英文摘要 |
Indoor air quality has become an important issue in Taiwan. In this study, the effects of two sample treatment methods (spread plates and membrane filtration) and two collection fluids (deionized water (DW) and Tween mixture (TM)) were evaluated. Moreover, four liquid samplers (Sampler A, B, C and D) and one agar impactor (Sampler E) were further tested for their biological collection efficiencies on airborne bacteria and fungi.
Results show the positive rates of the membrane filtration method were greater than those of the spread plate method, whereas the membrane filtration method tended to underestimate the concentrations of culturable bacteria and fungi. On the other hand, the TM was performed superior to the DW. Considering the potential of the TM to promote microbial growth, phosphate buffer saline (PBS) was adopted in the following tests on five types of bioaerosol samplers.
The 100% detection of airborne bacteria were revealed by five kinds of tested samplers. For fungal detection, Sampler D had the lowest positive rate (75 %, 15/20), followed by Sampler C (85%, 17/20), Sampler B (95 %, 19/20) and Sampler A and E ( both: 100%).
The trend in bacterial concentrations in descending order was Sampler E (853.4 CFU/m3), Sampler C (651.4 CFU/m3), Sampler D ( 462.6 CFU/m3), Sampler B (449.5 CFU/m3) and Sampler A (369.3 CFU/m3). However, no statistically significant difference was noted among five tested samplers (p>0.05). Results of bacterial RA showed the Sampler E performed better than Sampler A and B (p <0.01).
In term of fungal concentrations, Sampler E obtained greater concentrations than four liquid samplers but at statistically insignificant levels (p>0.05). The RA values show the Sampler E performed better than Sampler C and D, followed by Sampler A and B (p < 0.01).
In conclusion, the Sampler E performed better than four tested liquid samplers (A-D). However, it should be noted that the Sampler C presented similar results in bacterial and fungal concentrations and bacterial RA values as compared to the Sampler E.
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