Research Article

Qualitative Analysis of Indoor and Outdoor Airborne Fungi in Cowshed

Table 3

Seasonal variations of indoor and outdoor fungal spores (CFU/m3) recorded from January 2011 to December 2011 of cowshed.

Sl. numberGenera and speciesIndoorOutdoor
SummerRainyWinterSummerRainyWinter

1Acremonium sp.63.5495.313.53112.96197.680
2Alternaria alternata 116.49120.02194.15296.52271.81257.69
3Ascomycetes sp.21.1845.890144.73176.50
4Aspergillus spp.137.67144.73218.86250.63180.03384.77
5A. flavus 218.8688.25155.32109.43091.78
6A. niger 180.03120.02176.535.374.130
7A. oryzae 127.08109.4391.7852.9545.89120.02
8A. ochraceus 17.6517.6514.12000
9A. fumigatus 35.363.54091.7895.3184.72
10A. terreus 31.7781.19109.4345.893.5324.71
11Curvularia spp.42.3638.83137.6745.8995.3138.83
12C. lunata 24.7170.674.1317.6581.1931.77
13Cladosporium spp.317.7141.2176.5261.2263.54229.45
14C. cladosporioides 112.96141.2141.2102.3784.7245.89
15C. herbarum 155.32102.370109.4360.010
16C. acremonium 35.363.5435.398.84112.9642.36
17Fusarium spp.130.6188.25120.02116.490158.85
18F. oxysporum 77.6645.8984.7228.2442.3660.01
19F. moniliforme 155.3228.2488.25130.6177.6667.07
20F. solani 70.6116.4981.19123.5574.1381.19
21Mucor sp.56.4845.89105.9141.284.72116.49
22Neurospora sp.31.7724.710000
23Rhizopus sp.105.9105.9105.974.1367.0795.31
24Penicillium spp.120.0288.25127.0870.645.89208.27
25P. versicolor 63.5488.25105.917.6556.4884.72
26P. citrinum 102.3763.5484.7295.31109.4384.72
27P. nigricans 67.07112.963.53000
28Scopulariopsis sp.021.1810.59031.7735.3
29Trichoderma sp.70.667.07112.96120.0295.31116.49
30Unidentified 52.9581.1984.7263.5477.6688.25

Total2742.812421.582643.972756.932305.092548.66