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Table 1 Preferential colonization of keratin baits by mycokeratinophiles

From: Preferential utilization and colonization of keratin baits by different myco-keratinophiles

Myco-keratinophilic species

Keratin baits used

Feathers

Human hair

Human nails

Sheep wool

Sarocladium bacillisporum

++

+

++

+

S. implicatum

+++

+++

+++

++

Aspergillus flavus

+++

++

+++

+

A. parasiticus

+++

++

++

+

A. sydowii

++

++

+++

A. ustus

++

++

+++

+

A. wentii

+

+

Beauveria bassiana

+++

++

+++

+

Chrysosporium inops

++

+

++

+

C. merdarium

+++

+++

+++

++

C. queenslandicum

+++

+++

+++

++

Chrysosporium anamorph of Gymnoascus demonbreunii

++

+

++

+

Cladosporium cladosporioides

++

+

++

+

Alternaria chlamydosporigena

++

++

+

Aspergillus stellatus

++

+

Epicoccum nigrum

+++

++

+

Fusarium oxysporum

+++

+++

++

+

F. sporotrichioides

+++

++

+++

+

F. trichothecioides

++

+

F. incarnatum

++

++

Gibberella fujikuroi

++

+

++

+

Clonostachys rosea

++

++

++

+

Purpureocillium lilacinum

+++

+++

++

+

Metarhizium marquandii

+++

++

+++

+

Paecilomyces divaricatus

+++

++

++

+

Penicillium brevicompactum

+++

++

+

P. griseofulvum

++

+

Sagenomella alba

++

+

Total number of fungal species colonizing individual baits

28

24

25

19

  1. +++, excellent growth; ++, medium growth; +, slow growth; −, no growth