Aero-microflora of pre-primary and primary classrooms in ikwuano local government area, umudike, abia state.:- Ogbuehi, Vivian U
ABSTRACT
The microbial air quality of the pre nursery,
nursery and primary school classrooms of two different schools (MOU AU Staff
School and National Root Crop Research Institute Scool) was investigated
between 11 :30am - 12:00pm employing plate exposure and count method for
bacteria and fungi estimation, results obtained from the study showed the
bacteria counts from the school. Seven bacterial species; Bacillus spp.,
Enterococcus spp., Escherichia coli, Micrococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp. and
Staphylococcus aureus and six fungal species; Alternaria spp., Aspergillus
niger, Candida spp., Mucor spp., Penicil/ium spp., and Rhizopus spp were
isolated. The bioaerosol concentrations were higher than the recommended limit
regardless of the sampling sessions. The high microbial counts and identified
bacterial and fungal species may pose a serious problem to learning, though the
occurrence of the different bacteria and fungi species varies between the
schools. A decline was recorded in the occurrence of some microbes and this was
attributed to high level of personal and environmental hygiene in the schools,
and so the maintenance of such high level of hygiene in schools is therefore
recommended.
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OGBUEHI, O (2025). Aero-microflora of pre-primary and primary classrooms in ikwuano local government area, umudike, abia state.:- Ogbuehi, Vivian U. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Mar 04, 2025, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/aero-microflora-of-pre-primary-and-primary-classrooms-in-ikwuano-local-government-area-umudike-abia-state-ogbuehi-vivian-u-7-2
OGBUEHI, OGBUEHI. "Aero-microflora of pre-primary and primary classrooms in ikwuano local government area, umudike, abia state.:- Ogbuehi, Vivian U" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 03 Mar. 2025, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/aero-microflora-of-pre-primary-and-primary-classrooms-in-ikwuano-local-government-area-umudike-abia-state-ogbuehi-vivian-u-7-2. Accessed 04 Mar. 2025.
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OGBUEHI, OGBUEHI. "Aero-microflora of pre-primary and primary classrooms in ikwuano local government area, umudike, abia state.:- Ogbuehi, Vivian U" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2025). Accessed 04 Mar. 2025. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/aero-microflora-of-pre-primary-and-primary-classrooms-in-ikwuano-local-government-area-umudike-abia-state-ogbuehi-vivian-u-7-2