Aeromycoflora in Outdoor Environment of Timisoara City (Romania)

Ianovici, Nıcoleta; Tudorică, Dorina

doi:10.15835/nsb113446

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“…spores are detectable from May to November, peaking in the late summer (6). A similar seasonal pattern has been reported in other temperate European climates (7). On 17 days of August 2003, Zagreb air concentration of Alternaria spores exceeded the limit value of 100 spores per m 3 , which is associated with increased risk of allergy (8).…”

Section: Outdoor Environmentssupporting

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Indoor Exposure to Mould Allergens

Prester

2011

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

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Indoor Exposure to Mould AllergensHumid indoor environments may be colonised by allergenic filamentous microfungi (moulds),Aspergillusspp.,Penicilliumspp.,Cladosporiumspp., andAlternariaspp. in particular. Mould-induced respiratory diseases are a worldwide problem. In the last two decades, mould allergens and glucans have been used as markers of indoor exposure to moulds. Recently, mould allergens Alt a 1 (Alternaria alternata) and Asp f 1 (Aspergillus fumigatus) have been analysed in various environments (residential and occupational) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, which use monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies. Household Alt a 1 and Asp f 1 levels were usually under the limit of the method detection. By contrast, higher levels of mould allergens were found in environments with high levels of bioaerosols such as poultry farms and sawmills. Data on allergen Alt a 1 and Asp f 1 levels in agricultural settings may provide information on possible colonisation of respective moulds and point out to mould-related diseases in occupants.

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Section: Outdoor Environmentssupporting

confidence: 62%

Indoor Exposure to Mould Allergens

Prester

2011

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

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“…Studies on the presence of spores in the atmosphere of Romania were started by . The other studies on airborne fungi in Romania (Ianovici et al, 2004;Ianovici et al, 2007;Ianovici and Dumbravă, 2008a;Ianovici and Dumbravă, 2008b;Ianovici, 2008;Ianovici et al, 2008;Ianovici and Tudorică, 2009) has focused to determine the diversity of these particles, abundance, concentration and period of the presence of selected fungal spore types in the atmosphere. The monitoring of fungal spores revealed the summer as the most favourable season for Cladosporium and Alternaria occurrence.…”

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Variation in Airborne Fungal Spore Concentrations in Four Different Microclimate Regions in Romania

Ianovici

Maria

Răduţoiu

et al. 2013

Not Bot Hort Agrobot Cluj

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Airborne fungal counts and types were examined in four regions from Romania. The aim of our study was to determine the concentrations of Alternaria, Cladosporium, Drechslera-type, Epicoccum and Nigrospora atmospheric fungal spores in urban areas: Braşov, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Timişoara. Other objective of this study was to examine the relationships between atmospheric fungal spores and pollen. Few studies have confirmed the high frequency and concentrations for some of these spore types in Romania. The sampling sites differed in habitat characteristics, such as vegetation and microclimate. Airborne spores' sampling was carried out using the Lanzoni volumetric sampler and during August 2008. The totals of airborne spores recorded in this study show a considerable variation. Cladosporium and Alternaria have been identified as the most abundant and frequent fungal aeroallergens in Timişoara and Bucharest. Drechslera-type, Epicoccum, and Nigrospora had very low values of spore count in all sites. Observations show that seven types of pollen appear regularly and few of these are in great abundance. Fungi are present in the air in concentrations considerably in excess of that of pollen grains. Ambrosia artemisiifolia is the most important pollen allergen in all of the sampled areas discussed here, especially in western country (Timişoara).

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“…spores were noted at the harvesting seasons (10,11). Surveys on these aspects have been made in different countries of the world following impaction or sedimentation method (12)(13)(14)(15). The sedimentation method is still quite popular in India and some other countries as it is cheap, simple and recommended by Polish Standards (15)(16)(17).…”

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Analysis of ambient airborne mycoflora around Curzon hall campus, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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The indoor and outdoor air is an important source of aeroallergens and pathogens. Monthly samplings were recorded during September to November 2018 to investigate the airborne mycoflora concentration in Curzon hall campus, University of Dhaka. The fungal colonies developed in Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) media were isolated from four different locations in the morning, noon and evening in monthly intervals. A total number of counted fungal colonies were 2,681 in which 924, 928 and 829 colonies were found in the morning, noon and evening time, respectively. Among the identified fungi, Aspergillus spp. was one of the most predominant genera in all the stations over the study period followed by Penicillium spp. Alternaria spp., Curvularia spp., Fusarium spp., Rhizopus spp. and Trichoderma. The identified fungi belonged to eight genera under the class Ascomycetes, Zygomycetes and Deuteromycetes. Among the fungal isolates, Alternaria spp., Aspergillus spp., Curvularia spp., Fusarium spp., Penicillium spp. and Rhizopus spp. were previously reported as pathogenic to plants and/or humans and strongly allergenic to human being. Stamford Journal of Microbiology, Vol.9(1) 2019: 32-35

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Aeromycoflora in Outdoor Environment of Timisoara City (Romania)

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Indoor Exposure to Mould Allergens

Indoor Exposure to Mould Allergens

Variation in Airborne Fungal Spore Concentrations in Four Different Microclimate Regions in Romania

Analysis of ambient airborne mycoflora around Curzon hall campus, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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