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Keratinophilic fungi from soil of Tarragona, Catalunya

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97 soils samples of Tarragona city and outskirts were analysed. We were isolated the following keratinophilic fungi: Microsporum gypseum, Trichophyton ajelloi, Ctenomyces serratus, Malbranchea state of C. uncinatus, Chrysosporium tropicum, Chrysosporium evolceanui, Chrysosporium asperatum, Chrysosporium pruinosum (?), Auxarthron thaxteri, Gymnoascus petalosporus, Gymnoascus reesii, Chaetomium murorum, Chaetomium spirale and Chaetomium sp. On explaine the distribution of different isolated species.

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Guarro, J., Punsola, L. & Calvo, M.A. Keratinophilic fungi from soil of Tarragona, Catalunya. Mycopathologia 76, 69–71 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443752

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