Table 1.
Frequency and distribution of airborne fungi isolated from 93 sampling sites belonging to 22 distinct regions divided into five major areas of Tehran city, the capital of Iran
| Fungus |
Area I |
Area II |
Area III |
Area IV |
Area V |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
|
Aspergillus spp. |
280 |
4.3 |
308 |
4.8 |
672 |
10.4 |
252 |
3.9 |
616 |
9.5 |
2128 |
32.97 |
|
Penicillium spp. |
392 |
6.1 |
98 |
1.5 |
56 |
0.9 |
84 |
1.3 |
308 |
4.8 |
938 |
14.53 |
|
Cladosporium spp. |
196 |
3.0 |
294 |
4.5 |
154 |
2.4 |
99 |
1.5 |
756 |
11.7 |
1499 |
23.22 |
|
Alternaria spp. |
154 |
2.4 |
112 |
1.7 |
98 |
1.5 |
110 |
1.7 |
350 |
5.4 |
824 |
12.76 |
|
Monilia spp. |
70 |
1.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
28 |
0.4 |
24 |
0.4 |
30 |
0.5 |
152 |
2.35 |
|
Drechslera spp. |
28 |
0.4 |
14 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
12 |
0.2 |
55 |
0.8 |
109 |
1.69 |
|
Rhizomucor spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
14 |
0.2 |
15 |
0.2 |
84 |
1.3 |
113 |
1.75 |
|
Absidia spp. |
14 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
14 |
0.22 |
|
Rhizopus spp. |
15 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
15 |
0.23 |
|
Mucor spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
11 |
0.2 |
17 |
0.2 |
28 |
0.43 |
|
Paecilomyces spp |
12 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
17 |
0.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
31 |
0.5 |
60 |
0.93 |
|
Cladophialophora spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
33 |
0.5 |
33 |
0.51 |
|
Phialophora spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
30 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
30 |
0.46 |
|
Exophiala spp. |
10 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
12 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
25 |
0.4 |
47 |
0.73 |
|
Phoma spp. |
2 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
12 |
0.2 |
14 |
0.22 |
|
Epiccocum spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
12 |
0.2 |
12 |
0.19 |
|
Ulocladium spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
43 |
0.7 |
45 |
0.70 |
|
Curvularia spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
28 |
0.4 |
33 |
0.51 |
|
Acremonium spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
15 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
20 |
0.3 |
35 |
0.54 |
|
Fusarium spp. |
28 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
15 |
0.2 |
13 |
0.2 |
45 |
0.7 |
101 |
1.56 |
|
Trichothecium spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
27 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
11 |
0.2 |
38 |
0.59 |
|
Stemphylium spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
18 |
0.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
18 |
0.28 |
|
Basidiobolus spp. |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
11 |
0.2 |
11 |
0.17 |
|
Helminthosporium spp. |
26 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
6 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
34 |
0.53 |
| Mycelia sterilia |
23 |
0.4 |
14 |
0.2 |
52 |
0.8 |
10 |
0.1 |
25 |
0.4 |
124 |
1.92 |
| Total | 1250 | 19.4 | 860 | 13.3 | 1196 | 18.5 | 636 | 9.8 | 2523 | 39.0 | 6455 | 100 |