Coarse and fine culturable fungal air concentrations in urban and rural homes in Egypt

The main objective of the present study was to assess culturable airborne fungal concentrations, and types in different seasons. Two-stage viable impactor samplers were used with malt extract agar medium as the collection media. Culturable airborne fungal concentrations were collected indoors and ou...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2013-03, Vol.10 (3), p.936-936
Main Authors: Awad, Abdel Hameed A, Gibbs, Shawn G, Tarwater, Patrick M, Green, Christopher F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abundance
Air Pollutants - isolation & purification
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Alternaria
Aspergillus
Cladosporium
Colony Count, Microbial
Egypt
Environmental Monitoring
Fungi
Fungi - isolation & purification
Houses
Housing
Indoor air quality
Outdoor air quality
Penicillium
Rural areas
Rural Population
Seasons
Urban areas
Urban Population
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Summary:The main objective of the present study was to assess culturable airborne fungal concentrations, and types in different seasons. Two-stage viable impactor samplers were used with malt extract agar medium as the collection media. Culturable airborne fungal concentrations were collected indoors and outdoors of 43 homes in urban and rural environments from November 2008 to October 2009 in Egypt. Fungal concentrations were significantly higher in the rural environment than the urban environment. The median indoor and outdoor total fungal concentrations were 608 and 675 CFU/m3 in the urban environment and 1,932 and 1,872 CFU/m3 in the rural environment, respectively. The greatest concentrations were found in the autumn and spring season. Indoor and outdoor concentrations were significantly correlated (P < 0.001). The highest concentrations were observed in the fungal size range of
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph10030936