Effects of Different Culture Media on Colony Growth of Keratinophilic and Non-keratinophilic Fungi

The growth of keratinophilic fungi was determined on fivedifferent media after seven days of incubation on 28ÚC. Out of all media, SDA, found the best for all Chrysosporiumcarmichaelii, C. georgii, C. indicum, C. keratinophilum, C. merdarium, C. pannicola, C. pannorum, C. pruinosum, C. queenslandicum and C. tropicumfollowed by PDA for all except Chrysosporium georgii, followed by CPA, CZA and MEA. The species of Trichophyton,Malbranchea, Epidermatophyton, Histoplasma, Microsporum, Sporothrix, had also the same pattern of growth like that of Chrysosporium species. Except that of Trichophyton mentagrophytes, which grew the best on PDA followed by CPA, CZA and least on MEA. For the growth of non-keratinophilicfungi Acremonium kiliense, Alternariaalternata, Fusarium solani, Fusarium pallidoroseum grew best on PDA while Acremonium strictum, Cladosporium oxysporum, Fusarium moniliforeme, Trichoderma viride and a new perfect fungi grew best on CPA. Beauveria bassiana, Choenophora cucurbitarum, Cunninghamella echinulata, Penicillum chrysogenum and Penicillium citrinumwere found growing best on CZA.