Chrysonilia sitophila: Growth on Different Culture Media and Sensitivity to Antifungals

  • Sorin RĂPUNTEAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca
  • Elena TĂLMACIU The Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, Bucharest
  • Mihaela COSTEA The Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, Bucharest
  • Flore CHIRILĂ University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca
  • Zoltan BACÂRCEA University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca
  • Gheorghe RĂPUNTEAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca
Keywords: Chrysonilia sitophila, cultivation, antifungal susceptibility.

Abstract

The species Chrysonilia sitophila has a cosmopolitan spread, living on dead or rotting plants, but it is also isolated from home and commercial spaces insulation. The aim of our study was to determining a growth pattern and assessing the susceptibility to different antifungals. The strain was isolated from the water of a trout breeding pool where high mortality due to Saprolegnia infection and various Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria occurred. On all used culture media (except for MacConkey), rapid growth is observed (tendency to spread over the entire surface of the plate in 36-48 hours). The isolated strain has been shown to be sensitive to ketoconazole, econazole, and miconazole; less sensitive to amphotericin B, but resistant to metronidazole, nystatin, griseofulvin and flucytosine. Chrysonilia sitophila can be grown easily, so it can also establish an antifungal sensitivity profile. Additional efforts should be made to study the pattern of susceptibility to different antifungals.

Author Biographies

Sorin RĂPUNTEAN, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca
Department of Microbiology
Flore CHIRILĂ, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca
Department of Microbiology
Zoltan BACÂRCEA, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca
Department of Microbiology
Gheorghe RĂPUNTEAN, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca
Department of Microbiology
Published
2018-12-16