Studies on Atmospheric and Indoor Fungal Environmental Pollutants In Damietta Governorate

Fungi are ubiquitous organisms that make up approximately 25% of earth’s biomass. The air which we breath is seldom free from fungal spores, but their number and type vary with the season, weather, geographical location and position from large spore sourcA total of 576 samples were collected from different places (288 samples from outdoor air and 288 samples from indoor air samples) representing geographical sites and different seasons of the year.Sites selected were in the east , the veterinary clinic of Damietta, the abattoir and poultry farm II, in the west , cereal storage, drug storage and wood cutting factory, in the north, milk factory a hospital and library, in the south, feed factory, poul74045 colonies were isolated among which 37356 in the outdoor and 36739 in the indoor by the trapping method (exposed plate method) on Sabouraud’s dextrose agar during two years 2000 & 2001.In the (outdoor) ,39 genus representing 110 species and 43 genus representing 121 species were obtained during years 2000 & 2001 respectively.In the (indoor) air 35 genus representing 115 species and 44 genus