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Studies on air-borne fungi at Qena

III. Thermophilic fungi

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The air-borne fungi were studied in one hundred and fifty-six exposures made over one year at two levels (2 meter and 20 meter).

Aspergillus was the only air-borne fungus identified at 45 °C. It was recovered in 33.3% and 28.2% of the exposures and was represented by four species at low level and three at high level.A. fumigatus was extremely dominant and constituted 76.4% abd 73.3% of the total count of fungi at the low and the high levels respectively.

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  1. H. M. Abdel-Fattah

    Present address: Biology Department, Junior College Taif, P.O. Box 1070, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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  1. Mycology Laboratory, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt

    H. M. Abdel-Fattah & M. A. Swelim

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Abdel-Fattah, H.M., Swelim, M.A. Studies on air-borne fungi at Qena. Mycopathologia 80, 107–111 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00641186

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