Morphological and molecular identification of filamentous fungi isolated from cosmetic powders

Abstract

Seven fungi were isolated from 50 samples of cosmetic powders. Morphological analyses and ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacers sequencing were performed which allowed the discrimination of the isolated fungi as Aspergillus fumigatus, Penicillium sp., and Cladosporium sp. which could have, among their species, potentially pathogenic microorganisms.

Keywords

• Microbial contamination
• ribosomal DNA
• cosmetics