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Enumeration of airborne molds in some indoor environments of Madras city (India) by cultural and non-cultural volumetric samplers

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The air mycoflora of six indoor environments in Madras city (India) has been investigated by sampling air with an Andersen sampler and a Burkard personal sampler. Forty-eight species assignable to 24 genera were recorded by Andersen sampler. Spores belonging to 14 genera in addition toPenicillium andAspergillus were identified from Burkard trap slides. Species ofAspergillus, Penicillium, Mucor andRhizopus were most frequently isolated in considerable numbers. As a single genusAspergillus ranked first followed byPenicillium at some sites, andCladosporium at some other sites. The predominance ofPenicillium andAspergillus was also confirmed by Burkard trap data. Spores belonging toGanoderma, Nigrospora, Epicoccum, andTetraploa were recorded only by Burkard sampler, thereby suggesting the necessity of using two complimentary spore traps, cultural and non-cultural, in any aerobiological investigation.

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  1. Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, 600 025, Madras, India

    Balumuri Pandu Ranga Vittal

  2. Botany Department, The New College, 600 014, Madras, India

    Shaik Khaja Rasool

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Vittal, B.P.R., Rasool, S.K. Enumeration of airborne molds in some indoor environments of Madras city (India) by cultural and non-cultural volumetric samplers. Aerobiologia 11, 201–204 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02450040

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