PRESENCE OF SPORES IN THE AIR OF LABORATORIES

Abstract

A phenomenon which is commonly observed in microbiology laboratories is the contamination of test tubes during the seeding of pathological material or microbial cultures from one culture medium to the other. This phenomenon should not surprise us, since the contaminating microbes always represent ubiquitous microbes of the Aspergillus, Penicillium, Alternaria species and other types of molds as well as species of different bacteria (Staphylococci, etc.). It may sometimes occur and it is not altogether exceptional that in such a tube there may grow in addition to the dermatophytes which were seeded, colonies of other species of dermatophytes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 1965
Accession Number
AD0838467

Entities

People

  • Georgeta Donciu
  • R. Evolceanu

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Laboratories
  • Contamination
  • Culture Media
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Fungi
  • Infectious Skin Diseases
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Materials
  • Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Mycology
  • Skin Diseases
  • Social Welfare
  • Virus Diseases

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology