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The study of aeromycoflora of Gurukul Kangri and Yogi Pharmacy was carried out by gravity petri dish method in the year 1994 and 1998 respectively. A total of 12 fungal forms belonging to 8 genera were isolated from Gurukul Kangri and 17 fungal forms belonging to 11 genera were trapped from the air of Yogi Pharmacy. The dominant species were Aspergillus niger, A. fumigatus, A. flavus, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Penicillium cyclopium, Epicoccum nigrum rest of the fungi were of sporadic occurrence. In the diurnal cycle the fungi showed an evening tendency. The role of environmental factors i.e. relative humidity and temperature in affecting the densities of fungal population taken into consideration.

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Aeromycoflora clodosporium Aspergillus

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Navneet, Sharma, V. K., Khanna, R., & Prabhat. (2003). Aeromycoflora of Gurukul Kangri and Yogi Pharmacy, Haridwar. Environment Conservation Journal, 4(1-3), 71–78. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2003.0412310

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