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The incidence of air-borne fungus in Sydney

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A survey of the incidence of air-borne fungi in Sydney was carried out for one year by daily exposure of Petri plates containing Sabouraud's medium. A total of 3893 colonies were counted.

The fungi most commonly grown wereCladosporium, Alternaria andEpicoccum; these accounted for 51.9% of all colonies.

An attempt was made to correlate the work with the average daily mean temperature, the relative humidity and the number of rainy days. No clear correlation could be established between colony counts and wind direction and velocity.

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Eine Untersuchung über das Vorkommen von durch die Luft getragenen Pilzen in Sydney wurde während eines Jahres durch tägliche Ausstellung von Petri-Schalen mit Sabouraud's Nährmedium durchgeführt. Insgesamt sind 3893 Kolonien gezählt worden.

Die am häufigsten gefundenen Pilze waren:Cladosporium, Alternaria undEpicoccum; sie umfassten 51.9% aller Kolonien.

Ein Versuch wurde unternommen, um diese Befunde mit der durchschnittlichen, täglichen Mitteltemperatur, der relativen Feuchtigkeit und mit der Zahl der Regentage in Korrelation zu bringen. Keine klare Korrelation konnte zwischen Kolonie-Zahl, Windrichtung und Windgeschwindigkeit festgestellt werden.

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Frey, D., Durie, E.B. The incidence of air-borne fungus in Sydney. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 13, 93–99 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02155505

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