Growth Trend of Isolated Indoor Fungi from Building After Treatment with Antifungal Agents

Abstract

This paper presents the sustainable treatment  for  indoor  environment  quality  in  buildings  by  examining  the  application  of  potassium  sorbate,  zinc  salicylate,  and calcium  benzoate  that  used  as  food  industry  preservatives  as  indoor. The addition of antifungal agents significantly slows down the growth rate of the fungi which is shown to be reduced in diameter growth in MEA agar. The agar mixed with potassium sorbate resulted more efficient in controlling the growth of fungi compared to another two antifungal agents use in this research. The effectiveness of antifungal agents used was proven in slowing down the development of the fungi. Thus, it is proven that the application of these antifungal agents reduced the growth of the fungi isolated from building.