Molcular identification of Aureobasidium pullulanus isolated from pigeon dropping in Basra

Abstract

Aureobasidium pullulanus is black yeast like fungus, isolated from different environment and can cause various opportunistic human infections.

A local Aureobasidium isolate was collected from pigeon dropping in Basra. It was identified as A. pullulanus morphologically and confirmed on the basis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence similarity by using two primers, ITS-1 and ITS-4 which were synthesized on the basis of conserved regions of the eukaryotic rRNA gene .

The availability of A. pullulanus was noted at the first time in stress habitat of pigeon dropping.

Key words: Aureobasidium pullulanus, pigeon dropping, ITS sequence.