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Airborne Fungi and Actinomycetes Concentrations in the Air of Eskisehir City (Turkey)

Ahmet Asan

Trakya University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, TR-22030 Edirne, Turkey

Semra Ilhan

Osmangazi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, TR-26480 Meselik, Turkey

Burhan Sen

Trakya University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, TR-22030 Edirne, Turkey

Ismuhan Potoglu Erkara

Cansu Filik

Ahmet Cabuk

Rasime Demirel

Osmangazi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, TR-26480 Meselik, Turkey

Mevlut Ture

Trakya University, Medical Faculty, Department of Biostatics, TR-22030 Erdine, Turkey

Suzan Sarica Okten

Trakya University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, TR-22030 Edirne, Turkey

Suleyman Tokur

Osmangazi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, TR-26480 Meselik, Turkey

The present study investigated the isolation and identification of airborne fungi from three different urban stations located in Eskisehir (Turkey). Air samples were taken by exposing a Petri dish with Rose-Bengal streptomycin agar medium for 15 min and after incubation the number of growing colonies was counted. The sampling procedure for fungi was performed 35 times at the research stations weekly between March and November 2001. A total of 2518 fungal and 465 actinomycetes colonies were counted on 420 Petri plates over a nine-month period. In total, some 20 mould species belonging to 12 genera were isolated. Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium cladosporioides and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis were the most abundant species in the study area (13.66, 5.80 and 5.50% of the total, respectively). Relationships between fungal spore numbers, aerosol air pollutants (that is the particulate matter in the air) and sulphur dioxide together with the meteorological conditions were examined using statistical analysis. Number of fungi and actinomycetes were tested by multivariate analysis (MANOVA) according to the areas and months. Fungal numbers were nonsignificant according to the areas and months (p > 0.05), but the number of actinomycetes recorded was significant (p < 0.01).

Key Words: Fungi • Actinomycetes • Urban air • Biomass • Fungal and Actinomycetes distribution • Bioaerosols • Airspora

Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 13, No. 1, 63-74 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X04033843
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