Cultivable Fungi from Amazon River Dolphins Engaged in Wildlife Ecotourism in the Anavilhanas National Park, Brazil

Table 1

Analysis of aerobic fungal colony-forming units (CFUs) and species identification via PCR sequencing of ITS and 28S regions and micromorphology in the skin and oral cavity of Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis).

Sample		Colony forming unit/100 µL sample
		Sabouraud	Chromagar candida	Niger seed	Brain heart infusion
					(Bacteria CFU)
Dolphin 1: “Curumim”	Oral swab	0	0	1 (Exophiala dermatitidis)	0 (>10)
	Skin swab	0	0	0	0 (>10)
	Skin scraping	0	0	0	0 (>10)
Dolphin 2:“Priscila”	Oral swab	0	0	0	0 (>10)
	Skin swab	0	0	0	0 (>10)
	Skin scraping	0	0	0	0 (>10)
Dolphin 3: “Chico”	Oral swab	0	3 (Trichosporon montevideense)	0	0 (>100)
	Skin swab	0	0	0	0 (>100)
	Skin scraping	6 (Toxicocladosporium irritans)	0	1 (unidentified)	0 (>100)
Water from the collection site		50 (Rhodotorula mucilaginosa)	2 (Exophiala dermatitidis)	1 (Nectria pseudotrichia)	0 (>100)
		1 (Penicillium citrinum)
		1 (Fomitopsis meliae)
		7 (Exophiala dermatitidis)
Water from the city harbor		>100 (Candida spencermartinsiae)	1 (Penicillium chermesinum)	0	0 (>100)

Note. CFU (colony forming unit) denotes viable fungal colonies per 100 milliliter swab. Samples were collected from the oral cavities and skin of Amazon River dolphins identified by names given by the local community in the Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão–AM, Brazil. The agar types used were SAB (Sabouraud agar, Difco), CHRO (Chomagar Candida Bento Dickson), BHI (brain heart infusion agar, Difco), and NSA (niger agar). The samples are being presented with the “names given to the dolphins” by the community (Chico, Priscila, and Curumim).