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KMID : 1171820070220040077
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Journal of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering
2007 Volume.22 No. 4 p.77 ~ p.85
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Distribution of Airborne Fungi in the Public Facilities
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Koh Yeon-Ja
Gong Young-Woo
Lee Jea-Man
Go Jong-Myeong
Kim Yong-Hee
Jegal Seung
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Abstract
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Recently, there is increasing interest in indoor air pollution. Fungal spores are one of the pollutants that is the causes of hypersensitivity reactions, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis.This study was performed to assess the levels of ungi concentration in public facilities and airborne fungi were collected with the air sampler using DRBC(Dichloran rose bengal chloramphenicol) agar. It was found that airborne fungi concentration were related to the humidity and the people movement. 10 genera of fungi was isolated and identified and the most common culturable fungi were Penicillium, Cladosporium, and Aspergillus.
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KEYWORD
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Airborne fungi, Indoor air, Public facilities
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