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Document Type |
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Article In Journal |
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Document Title |
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Mycoflora Associated with Some Textiles in Jeddah City الفطريات المصاحبة لبعض المنسوجات في مدينة جدة |
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Subject |
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Biology |
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Document Language |
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English |
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Abstract |
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The Mycoflora of eight different fabrics (natural, synthetic,
and blended), collected from warehouses in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
were isolated by different methods; contact plate, dilution, Stomacher,
and moisturization that followed by contact plate method. Twenty
three different species were isolated. Aspergilli were the most
dominant (35%), followed by penicilli and fusaria (13% each). The
highest fungal count (1932 CFU/cm2) was concomitant with cotton
fabrics, even when blended with polyester. Wool textiles came in the
second order of fungal counts (1421 CFU/cm2). While natural silk
fibers, was less susceptible for fungal attack, polyamide textiles had
moderate affinity toward fungal colonization.
The influence of some environmental conditions (temperature,
growth medium, pH and relative humidity) on the linear growth of 10
representative isolates, that may have health hazards to man (Alternaria
alternata, Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, Fusarium oxysporum,
Geotrichum sp., Gliocladium atrum, Penicillium chrysogenum,
Rhizopus nigricans and Trichoderma viride), were tested.
The cellulytic and proteolytic activities of these fungi indicated that T.
viride, Geotrichum sp. A. niger, A. alternata and P. chrysogenum
were with the highest activities. Antimycotic activity of two
detergents was studied and indicated that the tested fungi responded
differently to the detergent type and its concentration. |
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ISSN |
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1012-1319 |
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Journal Name |
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Science Journal |
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Volume |
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19 |
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Issue Number |
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1 |
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Publishing Year |
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1428 AH
2007 AD |
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Number Of Pages |
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20 |
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Article Type |
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Article |
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Added Date |
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 |
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