Monitoring of Bioaerosols in a Sewage Treatment Plant
Azevedo, Maria de Lourdes / Couto, Maria Antonieta / Azevedo, Beatriz
The present study aimed at the monitoring of bioaerosols in a large Sewage Treatment Plant, located in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The influence of environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and wind speed) on the bioaerosol emission was evaluated. During one year the presence of total coliforms, E. coli, Salmonella sp and Shigella sp, Pseudomonas sp and fungi was quantified. Samples of 200 l of air were collected by...