Aero Mycological Survey of School Environment
Kavita Sharma1, Luka Rita2 and Sandhya Lanjewar31Arts and Commerce Girls college, Raipur (India).
2Goverment Girls P.G. College, Bilaspur (India).
3Goverment College Tilda (India)
Abstract: Microorganisms found everywhere in nature adapted to all kinds of the environment. Air acts as a vehicle for the dispersion of microorganisms. It introduces into air from different sources i.e. soil, water, organic waste of man, plant leaves, sneezes and cough. This study was conducted to collect the air-borne mycoflora from the environment of schools at Raipur, during the period from Feb.2008 to Jan.2009. A total number of 22 fungal genera were isolated. Genus Aspergillus was the most predominant followed by Alternaria, Penicillium, Curvularia, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Mucor, Rhizopus, Drechslera, Nigrospora, Trichoderma, and Bispora. During present study 1032 fungal spores were observed. The major types of airspora were Cladosporium sp. (12.69%), Aspergillus niger (11.53%), Alternaria sp. A (10.27%), Curvularia lunata (9.30%), and Drechslera (6.78%), Fusarium sp. (5.03%) to the total air spora. Higher concentration of spores was observed during January (104) and Lower in the month of April (75). The results provide to be helpful to allergologist and clinician in the treatment of fungal related disease.
Keywords: Airborne; mycoflora; schools; environment Back to TOC