TY - JFULL AU - Abdulmajeed Bashir Mlitan and Ethan Hack PY - 2014/12/ TI - Some Characteristics and Identification of Fungi Contaminated by Alkomos Cement Factory T2 - International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering SP - 791 EP - 796 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005271 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 95, 2014 N2 - Soil samples were collected from and around Alkomos cement factory, Alkomos town, Libya. Soil physiochemical properties were determined. In addition, olive leaves were scanned for their fungal content. This work can conclude that the results obtained for the examined physiochemical characteristics of soil in the area studied prove that cement dust from the Alkomos cement factory in Libya has had a significant impact on the soil. The affected soil properties are pH and total calcium content. These characteristics were found to be higher than those in similar soils from the same area. The increment of soil pH in the same area may be a result of precipitation of cement dust over the years. Different responses were found in each season and each site. For instance, the dominance of fungi of soil and leaves was lowest at 100 m from the factory and the evenness and diversity increased at this site compared to the control area and 250 m from the factory. ER -