Abstract

AIRBORNE THERMOTOLERANT FUNGI OF JABALPUR, MADHYA PRADESH

Ashutosh Narayan Dwivedi* and Ravi Prakash Mishra

ABSTRACT

The present paper deals with airborne thermotolerant fungi isolated from five different five sites. The fungi were isolated on PDA and YpSs media from ambient air over the garbage dumpings, compost pits and industrial waste heaps. The sampling was done by using 2-stage Anderson volumetric air sampler during the period from May, 2009 to April, 2010. The exposed petri-dishes were incubated at 280C for first day there after at 450C for 4 day. A total of 27 different fungal species where isolated and identified morphologically. The monthly concentration of airborne thermotolerant fungi ranged from 445 CFU/m3 air (May) to 911 CFU/m3 air (September). Aspergillus versicolor showed maximum annual mean concentration (65.3 CFU/m3 air) whereas Paecilomyces variotti the minimum (7.1 CFU/m3 air).

Keywords: Airborne, Thermotolerant Fungi, Colony Forming Unit (CFU).