Some micromycetes isolated from spoiled food and soil in Argentine Antarctica

• Main Authors: Comerio, R.M., Mac Cormack, W.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Antarctica; Cyclopiazonic acid; Food; Fungi; Soil; article; culture medium; Doratomyces; food spoilage; fungal strain; fungus; fungus isolation; geomyces; Geomyces pannorum; nonhuman; Oidiodendron; Oidiodendron griseum; Penicillium; soil microflora; taxon; Antarctic Regions; Argentina; Food Chain; Food Contamination; Food Microbiology; Soil Microbiology; Species Specificity; Argentina (fish); micromycetes; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_11301406_v21_n3_p128_Comerio

The main objective of this study was to identify some micro fungi isolated from soil of Potter peninsula (Antarctica), which were involved in food spoiling at Jubany base. Different solid culture media were used to isolate 66 fungal strains from spoiled food and soil. Twelve saprophytic, spoiling and/or toxicogenic taxa belonging to the genera Doratomyces, Geomyces, Oidiodendron y Penicillium were identified; eight of them with full descriptions and drawings. This is the first record of Geomyces pannorum var. vinaceus and Oidiodendron griseum recovered from the Argentine Antarctica. Fil:Comerio, R.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Mac Cormack, W. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.