A Survey of Fungal Contamination on Books in Public Libraries with Mechanical and Natural Ventilation


Autoria(s): REIS-MENEZES, Adriana Araujo; GAMBALE, Walderez; GIUDICE, Mauro Cintra
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

20/10/2012

20/10/2012

2011

Resumo

Libraries are very propitious environments for the growth of fungi. The great concentration of organic material available for these microorganisms, and often with the lack of adequate ventilation or climate control, would favour this situation. This study was conducted in 2003 to determine the predominant genera of fungi in public libraries by a survey of fungi contaminating the upper surface of books, with and without air conditioning in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the winter and summer, during the respective periods with high and low levels of airborne fungi in that city. Six libraries were chosen, located on the campus of the University of Sao Paulo, three of them with air conditioning and the other three with natural ventilation. In these six libraries, 31 genera of fungi were identified in total. The genera and frequency of contaminant fungi recovered differed significantly between the libraries with and without air conditioning and in the samples collected in the summer as opposed to the winter. Cladosporium was the most frequent in the libraries with and without air conditioning, and in the winter. Aspergillus was isolated more often in the summer.

CAPES - Brazilian Ministry of Education

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Identificador

INDOOR AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT, v.20, n.4, p.393-399, 2011

1420-326X

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/28447

10.1177/1420326X11409449

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1420326X11409449

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eng

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

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Indoor and Built Environment

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