what maximum temperature can it cultures be incubated in
It would be dangerous to incubate (keep and grow) cultures at temperatures close to body temperature (37Â°C) because doing so might allow the growth of pathogens harmful to health. So the maximum temperature used in school and college labs is 25Â°C.
Fungal cultures are traditionally incubated for 4 weeks or longer to maximise the recovery of slowly growing fungi. However, the data in support of this are scarce. The objectives of this study were to determine the optimum incubation time for specimens in which moulds or yeast are suspected and to review the literature. A total of 3036 fungal cultures of 2216 dermatological and 820 non-dermatological specimens were analysed.