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Household Appliance Seals as Niches for Fungal Growth: The Role of Anthropogenic Factors and Appliance Age

2026-07-23

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> Household appliances may serve as reservoirs of fungi, including species pathogenic to humans. The present study aimed to characterize the diversity of fungal communities inhabiting the door seals of 40 household appliances (refrigerators, dishwashers, and washing machines). Fungi were cultured using two media, three temperatures and identified by phenotypic and molecular methods. Inc...

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Literature Corpus work: e2221cea-8881-50d5-9bf6-c27d277fb50c
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10353658/v1

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