| Author(s) | Kauther F. Abed |
| Affiliation | Botany Department, Scientific Section, Girls College of Education, P.O. Box 75407, Riyadh 11578, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Quantitative Studies of Microbial Air Pollution during the |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Science. Volume 14, No 2. (2002/1422) |
| Abstract | This study was conducted to find the quantitative counts of bacteria inside and outside the Mosque at Makkah in order to detect the microbial pollution. Estimation of bacterial total count was found to range between 42-284 CFU in the exposure plates inside the Mosque, but estimation outside the Mosque varried from 64 to 158 CFU in the exposure plates. The highest bacterial count was detected inside the Mosque during the Night of 27th Ramadan which was 284 CFU in the exposure plates. But the highest count outside the Mosque was on Friday which was 158 CFU in the exposure plates. The identified bacterial and fungal isolates were found to be: Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus subtilis, Klebsiella sp., Proteus sp., Achromobacte sp., Escherichia coli, Aspergillus sp. and Mucor sp. |
