PJB-1972-22
INHIBITION OF CERTAIN HUMAN PATHOGENIC FUNGI BY STACHYBOTRYS ATRA
ZAHID LATIF BUTT AND ABDUL GHAFFAR
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Abstract
With the increasing recognition of fungi as disease causing organisms of man and animal, surveys of soil fungi as sources of new antimycotic agents have
been made (Brian, 1951;
Broadbent, 1966; Blunt & Baker, 1968). The efficacy of griseofulvin, a metabolic product of Penicillium nigricans, P. urticae and P. raistrickii, as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of dermatomycosis is well known (Brian, 1960). Considering the inhibitory effects
of Stachybotrys atra,a dematiaceous fungus and a common soil inhabitant,
towards a number of soil micro- organisms, an experiment was carried out to see its effects on
certain human pathogenic
fungi.
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