Abstract

In Babylon province and rounded cities , samples of dried waste were obtained and studied for the presence of fungi of potentially pathogenic nature. There was a high proportion of Candida spp , Cryptococcus neoformans and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and other fungi obtained from the dry droppings. The aim of the present study was to survey filamentous fungi and yeasts associated with dropping of domestic birds in the Babylon province and rounded cities. During 2013–2014, 191samples of dropping west were collected cultured and examined by dilution plate method .Filamentous fungi and yeasts colonies growths appearing on the Sabouraud's Dextrose Agar (SDA)medium were microscopically examined and the cultures obtained were identified on the basis of their microscopic and colonial morphology. A total of 2506 fungal isolates (included 2104 yeast isolates and 402 filamentous isolates were collected, Candida spp. constituted the majority (38.22 %of the 2104 isolates, represented by mainly C.albicans and C.Krusei, Geotrichum spp. Blastomycetes spp., Macrorhabdus and Cryptococcus. These yeasts had proteolytic activities .conclusion indicated that Blastomycetes spp. Macrorhabdus and Cryptococcus were recorded for the first time associated with bird waste in Iraq. Cryptococcus had Phospholipase activities .waste of birds is a finding be sources of risk on the public health.