Abstract:
The presence and concentration of airpollen and airspores, in outdoor
and indoor environment, have been the subject of numerous studies in
various geographical regions and in various contexts, including those of
agrobiology and medicine. More recently, airborne fungal spores have been
investigated with reference to the conservation of works of art. The aim of
this paper is to report the spectrum and concentrations of airborne bioparticles in Timişoara during a two months (2005) as a preliminary study to
future research.
Airborne pollen and spores were sampled continuously with a Hirsttype trap located on the roof of a building of the University of West. The
volumetric method was used, and easily identifiable pollen types were
sampled: Artemisia, Ambrosia, Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae, Pinaceae,
Plantago, Poaceae, Rumex, Tilia, Urtica. The best-represented pollen type
through the entire period was Poaceae.
Number of days when daily grass pollen concentration was over the
threshold value (30 PG/m3
) for clinical symptoms for the majority of
sensitized patients is 23. Our results show the presence of a large number of
fungal spore types, a total of 35. Amongst the fungal spores group,
Cladosporium and Alternaria constituted the dominant components in the
airspora. The maximum amount daily concentration of Cladosporium spore
type occurred on July 5 when 2220 airspores/m3
air were collected.The
present study detected remarkable diversity in spore types and showed
abundant mycoflora in the Timişoara atmosphere
