Fungi inhabiting household environments in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia |
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Authors: | H. A. Bokhary Sarwat Parvez |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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Abstract: | Fungi inhabiting household environments in the West, East and Central localities of Riyadh city were screened. The screened area included bedrooms, drawing rooms, living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms. The common genera of fungi isolated wereAlternaria, Aspergillus, Cercospora, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Curvularia, Drechslera, Embellisia, Fusarium, Mucor, Penicillium, Rhizopus, Scytalidium, Trichoderma, Torula andUlocladium. Two uncommon generaNodulosporium andOidiodendron for Saudi Arabian mycoflora were also isolated. In all the localities, the highest number of fungal colonies per plate or per gram were found in the living rooms, followed by bedrooms. The number of colonies per plate or per gram was in general higher in densely populated than in less populated areas. |
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Keywords: | Environment Fungi House dust Saudi Arabia |
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