Research Article
Capacity of Histoplasma capsulatum to Survive the Composting Process
Table 2
Recovery of colony-forming units (CFU/ml) of H. capsulatum from sterile and nonsterilized composted samples contaminated with the fungus.
| | Day of processing after sample contamination | H. capsulatum inoculum solution (CFU/ml) | Culture Mycosel | Hc100 nested PCR | | Nonsterile soil (CFU/ml) | Sterilized soil (CFU/ml) | Nonsterile soil | Sterilized soil |
| | 0 | 3460 | 0 | 1960 | Positive | Positive | | 15 | 0 | 44000 | Positive | Positive | | 30 | 0 | 75200 | Positive | Positive | | 45 | 0 | 15600 | Positive | Positive | | 60 | 0 | 26200 | Positive | Positive | | 90 | Not done | Not done | Positive | Positive | | 120 | Not done | Not done | Positive | Positive | | 150 | Not done | Not done | Positive | Positive | | 180 | Not done | Not done | Positive | Positive | | 210 | Not done | Not done | Positive | Positive | | 240 | Not done | Not done | Positive | Positive | | 270 | Not done | Not done | Positive | Positive | | 300 | Not done | Not done | Positive | Positive |
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