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. 2020 Jul 6;18(2):865-872.
doi: 10.1007/s40201-020-00510-y. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Determination of bacterial and fungal bioaerosols in municipal solid-waste processing facilities of Tehran

Marjan Ghanbarian  1 , Maryam Ghanbarian  2 , Masoud Ghanbarian  3 , Amir Hossein Mahvi  4   5   6 , Mohammad Hosseini  7
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Determination of bacterial and fungal bioaerosols in municipal solid-waste processing facilities of Tehran

Marjan Ghanbarian et al. J Environ Health Sci Eng. .

Abstract

Purpose: The concentration and distribution characteristics of airborne bacteria and fungi were assessed at municipal solid-waste processing and disposal facilities (SWPDFs) of Tehran (Arad Kouh Site).

Methods: Air samples were obtained from the indoor air of a laboratory and refectory as well as from the air surrounding a conveyor belt, rotary screen, and bailer. Sampling was conducted according to the standard procedure to determine two bacterial species (Klebsiella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus), total bacteria and fungi, and Aspergillus fumigates.

Results: The maximum concentration of Staphylococcus aureus was in the air surrounding the conveyer belt with the average of 993.2 CFU/m3. The highest concentrations of total fungi (4958.8 CFU/m3) and Aspergillus fumigates (2114 CFU/m3) were measured in the air surrounding the rotary screen. The mean concentrations of bacterial bioaerosols in a more contaminated sampling location in summer and winter were 1687.6 and 1479.4 CFU/m3, respectively.

Conclusions: There were significant differences between the concentration of bioaerosols in cold and warm seasons. The concentrations of bioaerosols in the air surrounding the rotary screen and conveyer belt were significantly more than those in other sampling locations, but were within the recommended maximum of 103 and 104 CFU/m3.

Keywords: Bacterial bioaerosol; Fungal bioaerosol; Solid-Waste Processing Facilities; Tehran.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interestAll authors contributed sufficiently to the study and read this final manuscript and gave their approval for the manuscript to be submitted in its present form.

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Location map of the study area to show the sampling site
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Bioaerosols proportion at different Sampling locations in winter
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Bioaerosols proportion at different Sampling locations in summer
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