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Air-Borne Mycoflora in the Schools Environment in Hofuf, Al Hassa Province
of Saudi Arabia
Hashem Al-Sheikh Department of Biology,
College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa,
Saudi Arabia
E-mail: stophashem@hotmail.com
Abstract
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This study was conducted to collect the air-borne
mycoflora from the environment of Primary and Secondary schools during
the period from 1st of April till the end of May 2007. A total number of
13 fungal genera were isolated. Genus Aspergillus was the most
predominant and showed the highest number of cfu/m3 of air followed by
Penicillium, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Rhodotorula, Mucor, Alternaria,
Acremonium, Curvularia, Stachybotrys, Rhizopus, Drechslera and
Ulocladium in the descending order. Generally, environment of primary
schools yielded greater number of fungal cfu compared to secondary
schools in all the localities of Hofuf city. This is the first record of
airborne fungi from schools environment in Hofuf city, Saudi Arabia.
Key words: Airborne, mycoflora, schools, environment.
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