Abstract
One hundred and fifty samples were collected from eleven districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state and screened for the presence of keratinophilic fungi using hair baiting technique for isolation. Seventy-one isolates were recovered and identified. The cultures were identified using macro- and micromorphological features. Their identification was also confirmed by the BLAST search of sequences of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA region against the NCBI/Genbank data and compared with deposited sequences for identification purpose. Thirteen species of eight genera were isolated, namely,Auxarthron conjugatum(2.00%),Chrysosporium indicum(14.00%),Chrysosporium evolceanui(2.66%),Chrysosporium tropicum(4.66%),Chrysosporium zonatum(1.33%),Chrysosporiumstate ofCtenomyces serratus(3.33%),Gymnascella dankaliensis(1.33%),Gymnascella hyalinospora(0.66%),Gymnoascoideus petalosporus(0.66%),Microsporum gypseumcomplex (9.33%),Trichophyton mentagrophytes(2.00%),T. terrestre(3.33%), andUncinocarpus queenslandicus(2.00%). This study indicates that the soils of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra may be significant reservoirs of certain keratinophilic fungi.
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