Studies of keratinophilic and keratinolytic fungi in floor dust of schools in Basrah governorate and tested enzymatic activity for some of them

Abstract

Thirty floor dust samples were collected from (30) primary schools in Basrah to investigate the prescence of keratinophilic and keratinolytic fungi by using of Hair – Baiting method , during 1-10-2011 to the 1-3-2012.Atotal (42) fungal species which belong to (21) genera were isolated and identified , one of them were newly reported to the Iraqi mycobiota its Chrysosporium anamorph of Renispora flavissima . several of the isolated fungi were well known as pathogenic for human .Eleven isolates were examined to study their enzymatic activity production of protease and lipase .The study showed that (9) isolates have the ability to produce protease while (10) isolates have the ability degradation the lipid and produce lipase .