Fungi in Public Heritage Buildings in Poland

Abstract

With the prevalence of asthma increasing worldwide in recent decades there is a growing need to determine the diversity and spatiotemporal dynamics of airborne microbes in indoor environments. Hence, the aims of this study were to detect and identify fungi present in public heritage buildings (libraries, museums, churches) in Poland. Samples of indoor dust and biofilm were collected from 60 areas in 10 such buildings (mostly in urban environments) in different seasons in 2008-2011. Mycological analysis was based on the culture-dependent method using 2% MEA and SNA. In 300 samples there were at least 160 fungal species belonging to more than 70 genera. The most common were Acremonium, Alternaria, Arthrinium, Aspergillus, Aureobasidium, Botrytis, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Monodictys, Mucor,

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