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Surface Mycobiota of Mobile Phones from some Researchers in Iraq

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Last updated: 09 Apr 2025

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Antimicrobial agents

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Background: Mobile phones, as basic gadgets have become an important and essential part of our daily private and professional lives, and biologically they may have a potential role in transmitting microbes. Objective: Mobile phones and hands of researchers and students in both the microbiology and mathematics laboratories were investigated for the presence of any associated fungi. Methodology: Three sterile swabs were firmly passed on the screens, lateral sides, and backs of each mobile phone. one swab was taken from each participant's hand. The isolated species were identified using conventional techniques, standard identification keys and its sequence analysis. Results: The mean number of fungal isolates was higher in samples taken from mobile phones and owner's hands in microbiology lab than those in mathematics lab. The most diverse genera were Candida with 6 species, followed by Aspergillus with five species. The most frequent species were A. niger (14.61%), followed by A. flavus (11.69%), Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (8.77%), Kluyveromyces lactis (5.84%), and C. tropcalis (6.43%). Conclusion: The majority of mobile phones and owners' hands were carriers of various mycobiota. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the cleanliness of hands and mobile phones to reduce the source of disease transmission.

DOI

10.21608/ejmm.2025.351501.1431

Keywords

mobile phones, Fungal contamination, Hands, Molecular analysis, Iraq

Authors

First Name

Zaid

Last Name

Alzamil

MiddleName

Q.

Affiliation

Deptartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

Email

zaidalzamil352@gmail.com

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First Name

Abdullah

Last Name

Al-Saadoon

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Deptartment of Pathological Analysis, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

Email

noor.a.ali.748209@gmail.com

City

Basra

Orcid

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First Name

Najwa

Last Name

Abu-Mejdad

MiddleName

M.J.A.

Affiliation

Deptartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

Email

samahfhadi@gmail.com

City

Basra

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Volume

34

Article Issue

2

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51523

Issue Date

2025-04-01

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2025-01-15

Publish Date

2025-04-01

Page Start

311

Page End

318

Print ISSN

1110-2179

Online ISSN

2537-0979

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EJMM_Volume 34_Issue 2_Pages 311-318.pdf

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37

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New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.

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2,038

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology

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https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Surface Mycobiota of Mobile Phones from some Researchers in Iraq

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01 Feb 2025