Prevalence of Air-born Microbes in Some Communities in 2012

Objectives To understand the prevalence of air-borne microbes in different communities.

Methods The contamination of air-borne bacteria and fungi in different seasons, at different places and on different times were detected and analyzed.

Results The air-borne bacterial and fungal counts (cfu/m³) in 480 air samples were 7 083(3 297, 11 265) and 4 082 (1 884, 5 495), respectively, and the grade of qualities for bacteria and fungi in the air samples were light contaminated (Ⅲ) and moderate contaminated (Ⅴ) respectively.

Conclusions It is necessary to establish networks for monitoring the situation of atmospheric microorganism and to control the source and carrier of air-borne microbial contamination.