Microbiological assesment of indoor air in Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State

Abstract

A study of indoor air Microbiological contamination in various rooms of university building of Kano University of Science and of September – October, 2001. Air samples were taken twice a day in the morning and in the afternoon using plate exposure, in all of the sampling places, a multiple growth of the bacteria as well as significant increases of the amount of spores were observed in the afternoon. The predominant bacteria and mould isolated from the investigated air samples were Staphylococcus species, Micrococcus sp., Serratia sp., Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Rhizopus sp. Cladysporium sp., and Alternaria sp. Among the microbes, the presence of pathogenic and strongly allergic microorganisms was detected.