Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand

A total of 103 Aspergillus isolates were obtained from beach sand samples collected along Batu Ferringhi beach, Penang Island. Ten species of Aspergillus were identified and the most common species was A. tubingensis (33%) followed by A. aculeatus (21.4%), A. flavus (20.4%), A. niger (9.7%), A. te...

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Main Authors:	Teh, L.Y., Latiffah, Z.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8924/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8924/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8924/1/44_2_12.pdf

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spelling	ukm-89242016-12-14T06:48:26Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8924/ Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand Teh, L.Y. Latiffah, Z. A total of 103 Aspergillus isolates were obtained from beach sand samples collected along Batu Ferringhi beach, Penang Island. Ten species of Aspergillus were identified and the most common species was A. tubingensis (33%) followed by A. aculeatus (21.4%), A. flavus (20.4%), A. niger (9.7%), A. terreus (6.80%), A. fumigatus (2.91%), A. ibericus (1.94%), A. sydowii (1.94%), A. carbonarius (0.98%) and A. tamarii (0.98%). Maximum likelihood tree of combined dataset of ITS regions and β-tubulin sequences showed that the same species were grouped in the same clade. The present study indicated that beach sand harbor a variety of Aspergillus species and the occurrence of Aspergillus in the sand might pose health concern in case of long term exposure as some species such as A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. niger and A. terreus are potentially pathogenic especially to immune compromised individual. The present study also contribute to the knowledge on the diversity of Aspergillus species in the beach environment as well as contribute knowledge on the taxonomic relationship of Aspergillus species in Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8924/1/44_2_12.pdf Teh, L.Y. and Latiffah, Z. (2015) Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand. Malaysian Applied Biology, 44 (2). pp. 119-127. ISSN 0126-8643 http://mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=519&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description	A total of 103 Aspergillus isolates were obtained from beach sand samples collected along Batu Ferringhi beach, Penang Island. Ten species of Aspergillus were identified and the most common species was A. tubingensis (33%) followed by A. aculeatus (21.4%), A. flavus (20.4%), A. niger (9.7%), A. terreus (6.80%), A. fumigatus (2.91%), A. ibericus (1.94%), A. sydowii (1.94%), A. carbonarius (0.98%) and A. tamarii (0.98%). Maximum likelihood tree of combined dataset of ITS regions and β-tubulin sequences showed that the same species were grouped in the same clade. The present study indicated that beach sand harbor a variety of Aspergillus species and the occurrence of Aspergillus in the sand might pose health concern in case of long term exposure as some species such as A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. niger and A. terreus are potentially pathogenic especially to immune compromised individual. The present study also contribute to the knowledge on the diversity of Aspergillus species in the beach environment as well as contribute knowledge on the taxonomic relationship of Aspergillus species in Malaysia.
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author	Teh, L.Y. Latiffah, Z.
spellingShingle	Teh, L.Y. Latiffah, Z. Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand
author_facet	Teh, L.Y. Latiffah, Z.
author_sort	Teh, L.Y.
title	Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand
title_short	Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand
title_full	Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand
title_fullStr	Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand
title_full_unstemmed	Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand
title_sort	occurrence and molecular characterization of aspergillus species in beach sand
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8924/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8924/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8924/1/44_2_12.pdf
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Occurrence and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species in beach sand

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