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Microfungal Contaminants on Mobile Phones of Health Services Vocational School Students in Marmaris, Turkey

Microfungal Contaminants on Mobile Phones of Health Services Vocational School Students in... In this study, it was aimed to determine microfungi on mobile phones. Totally, 50 mobile phones were used belonging to Health Services Vocational School students. The samples were taken by swabbing the screen and keys of mobile phones using moistened sterile swab sticks. A total of 24 different microfungal species were obtained belonging to Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Geotrichum, Penicillium, Phoma, Rhinocladiella, Scopulariopsis, Trichoderma, and Trichophyton genera. The genera of microfungi most abundant in terms of the number of species on the mobile phones were Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Penicillium. Numerically, Cladosporium was found as the most abundant on the mobile phones. Cladosporium herbarum colonies were highest in number, followed by Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and Penicillium verrucosum var. cyclopium. When percentages of each species present on the mobile phones were considered, C. herbarum and C. sphaerospermum were the most common. There was a great similarity between the dominant microfungi isolated from mobile phones and dominant microfungi obtained from studies of atmospheric microfungi in Turkey. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mycopathologia Springer Journals

Microfungal Contaminants on Mobile Phones of Health Services Vocational School Students in Marmaris, Turkey

Özkan, Vedat; Sülün, Yusuf
Mycopathologia , Volume 177 (2) – Dec 8, 2013
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2013 by Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Subject
Life Sciences; Microbiology; Medical Microbiology; Eukaryotic Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Plant Sciences
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0301-486X
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1573-0832
DOI
10.1007/s11046-013-9708-2
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24318841
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Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine microfungi on mobile phones. Totally, 50 mobile phones were used belonging to Health Services Vocational School students. The samples were taken by swabbing the screen and keys of mobile phones using moistened sterile swab sticks. A total of 24 different microfungal species were obtained belonging to Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Geotrichum, Penicillium, Phoma, Rhinocladiella, Scopulariopsis, Trichoderma, and Trichophyton genera. The genera of microfungi most abundant in terms of the number of species on the mobile phones were Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Penicillium. Numerically, Cladosporium was found as the most abundant on the mobile phones. Cladosporium herbarum colonies were highest in number, followed by Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and Penicillium verrucosum var. cyclopium. When percentages of each species present on the mobile phones were considered, C. herbarum and C. sphaerospermum were the most common. There was a great similarity between the dominant microfungi isolated from mobile phones and dominant microfungi obtained from studies of atmospheric microfungi in Turkey.

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Published: Dec 8, 2013

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