Mycological air contamination level and biodiversity of airborne fungi isolated from the zoological garden air - preliminary research.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the degree of mycological air contamination and determine the taxonomic diversity of airborne fungi residing in the air of 20 different animal facilities in a zoological garden. The concentrations of fungi in the zoological garden were measured using a MAS-100 air sampler. The collected microorganisms were identified using the combination of molecular and morphological methods. The fungal concentration ranged from 50 to 3.65 × 10⁴ CFU/m³ during the whole study. The quantitative analysis of the fungal aerosol showed that the obtained concentration values were lower than the recommended permissible limits (5 × 10⁴ CFU/m³ for fungi). Environmental factors, including temperature and relative humidity, exerted a v

SUBMITTER: Plewa-Tutaj K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11222260 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature