DETERIORATION OF PURANA QILA (OLD FORT) DELHI BY FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY
*Arshi Nafis and Mohammad Javed
ABSTRACT
Purana Qila (Old Fort) of Delhi is situated on the bank of Yamuna constructed by the Mughal emperor Humayun and Afghan Sher shah Suri (The Lion King) is an oldest fort of India. Since then the present structures are under serious threat of microbial deterioration and exposer to various human pathogenic fungi on large number of visitors coming every day. Thus a total of thirty fungal species belonging to twenty one genera were recorded being responsible of monumental biodeterioration as well to human pathogen.
Keywords: Deterioration, Fungal diversity. Old Fort, Delhi.
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