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- Title
STUDY THE EXISTING FUNGAL FLORA IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF KASHAN IN 2001.
- Authors
Asadi, Mohamad Ali; Samei, Azam; Salehi, Afshin; Raygan, Fariba; Sharif, Mohamad Reza
- Abstract
Introduction and Objectives: All kinds of micro-organisms and fungus spore can be found almost everywhere. Kashan is a city near the central desert of Iran. The level of fungus spore in atmosphere is an important factor for public health. Fungus spore is one of the most important contaminators of atmosphere, which can cause different disease in human and animal. This research was carried out to identify the level of fungus spore in the atmosphere of different areas in Kashan. Materials and Methods: Samples were taken from different areas like, agricultural, industrial, animal farms, mountains and some wild areas. Samples were taken in the morning, noon and night. Cultural plates were exposed to atmosphere in a position 1.5m high from ground level for 15mins. Plates were covered with their lids, transmitted to Kashan medical mycology laboratory and kept in room temperature for 3-5 days. After growing fungus and establishing colonies two techniques of teased mount and slide culture, were used to diagnose the fungi species. Results: In this study 1890 colonies were separated from 270 plates and their species were identified as; Aspergillus (22.7%), Penicillium (20.31%), Alternaria (14.86%), Cladosporium (10.95%), Rhizopus (9.36%), Yeast (6.77%), Mucor (4.7%), Fusarium (4.02%), Scopulariopsis (3.22%), Acremonium (1.79%), Curvularia (1.16%) and unknown fungus (0.8%). Conclusion: This study showed that, most of the time fungi spore exists in the atmosphere in different areas. Diversity and level of fungi spore changes in different climates, geographical situations and the time of day. Further studies are needed to cover more geographical areas and epidemiologic research.
- Subjects
KASHAN (Iran); IRAN; PENICILLIUM; PUBLIC health; FUNGAL spores; MEDICAL mycology; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGAL colonies
- Publication
Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, 2013, p24
- ISSN
2008-3645
- Publication type
Article