The Tektite-I Dive

Abstract

The fungal and yeast flora of four aquanauts living for 60 days in a subsurface marine habitat in tropical waters was studied. This was done by charting the varieties and relative numbers of fungi and yeasts recovered from the skin, throat, ear, and rectum. Samples from the habitat walls were also examined. The numbers and varieties of organisms found, and the changes in numbers, all suggested that environment posed no undue mycological stress.