Capacity of Histoplasma capsulatum to Survive the Composting Process
Table 3
H. capsulatum persistence in composting factories.
Factory number
Composting process stage
Culture on Mycosel
Hc100 nested PCR positives
Raw materials (n†)
Final product (n)
Raw materials (n)
%
Final product (n)
%
Raw materials (n)
%
Final product (n)
%
Factory 1 (F1)
19
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Factory 2 (F2)
9
7
1
11,1
0
0
2
22,2
0
0
Factory 3 (F3)
0
5
NA
NA
0
0
NA
NA
0
0
Factory 4 (F4)
4
4
0
0
0
0
2
50
1
25
Factory 5 (F5)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
33
23
1
11, 1
0
0
4
12,1
1
4,3
Raw material refers to the mixture of the organic material to be composted, i.e., at day zero. Final product refers to the transformed product after 45 days of composting process. n†: number of samples sent by each factory to search H. capsulatum.
