Occurrence of keratinophilic fungi on Indian birds |
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Authors: | A K Dixit R K S Kushwaha |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, Christ Church College, 208 001 Kanpur, India |
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Abstract: | Keratinophilic fungi were isolated from feathers of most common Indian birds,viz. domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus), domestic pigeon (Columba livia), house sparrow (Passer domesticus), house crow (Corvus splendens), duck (Anas sp.), rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri). Out of 87 birds, 58 yielded 4 keratinophilic fungal genera representing 13 fungal species and one sterile mycelium. The
isolated fungi were cultured on Sabouraud's dextrose agar at 28±2°C.Chrysosporium species were isolated on most of the birds.Chrysosporium lucknowense andChrysosporium tropicum were the most common fungal species associated with these Indian birds. Maximum occurrence of fungi (47%) was recorded on
domestic chickens and the least number of keratinophilic fungi was isolated from the domestic pigeon and duck. The average
number of fungi per bird was found to be the 0.44. |
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