Comparative Study of Fungi in the Air of Kerbala City.

Abstract

The research was carried out during November and December, 2002. This research included comparison of air fungi in a specific area in Kerbala city during crowd and normal days . This study proved that, Aspergillus showed the highest per cent of occurrence in normal and crowd days . A.fumigatus species and Penicillium which gave high per cent of occurrence, frequency and DII in crowd days compared with other fungi on the other hand , A. niger and A.flavus gave high percent of occurrence, frequency and DII in normal days compared with other fungi . These fungi were considered as an indicator for air pollution and pathogenic for human.