title: The microbial population in the air of cultivation facility of oyster mushrooms.
abstract: The microbial population in the air of mushroom cultivation facility was studied to understand the population structure and size depending on the cultivation methods and regions. The air contents of ten farmers' oyster mushroom cultivation facilities in Kyunggi province were sampled. The results indicated that there was no difference in population size depending on the regions of mushroom cultivation. In addition, the population size of bacteria in the growth room was bigger than that of the cooling room and outside of the mushroom house, but the fungal population was similar in size between cultivation stages. With regard to population structure, Pseudomonas and Penicillium species were most frequently isolated from the air of oyster mushroom cultivation facility.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Life Science, College of Life and Environmental Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Se Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Yu Na
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Sajid Mohamad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Il Min
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Hyang Yoen
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: Chang Sung
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Jhune
authors.forename: Yool Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D054892:Metagenome; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000254:growth & development