Isolation of Penicillium marnef fei fr om the mango fruit of W alking Mango T r ee

Penicillium marneffei is an opportunistic dimorphic fungus causing infection in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Infection by Penicillium marneffei is an important emerging public health problem, especially among travelers and inhabitants in SE China and SE Asia infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, the natural habitat and transmission mode of the etiologic agent remains unclear in HIV patients. In this study, mango fruit was collected from walking mango tree. P. marneffei was identified by microscopic and morphological analysis. The constituent recovery of this fungus fromthe fruit suggests that it could be Endophytic in this dicot host.