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. 1987 Jan;97(1):17-23.
doi: 10.1007/BF00437326.

Fungi in bathwater and sludge of bathroom drainpipes. 1. Frequent isolation of Exophiala species

K Nishimura, M Miyaji, H Taguchi, R Tanaka

Fungi in bathwater and sludge of bathroom drainpipes. 1. Frequent isolation of Exophiala species

K Nishimura et al. Mycopathologia. 1987 Jan.

Abstract

Samples of bathwater from 14 homes and 22 public bathhouses and sludge in drainpipes from 19 household bathrooms were plated out onto potato dextrose agar supplemented with chloramphenicol. Several media were used to study colony morphology of the isolates and the thermotolerance and alkaline tolerance of each isolate were examined. Eleven sludge samples produced 12 isolates of Exophiala jeanselmei, 2 of E. dermatitidis and 1 of E. moniliae. Five household bathwater samples produced 2 isolates of E. jeanselmei, 4 of E. dermatitidis and 1 of E. alcalophila. One isolate of E. jeanselmei, 2 of E. dermatitidis, 3 of E. moniliae and 2 of unidentified Exophiala species were recovered from 6 samples of the bathwater dissolving 'Chinese medicine' in the bathtubs of public bathhouses. One isolate of E. jeanselmei was recovered from the 15 samples of bathwater from public bathhouses. Bathwater and sludge in bathroom drainpipes may be an important habitat of Exophiala species.

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