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    Fungi of water-damated building

    The dominant colonizers: Stachybotrys chartarum , Penicillium and Aspergillus species, gram-negative bacteria, and mycobacteria . Andersson, M. A., M. Nikulin, U. Ko Ljalg, M. C. Andersson, F. Rainey, K. Reijula, E.-L. Hintikka, And M. Salkinoja-Salonen, 1997, Bacteria, molds, and toxins in water-damaged building materials

    The most common indoor molds are Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus, and Alternaria. (Committee on Environmental Health, 1998, Toxic effects of indoor molds citing Gravesen S, Frisvad JC, Samson RA. Microfungi. Copenhagen, Denmark: Munksgaard Publishing, 1994; and,

    Solomon WR. Fungus aerosols arising from cold-mist vaporizers. J Allergy. 1974;54:222-228

    The microfungal genera most frequently encountered were Penicillium (68%), Aspergillus (56%), Chaetomium (22%), Ulocladium, (21%), Stachybotrys (19%) and Cladosporium (15%). Gravesen, S., Nielsen, P.A., Iversen, R., Nielsen, K.F., 1999, Microfungal contamination of damp buildings - examples of risk constructions and risk materials



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