Mythological study of the air in occupational and outdoor areas of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy and other areas of the University of San Carlos de Guatemala.
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https://doi.org/10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v20i1.146Keywords:
Aerobiología, hongos microscópicos, carga fúngica, aeroscopio, géneros predominantes, salud ocupacionalAbstract
There are few studies conducted on the aerobiology of tropical countries; therefore, there is a lack of information on the subject.
The purpose of this study was to conduct an analysis on the distribution of airborne of microscopic fungi in the atmosphere during the months of February through august 2008. Eight places were sampled, seven were located at San Carlos University of Guatemala (Laboratorio Microbiológico de Referencia -LAMIR-, Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales -LIPRONAT- , Decanato, the Food Laboratory, Instituto de nvestigaciones Químicas y Biológicas - 11QB- , University direction building and the Central library and the Centro de información y atención toxicological -CIAT- , that was located outside, zone 1.
Samples were feken in order to select the hour with the highest fungical load in the air and seven monthly subsequentially samplings were taken.
An Eco MAS 100 aeroscope and Saboraud agar + NaCl 7.5% were used for sampling and in each location
three samples were taken.
The results were that 44% of the samples showed higher concentration of emerging colonies during the morning and the 56% of the samples showed higher concentration during the afternoon. The locations with the highest load were LIPRONAT, the food laboratory and IIQB. The values of the measurements showed that these places are biohazard risks. The place with the lowest fungical load in the study was ClAT. The most frequent generas isolated and characterized were Cladosporium , it was predominant during dry season, and Penicillum. Asperguillus and Manila were predominant during the rainy day season. Yeast. Trichosporum and Rhodotorida were predominant during dry season.
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