Air microbial contamination and factors affecting its occurrence in certain book libraries in Egypt.
Osman, M., Awad, A., Ibrahim, Y., Ahmed, Y., Abo-Elnasr, A., Saeed, Y. (2017). Air microbial contamination and factors affecting its occurrence in certain book libraries in Egypt.. EKB Journal Management System, 57(1), 93-118. doi: 10.21608/ejbo.2016.277.1007
Mohamed El-Sayed Osman; Abdel Hameed Abdel Hameed Awad; Yasser Hassan Ibrahim; Youssef Fawzy Ahmed; Amany Abo-Elnasr; Yuosra Saeed. "Air microbial contamination and factors affecting its occurrence in certain book libraries in Egypt.". EKB Journal Management System, 57, 1, 2017, 93-118. doi: 10.21608/ejbo.2016.277.1007
Osman, M., Awad, A., Ibrahim, Y., Ahmed, Y., Abo-Elnasr, A., Saeed, Y. (2017). 'Air microbial contamination and factors affecting its occurrence in certain book libraries in Egypt.', EKB Journal Management System, 57(1), pp. 93-118. doi: 10.21608/ejbo.2016.277.1007
Osman, M., Awad, A., Ibrahim, Y., Ahmed, Y., Abo-Elnasr, A., Saeed, Y. Air microbial contamination and factors affecting its occurrence in certain book libraries in Egypt.. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 57(1): 93-118. doi: 10.21608/ejbo.2016.277.1007

Air microbial contamination and factors affecting its occurrence in certain book libraries in Egypt.

Egyptian Journal of Botany
Article 6, Volume 57, Issue 1, May 2017, Page 93-118  XML PDF (720.25 K)
Document Type: Regular issue (Original Article)
DOI: 10.21608/ejbo.2016.277.1007
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Authors
Mohamed El-Sayed Osman1; Abdel Hameed Abdel Hameed Awad2; Yasser Hassan Ibrahim2; Youssef Fawzy Ahmed3; Amany Abo-Elnasrorcid 1; Yuosra Saeed email 2
1Botany Dept., Faculty of Science, Helwan Univ., Egypt
2Air Pollution Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
3Animal Reproduction and A.I. Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
Bacterial and fungal contamination in the air and settled dust were studied in old and new book libraries located in the National Research Center (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt. The investigated libraries differ in age, design, size, ventilation type, and number of occupants in relation to microclimatic parameters and particulate matter (PM) load. Airborne microorganisms were collected using an Andersen two stage impactor sampler. Indoor airborne bacteria and fungi ranged from 0-1060.4 CFU/m3 and 11.8-315.6 CFU/m3, respectively. Outdoor airborne bacteria and fungi ranged within 11.7-2514.7 CFU/m3 and 0-713.7 CFU/m3, respectively. Bacteria and fungi associated surface settled dust ranged from 0.4-10x106 CFU/gm and 0-73x104 CFU/gm, respectively. Fine microbial fraction (particles ≤ 8 μm in size) constituted 2-24.94% and 68.35-94.15% of the total airborne bacterial and fungal concentrations, respectively. Indoor/outdoor (I/O) ratios of airborne microorganisms were less than 1 at both libraries, indicating no indoor microbial sources. Gram positive cocci (14.3-47%) and bacilli (52.9-85.7%) were the dominant bacterial isolates in the air state, while bacilli represented 100% of the total isolates in the surface settled dust. Bacillus pseudomycoides and B. subtilis dominated indoors while B. subtilis and Staphylococcus outdoors. Aspergillus and Penicillium, were the common fungal species in both libraries under investigation. Many of the isolated fungal taxa had enzymatic activities (lipase, protease and cellulase), with A. flavus, Curvularia pallescens, Fusarium oxysporium, P. notatum and Trichoderma viride presented all enzymatic activities. Complex correlations and no-clear patterns were found between the airborne microorganisms and the environmental factors.
Keywords
Library; microbial contamination; Particle size; identification; Enzymatic Activities; Microclimatic Factor
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