Prevalence Of Airborne Fungal Diversity In The Kitchen Environment Of Jabalpur City

Authors

  • Verma KS Aeroallergens, Immunology and Angiosperm’s Diversity Laboratory Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur (M.P.)-India
  • Koshta R Aeroallergens, Immunology and Angiosperm’s Diversity Laboratory Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur (M.P.)-India

Keywords:

Airborne fungi, Kitchen, Jabalpur, Intramural, Extramural

Abstract

The present approach aims to screen out the prevalence of airborne fungal spores of intramural and extramural environments of kitchen in Jabalpur city. The air sampling was conducted using Anderson two stage Sampler (Anderson, 1958;1966) containing SDA plates.Different kitchen environments of Jabalpur city were surveyed every month for a period of one year (January 2012-December 2012). During the study period a total of 33 fungal species belonging to 16 genera were observed. Aspergillusspecieswere recorded the maximum (9) followed by 4 species of Penicillium. Aspergillusniger was found to be the most dominant of all fungal types in both indoor and outdoor environment, followed by Penicilliumchrysogenum, Cladosporium spp. and Curvularialunata. The maximum fungal load was found in the month of March. The more number of fungi were found as a tendency of attraction towards the moisture availability and nutrition present in the kitchen environment.

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2013-11-30

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Verma KS, & Koshta R. (2013). Prevalence Of Airborne Fungal Diversity In The Kitchen Environment Of Jabalpur City. International Journal of Life Sciences, 5–8. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/1078

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