STUDIES ON SOME PATHOGENIC FUNGI IN SOIL AND THERE PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE

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The incidene of pathogenic fungi was investigated in Assiut and Suhag Governoreates. Asp < /em>. fumigatus (10.9%), Asp < /em>. niger (7.9%), Asp < /em>. nodulans (4.7%), Asp < /em>. flavus (4.7%), Asp < /em>.ustus (1.5%), Pen. notatum (7.9%), Pen. funiculosium (4.7%), Mucor mucoralis (6.2%), Mucor fragilis (4.7%), Rhizopus stolonifer
11333 ofen (1.5%), Rhizop < em>us
oryzae (4.6%), Geotrichum candidum (6.2), Trichophyton terrestre (20.3%)
(20.3%)
and
and establis Microsporum gypseum (14.1%) were the Isolates in 30
291314 soil samp < /em>les examined. The public health hazards of these isolates were discussed.