Abstract

Today the air surrounding us is getting polluted with different types of particles it may be biological (for example, pollen grains, fungal spores, viruses, actinomycetes and other bacteria, fern and moss spores, algal colonies, plant fragments, small seeds, protozoa, mites and insect fragments) or non-biological (for example, soot, diesel exhaust particles, ashes, sand and mineral fragments such as silicate minerals). Therefore this study was carried out to collect the data on the presence of fungal species in the hospital environment. This study was carried out from July 2011 to June 2012. During this 48 fungal species (367 fungal colonies) belonging to 34 fungal genera were isolated. In Zygomycotina, Mucor racemosus (50%), in Ascomycotina, Eupenicillium purpurogenum (25%), in Anamorphic Fungi, Aspergillus niger(100%), Mycelia sterilia (Black) (25%) showed highest percentage frequency. Few species isolated from the study area are reported pathogenic and therefore cleanliness should be maintained. Keywords: Air, aeromycoflora, biological, non- biological, percentage frequency

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