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The Ability of Dermatophytes to Utilize Methylxanthine as Sole Source of Carbon and Nitrogen
Ali Abdul Hussein S. AL-Janabi
Corresponding Author: Ali Abdul Hussein S.AL-Janabi
Submitted: 2009 August, 23
Accepted: 2009 Sept., 02
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Methylxanthine contains common compounds that widely consumed by human through their present
in food, drink and beverages or through involving in pharmaceutical drugs. Dermatophytes were selected to
investigate for their ability to utilize three main compounds of methylxanthine as sole source of carbon and
nitrogen. Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Epidermophyton floccosum were grown on three types of media:
Medium A lacks of carbon source, medium B lacks of nitrogen source and medium C lacks of carbon and
nitrogen sources. Two isolated species of dermatophytes revealed well growth on medium A and less on media
B and C. Dermatophytes showed ability to use methylxanthine as sole source of carbon and nitrogen with
efficiency to use carbon than nitrogen.
Key words: Caffeine, dermatophytes, methylxanthine, theophylline, theobromine, ,
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Ali Abdul Hussein S. AL-Janabi, . The Ability of Dermatophytes to Utilize Methylxanthine as Sole Source of Carbon and Nitrogen. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences, (3): Page No: 163-167.
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