Study on the origin of fungi growing in bathrooms

从浴室和洗衣机中分离出的Scolecobasidium，由于它们暴露于洗涤剂，可能在遗传和生物学上与户外分离物不同。从叶片中分离出的担孢子可分为使用表面活性剂和不使用表面活性剂两类。卫生间分离的菌株经鉴定为S. humicola和S.腐质霉可以使用表面活性剂作为它们的营养。进一步的暗示是，在S.来自富含清洁剂的室内环境的腐质霉分离物可以作为使其自身适应这种环境的结果而出现。

Scolecobasidium, isolated from bathrooms and washing machines, because of their exposure to detergents, might be genetically and biologically distinct from outdoor isolates. Scolecobasidium from leaves were classified into 2 groups that grow using surfactant or not using. The isolates from bathrooms were identified as S. humicola, and S. humicola can use surfactants as their nutrition. A further implication is that the genetic variation found in the S. humicola isolates from detergent-rich indoor environments can occur as a result of having adapted itself to such an environment.