TY  - JOUR
T1  - Isolation and Identification of Pathogenic Bacteria and Fungi from Some Sudanese Banknote Currency
AU - M. Saadabi, Abdulmoneim AU - F. Ali, Lina AU - Omer, A.B. AU - Ahmed, G.A. AU - K. Al Asa, Rofieda 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
SP  - 315
EP  - 318
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2010.315.318
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2010.315.318
KW  - Banknote
KW  -currency
KW  -bacteria
KW  -fungi
KW  -microbial contamination
KW  -Sudan
AB  - Sudanese banknotes in different values were critically evaluated to show the level of contamination with pathogenic microbes using standard techniques. The fungal genera <I>Trichophyton</I> sp., <I>Microsporum </I>sp., <I>Epidermophyton</I> sp., <I>Taenia</I> sp., <I>Aspergillus</I> sp. and <I>Saccharomyces</I> sp. were isolated and identified. The genera of bacteria that isolated were <I>Escherichia coli</I>,<I> Citrobacter</I> sp.,<I> Klebsiella</I> sp., <I>Proteus</I> sp.,<I> Bacillus</I> sp., <I>Corynebacterium</I> sp. and <I>Staphylococcus</I> sp. The potential of Sudanese currency notes to act as environmental vehicles for transmission of pathogenic fungi and bacteria was assessed. The lower values of banknotes were highly contaminated and there is a negative correlation between banknotes value and microbial contamination.
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