A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF CYCLOHEXIMIDE-RESISTANT AIRBORNE FUNGI IN TURIN, ITALY

Numbers and type of the cycloheximide-resistant part of the aerially t ransmitted mycoflora of Turin were studied. Samples from three areas c haracterized by differing human usage were taken in the first week of March. During each sampling, 12 m3 of air were aspirated, using an one -stage volumetric sieve sampler. Fifty-two mesophilic species and eigh t thermotolerant were isolated. Propagule load varied from 2.92 to 120 .31 cfu m-3 . The following species appear not to have been reported p reviously from air samples: Ascotricha bosei, Blastobotrys navarrensis , Cryptendoxyla hypophloia, Chrysosporium an. gymnoascus demonbreunii, Ophiostoma piceae, Penicillium vulpinum, Phialophora mustea, Rhinocla diella pedrosoi, Scopulariopsis croci, S. komngii and Sesquiallium can delabrum. A significant number of potential opportunistic pathogens wa s isolated.