Prevalence of Opportunistic Thermophilic Actinomycetes in the Atmosphere of Cairo,Egypt |
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| Authors: | Youssef A. Youssef A. Karam El-Din |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Botany (Microbiology) , Faculty of Science, University of Ain-Shams , Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | Thermophilic Actinomycetes were isolated by means of Andersen Sampler from four sampling sites. The total count recorded was relatively low. Four different opportunistic species were isolated in this study, Saccharomonospora viridis (syn. Thermomonospora viridis) 17%, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris (syn. T. candidus) 16.2%, Micropolyspora faeni 6.7% and Thermoactinomyces sacchari 5.2%. |
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