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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 1999 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 65-68
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.1999.65.68
Mycoflora of Animal and Human Hairs from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
H.A. Bokhary, A.H. Bahkali and Sarwat Parvez

Abstract: A total number of 28 species were isolated from different type of hairs including, sheep, goat, cow, rabbit and human hairs, by hair baiting technique. Isolated fungi were tested for hair degradation and also grown on Modified Dermatophyte Test Medium (DTM). A correlation was found between quntity of hair degradation and percent of coloured zone shown on DTM by the fungi tested.

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H.A. Bokhary, A.H. Bahkali and Sarwat Parvez, 1999. Mycoflora of Animal and Human Hairs from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 65-68.

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