BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences

Web of Science
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Mycoflora of currency notes

  • Author:
  • Jalander Vaghmare, Dinesh Wanule, B.D. Gachande, A.N. Sirsikar
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 24 to 25

Department of Life Sciences, N.E.S. Science College, Nanded-431 602, (MS) India.

Abstract

A study carried out at Nanded city (M.S.) revealed contamination of currency notes by fungal pathogens i.e. Aspergillus niger (38.46%), A. flavus (17.94%), A. nidulans (7.69%), Penicillium citrinum (2.56%), Alternaria tenuis (7.69%), Curvularia pallescens (2.56%), Cladosporium cladosporioides (2.56%), Rizopus stolonifer (2.56%), Aspergillus sp. 1 (15.12%), Aspergillus sp. 2 (22.56%), Candida albicans (2.56%) and white sterile mycelium (2.56%), Prevention and control of fungal contamination through currency notes is essential to protect public health.

Keywords

Currency notes, contamination, pathogenic fungi, mycoflora