en قارچ شناسی Mycology پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Background and Aims: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Fungal spores constitute a significant portion of primary biological aerosol particles, and large amounts have been identified in the air. They are present in the atmosphere throughout the year, and their concentration varies due to meteorological factors such as temperature, relative humidity, location, construction conditions, and vegetation. Exposure to airborne fungi has been linked with diseases such as allergic respiratory symptoms, rhinitis, asthma, and various infections. This study investigates the diversity and distribution of airborne fungal spores in Jiroft City, located in the southern region of Iran.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Materials and Methods:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> Airborne fungal composition was sampled from indoor, outdoor, and hospital air using the sedimentation plate method. Grown fungi were identified using standard mycological techniques, including determining macroscopic and microscopic characteristics.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Results:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> A total of 230 colonies belonging to 11 genera of fungi were isolated from all culture media. Fungi were isolated from 53 (80.3%) samples. The highest and lowest percent of positive samples were found in outdoor (100%) and hospital (64.3%) air samples, respectively. <i>Cladosporium</i> (43.9%) and <i>Aspergillus</i> (36.4%) were the most common fungi isolated from the samples. <i>Rhodotorula, Syncephalastrum, Paecilomyces, Mucor, </i>and<i> Acremonium&nbsp;</i>were the least isolated fungi (1.5%).<i>&nbsp;</i></span></span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> This study showed the difference in the diversity and distribution of fungi in different environments. <i>Cladosporium</i> and <i>Aspergillus</i> were the most common fungi isolated, which need to be considered due to their ability to cause various diseases.</span></span></div> Airborne, Distribution, Diversity, Fungi 340 346 http://ijml.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-422-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohadeseh Kamali محدثه کمالی mohadesehkamali.mk@gmail.com 0000-0001-7516-282X No Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran گروه بیماری های داخلی، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جیرفت، جیرفت، ایران Mehdi Taheri Sarvtin مهدی طاهری سروتین mehditaheri.mt@gmail.com 0000-0003-3600-9472 Yes Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran. گروه گروه قارچ شناسی و انگل شناسی، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جیرفت، جیرفت، ایران