Aeromycoflora in the Central Milk Dairy of Calcutta, India |
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Authors: | Nimai Barui Sunirmal Chanda |
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Institution: | (1) Botany Department, Surendranath College, Calcutta, India;(2) Division of Palynology and Environmental Biology, Department of Botany, Bose Institute, Calcutta, India (Author for correspondence, e-mail: |
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Abstract: | Intramural aeromycological survey was performed at the Central Milk Dairy, Calcutta, covering eight locations within the Dairyusing
Burkard personal volumetric air sampler. The locations were butter cold storage (−2 °C), cold store (8 °C), packaging section
(23 °C), milk processing section (24 °C), reconstituent of skimmed milk (24 °C), quality control lab (25 °C), raw milk reception
(28 °C) and loading dock (26 °C). A number of fungal spores, conidia and mycelia were recorded in different rooms: the highest
spore quantity was recorded in the packaging section (23 °C) and the minimum at the butter cold store (−2 °C). The dominant
spores consisted of Aspergillus niger, A flavus,Cladosporium sp., Fusarium sp., Curvularia sp.,Alternaria sp., Torula sp., Myrotheciumsp., Helminthosporium sp., Periconia sp.,Nigrospora sp. and Pithomyces sp.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | aeromycology dairy fungi indoor environment |
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