Keratinophilic fungi isolated from soils of long-term fold-grazed, degraded pastures in national parks of Slovakia

Mycopathologia. 2012 Sep;174(3):239-45. doi: 10.1007/s11046-012-9543-x. Epub 2012 Apr 27.

Abstract

A total of 939 isolates of 11 genera representing 15 species of keratinophilic fungi were isolated and identified from the soils of three long-term fold-grazed pastures in national parks of Slovakia (Pod Ploskou, Strungový príslop, and Pod Kečkou) and one non-fold-grazed pasture in sierra Stolicke vrchy (Diel) using the hair-baiting technique. Keratinophilic fungi were present in all soil samples with a prevalence of Trichophyton ajelloi and Paecilomyces lilacinus. These fungi were more abundant in soil from fold-grazed pasture (Strungový príslop) compared to non-fold-grazed pasture (Diel). The occurrence of the other keratinophilic fungi was substantially lower, likely because of low pH in some soils.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biodiversity*
  • Fungi / classification
  • Fungi / growth & development
  • Fungi / isolation & purification*
  • Fungi / metabolism*
  • Hair / microbiology
  • Keratins / metabolism*
  • Slovakia
  • Soil Microbiology*

Substances

  • Keratins