Fungal Species Isolated from Erzincan Tulum Cheeses

This study was carried out between 2012-2013 years. Aim of this study is to determine microfungi that developed from tulum cheese samples collected from various workshops, shops and houses in the spring, summer, autumn and winter seasons from Erzincan city. The tops of the containers in which the samples were excised with a sterile gutand the surfaces not in contact with the air taken through sterile spatula were placed into sterile disposable specimen containers. The taken samples were brought to the laboratory with cold carrier bags and macroscopic and microscopic investigations were carried out. 200 fungal isolates were identified from the cheeses and 14 species (Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, A. parasiticus, A. versicolor, Fusarium oxysporum, Geotrichum candidum, Penicillium chrysogenum, P. echinulatum, P. griseofulvum, P. palitans, P. roqueforti, P. solitum, P. verrucosum and Cladosporium herbarum) belonging to 5 genera (Aspergillus, Fusarium, Geotrichum, Penicillium and Cladosporium) were isolated and described