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- Title
MICROHABITAT INFLUENCES THE OCCURRENCE OF AIRBORNE FUNGI IN COPPER MINE IN POLAND.
- Authors
PUSZ, WOJCIECH; KITA, WŁODZIMIERZ; WEBER, RYSZARD
- Abstract
From January to April 2012 we studied the occurrence of air-borne fungi in the Lubin mining site, property of KGHM Polska Miedź SA. The research was conducted in three copper-mining shafts: Bolesław, Lubin Zachodni (Lubin West shaft), and Lubin Główny (Lubin Main shaft) at about 610 to 850 meters below ground level. Air samples were collected between 6 and 9 a.m. using the impact method (Air Ideal 3P Sampler) onto Potato Dextrose Agar. The volume of air sampled for each agar plate was 50 liters. We found twenty-seven fungal species, the most numerous being Penicillium notatum, P. urticae, and Aspergillus flavus. As the application of log-linear and correspondence analyses have shown, the population of fungi varied considerably among the copper mine shafts or shaft parts. P. notatum and P. urticae were found to be the best adapted to grow in copper-mine conditions. The significant interaction among the shafts and the sample collection sites suggests a substantial microclimate influence on the population-size variations of studied fungal species in each shaft. The fungal-spore concentration in the majority of the shafts of this copper mine does not present a health risk to the mine workers. But it is enhanced in some portions of the mine, so it may constitute a health hazard locally.
- Subjects
POLAND; AIR pollutants; FUNGAL spores; ECOLOGICAL niche; COPPER mining; AIR sampling; DEXTROSE
- Publication
Journal of Cave & Karst Studies, 2014, Vol 76, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
1090-6924
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4311/2013MB0101