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The monitoring of airborne mycoflora in the indoor air quality of library

Author(s): Swapna Kalbende, Lalchand Dalal, Mousumi Bhowal

Air is the most important content in the environment. Various microbiological factors are present in the environmental air. Aerobiological studies are of great importance as they provide qualitative and quantitative information about airborne fungi in a given region. In the present investigation, the mycoflora from two sections of a library of Wardha city were investigated between May, 2010 to April, 2011. In this study, 17 species in 11 genera were trapped, isolated and identified. From Ist and IInd sections of library, 329 and 453 fungal colonies were observed respectively. The study was under taken by petri-plate exposure method using PDA (Potato Dextrose Agar) and CZA (Czapek Dox Agar) media in a 10 cm diameter petri-plate. A total of 11 fungal genera obtained were identified and the rest which are not identified were kept as unidentified fungi. Aspergillus niger (I-19.45% and II-22.07%) and Aspergillus fumigatus (I-18.24% and II-10.59%) were the dominant fungal species in the present experimental study than the other rest form of fungi.