Airborne microorganisms in the indoor environment of Syowa Station in Antarctica

• Main Authors: Nakashima,Hiroyuki, Hamada,Nobuo, Yamanouchi ,Takashi
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Kurume National College of Technology/Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences/National Institute of Polar Research 2003
• Subjects: Syowa Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar meteorology and glaciology
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2961; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002961/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2961&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Airborne bacterial and fungal numbers in the buildings of Syowa Station in Antarctica were examined for 9 months in 2001. The number of bacteria or fungi was less than 20 or 70/m^3 in the dining room and washroom. The average number of bacteria or fungi was less than 1/50 or 1/5 of those in Japan and Europe, respectively, and remained constant regardless of season. The number of airborne microorganisms appeared to depend on drying of the indoor environment by the use of air-conditioners.