Isolation and identification of airborne fungi in Indoor/Outdoor of Home in El-Beida City (Libya)

In Libya, there is not enough information about microbial contaminants in indoor/outdoor environments. Microbial monitoring of such environments is important for the quality of human life. The aim of this study was identification of fungi in indoor and outdoor of home environment. Opened plates were used for isolation of fungi in the air of El-Beida city. Twenty-one fungal species were identified. A total of 5431 colonies with 14 genera and 5375 colonies with 15 genera of fungi were identified from indoor and outdoor of home respectively. In addition most of fungi isolated were important aeroallergens and phytopathogen.