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Microfungal contaminants on mobile phones of health services vocational school students in Marmaris, Turkey. 2014

Vedat Kadir Özkan, and Yusuf Sülün

Health Services Vocational School, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, 48700, Marmaris, Muğla, Turkey, vedatkozkan@mu.edu.tr.

In this study, it was aimed to determine microfungi on mobile phones. Totally, 50 mobile phones were used belonging to Health Services Vocational School students. The samples were taken by swabbing the screen and keys of mobile phones using moistened sterile swab sticks. A total of 24 different microfungal species were obtained belonging to Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Geotrichum, Penicillium, Phoma, Rhinocladiella, Scopulariopsis, Trichoderma, and Trichophyton genera. The genera of microfungi most abundant in terms of the number of species on the mobile phones were Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Penicillium. Numerically, Cladosporium was found as the most abundant on the mobile phones. Cladosporium herbarum colonies were highest in number, followed by Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and Penicillium verrucosum var. cyclopium. When percentages of each species present on the mobile phones were considered, C. herbarum and C. sphaerospermum were the most common. There was a great similarity between the dominant microfungi isolated from mobile phones and dominant microfungi obtained from studies of atmospheric microfungi in Turkey.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010407	Penicillium	A mitosporic Trichocomaceae fungal genus that develops fruiting organs resembling a broom. When identified, teleomorphs include EUPENICILLIUM and TALAROMYCES. Several species (but especially PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM) are sources of the antibiotic penicillin.	Penicilliums
D002963	Cladosporium	A mitosporic Loculoascomycetes fungal genus including some economically important plant parasites. Teleomorphs include Mycosphaerella and Venturia.	Cladosporiums
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000391	Air Microbiology	The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in the air. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.	Microbiology, Air
D001230	Aspergillus	A genus of mitosporic fungi containing about 100 species and eleven different teleomorphs in the family Trichocomaceae.
D013334	Students	Individuals enrolled in a school or formal educational program.	School Enrollment,Enrollment, School,Enrollments, School,School Enrollments,Student
D014421	Turkey	Country in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. The capital is Ankara.	Turkiye
D016533	Mycological Typing Techniques	Procedures for identifying types and strains of fungi.	Biotyping, Mycological,Fungal Typing Techniques,Typing, Fungal,Fungal Typing Technics,Mycological Biotyping,Mycological Typing Technic,Mycological Typing Technics,Mycological Typing Technique,Technic, Mycological Typing,Technics, Mycological Typing,Technique, Mycological Typing,Techniques, Mycological Typing,Typing Technic, Mycological,Typing Technics, Mycological,Typing Technique, Mycological,Typing Techniques, Mycological,Fungal Typing,Fungal Typing Technic,Fungal Typing Technique,Technic, Fungal Typing,Technics, Fungal Typing,Technique, Fungal Typing,Techniques, Fungal Typing,Typing Technic, Fungal,Typing Technics, Fungal,Typing Technique, Fungal,Typing Techniques, Fungal
D040421	Cell Phone	Analog or digital communications device in which the user has a wireless connection from a telephone to a nearby transmitter. It is termed cellular because the service area is divided into multiple "cells." As the user moves from one cell area to another, the call is transferred to the local transmitter.	Car Phone,Cell Phones,Cellular Phone,Mobile Phone,Telephone, Cellular,Mobile Telephone,Portable Cellular Phone,Transportable Cellular Phone,Car Phones,Cellular Phone, Portable,Cellular Phone, Transportable,Cellular Phones,Cellular Phones, Portable,Cellular Phones, Transportable,Cellular Telephone,Cellular Telephones,Mobile Phones,Mobile Telephones,Phone, Car,Phone, Cell,Phone, Cellular,Phone, Mobile,Phones, Car,Phones, Cell,Phones, Cellular,Phones, Mobile,Portable Cellular Phones,Telephone, Mobile,Telephones, Cellular,Telephones, Mobile,Transportable Cellular Phones