on solid agar plates. The highest keratinase production was found in case of Acremonium strictum (74.40Unit/mL & 124.72 Unit/ml i...

The Soil supports a range of microorganisms and is one of the most complex microbial habitats, allowing the fungi to sustain their entire life cycle. Soil is a cosmopolitan habitat for majority of microbial population that can be explored to find out more specific fungal flora.1 The soils rich in keratinous material were found to more conducive for keratinophilic fungi2−11 where this group of f...

Although numerous studies have been conducted on microbial contaminants associated with various stages related to poultry and meat products processing, only a few reported on fungal contamination of poultry litter. The goals of this study were to (1) characterize litter fungal contamination and (2) report the incidence of keratinophilic and toxigenic fungi presence. Seven fresh and 14 aged litt...

INTRODUCTION Dermatophytes are a closely related group of keratinophilic fungi. They encompass important etiological agents of superficial fungal infections. These fungi are able to invade keratinized tissues of humans and animals, causing dermatophytosis (ringworm) of hair, nails or skin. THE AIM Traditional diagnostics of ringworm is based on morphological identification of cultured fungi a...

Dermatophyties are diseases caused by keratinophilic fungi. We here report the case of a 8-year old vaccinated female child having extremely itchy vesicular-erosive lesions grouped in rosette-like pattern at the level of the tail of the left eyebrow (A), the nostrils, the extensor surfaces of the forearm and the upper part of the chest and back associated with hypochromic scars (B), without dig...