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October 07-08, 2019 | Madrid, Spain
Volume 3
Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious diseases
MICROBIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGISTS
MYCOLOGY AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS
2 nd Annual Congress on
6th International Conference on
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J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, Volume 3
Microbiology 2019 & Fungal infections 2019
October 07-08, 2019
Study of the airborne fungal spores in Rosetta, Egypt
In this study, fungal spores in the atmosphere of Rosetta, Egypt were studied for one year (August 2015 to July 2016) using a
Hirst type volumetric pollen annual spore index equals to 8023 was recorded during the studied period. The maximum
records were in August 2015, May and July 2016. Alternaria, Cladosporium, Tilletia, Stemphylium, Chaetomium, Aspergillus/
Penicillium-type, Drechslera-type, Mycosphaerella and Epicoccum represent the main spore producers organized in relation to
their abundance. A total of nine fungal spore genera with minimum 10-day mean equal to or greater than 0.1 spores/m3 of air
are involved to construct an approximate spore calendar. This aero palynological study was compared with others elsewhere in
the world. Correlation analysis between spore counts and different meteorological parameters (temperature, rainfall and relative
humidity) as well as number of allergic patients were studied. It was obvious that most of the recorded fungal spores have
allergenic properties.
Biography
Wafaa K Taia, graduated from Alexandria university, Egypt and got her Ph.D. from Reading university, England. Her major field is Botany,
Angiosperm taxonomy, Eco taxonomy and biodiversity. Her main interest is plant taxonomy, allergy, and the effect of environment on the
plants. She attained a lot of conferences inside and outside Egypt and has many publications in the above-mentioned items. She is teaching
plant taxonomy, Speciation, Angiosperm phylogeny, Palynology, Flora, General Botany and post graduate courses in Alexandria University,
Faculty of Science. She had valuable work on the effect of habitats, environmental conditions and sea elevation on the plants. She did many
works on allergy, air pollution and causes of environmental disorders. She attained lot off . and Ph.D. Juries in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and
Spain (MALAGA), as an examiner of the thesis. She has reviewed many scientific papers in her field of interest She published book entitled
′Biodiversity and plant taxonomy: Definition, History and Classification. Lambert Academic Publishing (2017).
Wafaa K Taia
Alexandria University, Egypt