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Identification and Prevalence of Culturable Mesophilic Microfungi in House Dust from 100 Danish Homes
Author(s) -
Gravesen Suzanne
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1978.tb01547.x
Subject(s) - microfungi , flora (microbiology) , biology , petri dish , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , bacteria , medicine , genetics
In order to encircle possible allergen sources, fungi from house dust were cultivated and identified. Dust from vacuum cleaners was inoculated on Petri dishes containing V‐8 agar with addition of penicillin and streptomycin to eliminate the bacterial flora. The number of genera identified were for the most part consistent with the genera trapped from die air. However, presumably owing to their dispersal biology, it was demonstrated that members of Mucorales were much more frequently represented in the samples obtained by this method compared with gravimetric and volumetric measurements. The method is recommended is a simple way to demonstrate and identity the mould contents in house dust and as a tool for the identification of some of the real allergenic sources in house dust.