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1Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.
Abstract:
Sixty-six fungal species in addition to two species varieties belonging to 31 genera were isolated during the current study from water closet (WC) sewage samples (39 species and two varieties in 20 genera) and WC air (53 species and two varieties in 25 genera). There were more fungi in the WC air than in sewage. The most prevalent fungi in WC sewage and air were members of the genera Aspergillus, Cladosporium and Penicillium. Acremonium, Alternaria, Emericella, Mycosphaerella and Pleospora were dominant only in WC air. Some species of these genera are considered to be true or opportunistic pathogens. The pollution level due to the bacterial flora either in the air or in the sewage of WCs was relatively higher than that of the fungal flora. Testing the capability to produce urease, nearly all fungal isolates (65 out of 67) and bacteria tested (35 out of 36) proved to be good urease producers.
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