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Journal Article 
The growth ability of “kerosene fungus” amorphotheca resinae strains isolated from different habitats in aviation fuel 
Krivushina, AA; Bobyreva, TV; Mokeeva, VL 
2020 
1 
Mikologiya i Fitopatologiya
ISSN: 0026-3648 
54 
2 
143-149 
Russian 
The species Amorphotheca resinae is best known among micromycetes containing aviation fuel. It lives in natural conditions in various biogeocoenoses and is known as a component of soil mycobiota. Micromycetes of this type have the ability to obtain the necessary carbon for life from hydrocarbon fuel. This happens through the break-down of complex hydrocarbons to simpler compounds. The growth of A. resinae in fuel leads to numerous problems associated with the operation of aviation equipment, since this is the destruction of non-metallic materials, increased corrosion of metal elements, clogging fuel filters with mycelial biomass. According to some literature sources, not all strains of this species living in natural conditions can absorb petroleum hydrocarbons. According to other data, there is a tendency to the fact that the ability to absorb hydrocarbons is becoming characteristic of an increasing number of soil strains of A. resinae. The growth capacity of 7 strains of A. resinae isolated from various samples of aviation fuel and 7 strains isolated from different geographical locations and substrates: soil, air, wood and premises was studied in this work. Among the studied strains of A. resinae were both able to develop due to hydrocarbons of aviation fuel, and do not have this ability. At the same time, visual and quantitative methods for evaluating the growth rate and intensity of the studied strains of fungi do not exclude each other and give comparable results. A. resinae strains isolated from fuel samples had much more active development compared to strains isolated from natural habitats. Five strains of A. resinae, isolated from different geographical location of fuel samples, showed almost the same degree of development in the amount of biomass formed during one month. © 2020 г. 
Amorphotheca resinae; Biodeterioration; Cladosporium resinae; Hormoconis resinae; Micromycetes of aviation fuel; Micromycetes – biodestructors