Research Article

Investigation of Air Quality in Terms of Microbiological Density in Some Regions of the European Side of Istanbul Province

Number: 19 August 31, 2020
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Investigation of Air Quality in Terms of Microbiological Density in Some Regions of the European Side of Istanbul Province

Abstract

Microbial fauna of the outdoor ambient air of Istanbul has been determined in European side of Istanbul province at four different districts (Bakirkoy, Fatih, Basaksehir and Esenler) by active and passive sedimentation sampling methods. In addition to meteorological factors, the effect of urbanization and traffic density for the air microbial load is also determined. Outdoor air sampling was performed between April 2014 and November 2015. The sedimentation method was done by standart plate count agar (PCA) opening the cover of the petri dishes containing a prepared medium. Standart plate count agar (PCA) medium was used for the determination of total bacteria while malt extract agar (MEA) was used for fungi. The colonies formed at the end of this period were counted and total number of bacteria and fungi per unit volume and area were determined. Air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction were also recorded. As a result of the active sampling method, the most counted units of bacteria was determined at 350C in Basaksehir station as 222 CFU(Colony forming unit)/m3, maximum fungal was determined as 286 CFU/m3 at 200C incubation temperature. The maximum amount of bacteria in the passive sampling method results at 350C was in Bakirkoy station as 9250 CFU/m3.

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Supporting Institution

Yildiz Technical University

Project Number

2012-05-02-YL-02

Thanks

This work was supported by Research Fund of the Yildiz Technical University. Project Number: 2012-05-02-YL-02

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 31, 2020

Submission Date

February 10, 2020

Acceptance Date

May 23, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 19

APA
Bayhan, H., Aydın, S., Erguven, G., & İkizoğlu, B. (2020). Investigation of Air Quality in Terms of Microbiological Density in Some Regions of the European Side of Istanbul Province. Avrupa Bilim Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 19, 334-343. https://doi.org/10.31590/ejosat.701133