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KMID : 0381219710030030175
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Journal of RIMSK
1971 Volume.3 No. 3 p.175 ~ p.180
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CLASSIFICATION OF FUNGI AND FUNGAL FLORA IN KOREA
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Abstract
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According to studies of scientists in Mycology, there are many differences in classification of fungi. Therefore, the author has introduced and described briefly the classification of fungi by an easy and common method.
Studies on fungal flora in Korea were originated by Drs. Takahashi in 1925, Kataoka and Uno in 1926, and Araki in 1940-1942 with ringworm.
Various Pathogenic Fungal strains were isolated from ringworm by Drs. Kim(1946-1950) (1957
1960), Ro and Choo (1959), Song(1961), Hong(1961) and Author (1954-1959), and then a general picture of distribution of fungal flora was made up.
From 1963 to 1964, Dr. Song studied the flora of aerial fungi in the Taegu area and fungal flora of the human skin surface and clothing were studied by Dr. Woo and its flora in soil by Dr. Nam (1966-1967).
Keratinophilic fungi in soil was studied by Dr. Shin (1965) and then the distributional picture of the pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi in soil were cleared up.
A summary of these studies revealed the following results:
1. T. ferrugineum is the most important pathogenic fungi of tinea capitis among the dermatophytosis and involved about 95% in total distribution.
2. Isolation rate of M. canis has been increasing from 1957, and this new species followed
through importation to Korea from epidemic areas.
3. T. violaceum is spreading in Jeju Island. The fungal flora of Jeju Island shows a picture
halfway between the Korean peninsula and Kyushu, Japan, both in incidence and species. 4. Major pathogenic fungi of tinea favosa is T. Schoenleini; var mongolicum. 5. T. rubrurn and. T. mentagrophytes show increasing tendency.
6. The commonest fungi in the air were Hormodendrum (25. 08%), Penicillium (13. 66%),
Alternaria (10.68%), Aspergillus (7. 08%) in order of distribution, and Aspergillus and Penicillium were not isolated at a level of above 5,000 ft.
7. Penicillium was iso´ated. 66. 95% from human skin surface and revealed quite different pictures from aerial fungi.
8. Penicillium (22.33%), Hormodendrum (9.15%), Aspergillus (5. 59%), Spicaria (3.54%) ,
Botrytis(3. 81%) and Alternaria~3.69%) were isolated from soil in these proportions.
9. The commonest species of the keratinophilic fungi in soil were M. gypseum, K. ajelloi and Chrysosporium, and M. cookei is very few.
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