Aerobiological characterization of indoor enviroments in the presence of plant coverings
We evaluated the qualitative and quantitative presence of airborne spores and recording temperature and light intensity in the absence and presence of ornamental plants without the latter were assessed during periods of three weeks from March 12 to 16th, April 16th to 20th and from May 14th to 18th,...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/20714 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/rica/index.php/rica/article/view/20714 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | air quality mitosporic fungui (deuteromycetes) spores aerobiology ornamental. calidad del aire hongos mitospóricos (deuteromicetos) esporas aerobiología ornamentales. |
| Sumario: | We evaluated the qualitative and quantitative presence of airborne spores and recording temperature and light intensity in the absence and presence of ornamental plants without the latter were assessed during periods of three weeks from March 12 to 16th, April 16th to 20th and from May 14th to 18th, 2007 under three indoor environments in the Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo, Texcoco, estado de Mexico. An Andersen sampler one stage for fungal spore and a data logger Pendant® series (Onset© Co.) for registering temperature and light were used. Fungal identification was performed to the genus level with and without plants. Alternaria, Cladosporium, Epiccocum, Fusarium and Penicillium were the predominant genera obtained; but Aspergillus niger and A. candidus were also found. Aerial spore levels decreased by 60% in plants presence and temperature increased between 2 and 3 °C in the three rooms sampled. No significant differences for light intensity were observed by plants presence. There was a clear behaviour between the intensity of light and the position of the indoor environments. The results showed that in the presence of plants and increasing the indoor temperature, the concentration of fungi in the air decreased. |
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