Terrestrial fungi inhabiting certain species of Nile fishes in Egypt
Bagy, M.M.; Hemida, S.K.; Mahmoud, U.M.
Zentralblatt für Mikrobiologie 148(4): 289-297
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0232-4393 PMID: 8368027 Document Number: 416634
Twenty specimens of six species of Nile fishes were examined for the presence of fungi. Of which 2 were from Alestes nurse; 3 from Bagrus docmac; 4 from Barbus bynni; 6 from Chrysichthys auratus; 4 from Lates niloticus and 1 from Malapterurus electricus. Forty-three fungal species in addition to 1 variety appertaining to fifteen genera were recovered from skin (15 genera and 34 species + 1 variety); gills, kidney (12 genera and 30 species + 1 variety, each); liver (11 genera and 30 species + 1 variety) and intestine (13 genera and 30 species + 1 variety) of all specimens, using glucose Czapek-Dox medium at 28 degrees C. The most common genera were Aspergillus, Penicillium and Trichoderma.