RED PIGMENT FORMATION BY INTERACTION OF MOLDS PART 4 INTERACTION BETWEEN P. VERRUCULOSUM AND VARIOUS MOLDS

Molds and Respiratory Allergy - Part 1

A mold is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. Molds are also called filamentous fungi that can be found both indoors and outdoors [1]. Molds breed best in warm, wet, and humid conditions, and they multiply and reproduce by making spores. No one knows how many species of fungi exist in nature, but estimates range from tens of thousands to perhaps a million o...

Riboflavin Production by Molds.

Mycotoxin production by indoor molds.

Fungal growth in buildings starts at a water activity (a(w)) near 0.8, but significant quantities of mycotoxins are not produced unless a(w) reaches 0.95. Stachybotrys generates particularly high quantities of many chemically distinct metabolites in water-damaged buildings. These metabolites are carried by spores, and can be detected in air samples at high spore concentrations. Very little atte...

Mycotoxins and Indoor Molds

With a growing awareness of the potential hazards of chemical and biological agents in our homes, schools and workplaces, a greater emphasis has been placed on evaluating the role of mycotoxins and mycotoxin-producing fungi in our indoor environments. Now, more then ever, the potential health effects of airborne molds and other biological contaminants are being given serious consideration in IA...

Mycotoxins: of molds and maladies.