Fungi associated with particulate matter, in Ocaña Norte de Santander

The objective of this work was to characterize the fungi present in the particulate material as an indicator of risk of respiratory diseases in Ocaña norte de Santander. For this, three filters extracted from each of the stations of the UFPSO-CORPONOR monitoring network were sampled, 5 random points...

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Published inRevista Ingenio Vol. 12 Edición Regular; no. 1; pp. 75 - 83
Main Authors Jose Arnoldo Granadillo Cuello, Alexander Armesto Arenas, Juan Carlos Hernández Criado, Jorge Andrés Duarte, Mayerly Pedraza Felizola
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña 01.01.2017
Subjects
microscopic fungi
pm10
potato dextrose agar
respiratory diseases
risk indicators
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Summary:The objective of this work was to characterize the fungi present in the particulate material as an indicator of risk of respiratory diseases in Ocaña norte de Santander. For this, three filters extracted from each of the stations of the UFPSO-CORPONOR monitoring network were sampled, 5 random points were taken within each filter with dimensions of 1cm2 and inoculated into potato dextrose agar (PDA) culture medium at 20 ° C for 15 days, The results showed the presence of 3 genera of microscopic fungi: Penicillium sp, Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus sp and unicellular fungi such as yeast, which have a high incidence in respiratory diseases such as: pneumonia, systemic mycoses, hypersensitivity and mycotoxicosis.
ISSN:2011-642X
2389-864X
DOI:10.22463/2011642X.2126