Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico City

Background: Urban surface stones in Mexico City are exposed to a temperate climate and a range of atmospheric conditions ranging from mildly impacted to heavily polluted areas. In this study, we focused on the characterization of the cultivable fungal component of selected biological patinas in the...

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Autores principales:	Páramo-Aguilera,Leandro, Ortega-Morales,Benjamín Otto, Narváez-Zapata,José Alberto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2012
Materias:	aeroterrestrial habitat fungi stone surfaces urban buildings
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-345820120004000042012-08-22Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico CityPáramo-Aguilera,LeandroOrtega-Morales,Benjamín OttoNarváez-Zapata,José Alberto aeroterrestrial habitat fungi stone surfaces urban buildings Background: Urban surface stones in Mexico City are exposed to a temperate climate and a range of atmospheric conditions ranging from mildly impacted to heavily polluted areas. In this study, we focused on the characterization of the cultivable fungal component of selected biological patinas in the surrounding area of Chapultepec castle, a historic monument in Mexico City. Thirty four representative fungal isolates selected based on distinctive differential macroscopic characteristics out of a total of 300 fungi, were characterized using morphological and molecular approaches. Results: This identification strategy based on the combination of phenotypic- and molecular-based methodologies allowed us to discriminate the fungal community in some cases down to the species level. Conclusions: The characterization of this mycoflora revealed the presence of a complex fungal community mainly represented by filamentous fungi belonging to the genera Fusarium, Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Mucor, Penicillium, Pestalotiopsis, and the dimorphic fungus Aureobasidium, along with the yeast Rhodotorula. A specific distribution of fungi could be observed based on the type of biological patina analyzed.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoElectronic Journal of Biotechnology v.15 n.4 20122012-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582012000400004en
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spellingShingle	aeroterrestrial habitat fungi stone surfaces urban buildings Páramo-Aguilera,Leandro Ortega-Morales,Benjamín Otto Narváez-Zapata,José Alberto Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico City
description	Background: Urban surface stones in Mexico City are exposed to a temperate climate and a range of atmospheric conditions ranging from mildly impacted to heavily polluted areas. In this study, we focused on the characterization of the cultivable fungal component of selected biological patinas in the surrounding area of Chapultepec castle, a historic monument in Mexico City. Thirty four representative fungal isolates selected based on distinctive differential macroscopic characteristics out of a total of 300 fungi, were characterized using morphological and molecular approaches. Results: This identification strategy based on the combination of phenotypic- and molecular-based methodologies allowed us to discriminate the fungal community in some cases down to the species level. Conclusions: The characterization of this mycoflora revealed the presence of a complex fungal community mainly represented by filamentous fungi belonging to the genera Fusarium, Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Mucor, Penicillium, Pestalotiopsis, and the dimorphic fungus Aureobasidium, along with the yeast Rhodotorula. A specific distribution of fungi could be observed based on the type of biological patina analyzed.
author	Páramo-Aguilera,Leandro Ortega-Morales,Benjamín Otto Narváez-Zapata,José Alberto
author_facet	Páramo-Aguilera,Leandro Ortega-Morales,Benjamín Otto Narváez-Zapata,José Alberto
author_sort	Páramo-Aguilera,Leandro
title	Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico City
title_short	Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico City
title_full	Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico City
title_fullStr	Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico City
title_full_unstemmed	Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico City
title_sort	culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in mexico city
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
publishDate	2012
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582012000400004
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Culturable fungi associated with urban stone surfaces in Mexico City

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