• Dr. E. Muthu Kumaran
• Dr. Manikannan mathayan
• Dr. Arumugam Suresh

This study is aimed to identify the applicability of fold scope on microbial identification from samples of building construction materials. Microbial identification process were exclusively depends on electric/electronic microscopes and overall it was cumbersome technique until economically cheap and user friendly microscope-Fold scope, made by Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski, recently. Application of Foldscope dramatically increased the present study focused on diversity of microorganism and building material corrosion were studied. With this notion the present study conducted to identify the corrosion causing microbes which cause corrosion in building materials. Corrosion-the deterioration of materials, such as iron, steel, concrete and stone are biggest concern of building engineers as well as public. We have collected 1g of samples from corrosive materials and dissolved serially diluted. The diluted samples were plated on nutrient agar plates and SDA plates by spread plate for microbial growth. The identification were carried out by standard procedures. Results: Bacterial and fungal growth was observed in Nutrient agar and SDA plates, followed by Gram staining and Lactophenol cotton blue staining were done to observe bacteria and fungi respectively. Images were captured using foldscope clearly revealed the structure of bacterial and fungus presence in the samples. This study is a preliminary identification process of microbial involvement on corrosion building materials and further studies are warranted to identify the association of microbes with corrosion on building materials.

Foldscope, Application Constructive materials, Bacteria Fungi

"APPLICATIONS OF FOLDSCOPE IN IDENTIFICATION OF MICROBIAL GROWTH ON CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.750-756, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907862.pdf

"APPLICATIONS OF FOLDSCOPE IN IDENTIFICATION OF MICROBIAL GROWTH ON CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp750-756, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907862.pdf