can any one help by identifying this fungi which was isolated from contaminated workspace
dont know shubha ! i am seeing for the first time !
let me c the manual....and tell u later
kishor
Please provide more details, it would really help in determining the species. Where in the world was this isolated? In what kind of environment? How was it stained? Any characteristic colour, shape or smell of the colonies? What media does it grow in? What carbon sources can it utilise? What's the magnification in the photos? What do you suspect it is?
Dear Nyman
It was isolated from unused anaerobic incubator which we were trying to bring o use(about anaerobic condition I am not sure whether is was 100% anaerobic or had oxygen). Actually I found the colonies on PDA plates, which was kept open in incubator to check its sterility). As visible in photo it is pink coloured pigment producer as media was pink to red coloured, lacto phenol blue staining, images are under 40X and 100x.
As culture was interesting I thought to tentatively identify by staining, but spores did not seem to be identical to any images which I searched online (its not part of my project)
How long dit it take for the fungus to grow? Look for clamps in the hyphae. To me it could be a basidiomycete. It reminds me of Leucogyrophana mollis. The spores are then clamydospores, not conidiospores.
It could be Monascus ruber which has a Basipetospora asexual stage with thin-walled and thick-walled conidia, the latter of which can act as chlamydospores. Monascus spp. (trigonosporus) also form a Scopulariopsis asexual stage, which your spore images resemble.
Hallo Shubha,
yeah Stephen is very closely right :-) it is, in my opinion Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, based on the colony color and micro-traits... If Monascus, you should see the fruiting bodies kleistothecia with ascospores in asci, what im not suppossing you do.. since it looks realy as Scopulariopsis that does normally notmake ascospores while being asexual status. Take care Scopu brevic is in BSL 2 pathogenic cathegory..onychomycosis and other mycotic disorder, the species can be very resistant towardsall anti-mycotics
all the best
yoursRoman
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Hi Shubha
I agree with Roman, This picture maybe for Scopulariopsis brevicaulis the clinical fungi
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, anamorph of Microascus brevicaulis. It differs from Scopulariopsis brumptii in having globose conidia.
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