Indoor fungi: companions and contaminants

Fungal secondary metabolites as harmful indoor air contaminants: 10 years on

(2014) J. David Miller et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Walking-induced particle resuspension in indoor environments

(2014) Jing Qian et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

The level of submicron fungal fragments in homes with asthmatic children

(2014) SungChul Seo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Evaluation of invasive aspergillosis risk of immunocompromised patients alternatively hospitalized in hematology intensive care unit and at home

(2014) S. Rocchi et al.   INDOOR AIR

Dampness, bacterial and fungal components in dust in primary schools and respiratory health in schoolchildren across Europe

(2014) José Jacobs et al.   OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Architectural Design Drives the Biogeography of Indoor Bacterial Communities

(2014) Steven W. Kembel et al.   PLoS One

Public Health Impacts of Foodborne Mycotoxins

(2014) Felicia Wu et al.   Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Bacterial communities on classroom surfaces vary with human contact

(2014) James F Meadow et al.   Microbiome

Microbial Contents of Vacuum Cleaner Bag Dust and Emitted Bioaerosols and Their Implications for Human Exposure Indoors

(2013) Marc Veillette et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Indoor fungal contamination: Health risks and measurement methods in hospitals, homes and workplaces

(2013) Delphine Méheust et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Determinants of personal, indoor and outdoor VOC concentrations: An analysis of the RIOPA data

(2013) Feng-Chiao Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Volatile organic compounds from fungi isolated after hurricane katrina induce developmental defects and apoptosis in aDrosophila melanogastermodel

(2013) Arati A. Inamdar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

Mycotoxins: Occurrence, toxicology, and exposure assessment

(2013) S. Marin et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Effect of moisture-damage intervention on the immunotoxic potential and microbial content of airborne particles and on occupants' upper airway inflammatory responses

(2013) M. Roponen et al.   INDOOR AIR

Determinants, reproducibility, and seasonal variation of ergosterol levels in house dust

(2013) H. K. Leppänen et al.   INDOOR AIR

Next-generation DNA sequencing reveals that low fungal diversity in house dust is associated with childhood asthma development

(2013) K. C. Dannemiller et al.   INDOOR AIR

Effect of relative humidity on the aerosolization and total inflammatory potential of fungal particles from dust-inoculated gypsum boards

(2013) M. Frankel et al.   INDOOR AIR

Levels and sources of volatile organic compounds in homes of children with asthma

(2013) J.-Y. Chin et al.   INDOOR AIR

Dispersal in microbes: fungi in indoor air are dominated by outdoor air and show dispersal limitation at short distances

(2013) Rachel I Adams et al.   ISME Journal

A Unique Signal Distorts the Perception of Species Richness and Composition in High-Throughput Sequencing Surveys of Microbial Communities: a Case Study of Fungi in Indoor Dust

(2013) Rachel I. Adams et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Children’s Phthalate Intakes and Resultant Cumulative Exposures Estimated from Urine Compared with Estimates from Dust Ingestion, Inhalation and Dermal Absorption in Their Homes and Daycare Centers

(2013) Gabriel Bekö et al.   PLoS One

The Diversity and Distribution of Fungi on Residential Surfaces

(2013) Rachel I. Adams et al.   PLoS One

A Review of the Mechanism of Injury and Treatment Approaches for Illness Resulting from Exposure to Water-Damaged Buildings, Mold, and Mycotoxins

(2013) Janette Hope   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Individual and combined effects of mycotoxins from typical indoor moulds

(2013) A. Mueller et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Chronic Illness Associated with Mold and Mycotoxins: Is Naso-Sinus Fungal Biofilm the Culprit?

(2013) Joseph Brewer et al.   Toxins

Review of health hazards and prevention measures for response and recovery workers and volunteers after natural disasters, flooding, and water damage: mold and dampness

(2013) Eckardt Johanning et al.   Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Size distribution of viable, cultivable, airborne microbes and their relationship to particulate matter concentrations and meteorological conditions in a Mediterranean site

(2012) Louisa Raisi et al.   AEROBIOLOGIA

Seasonal Variations of Indoor Microbial Exposures and Their Relation to Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Air Exchange Rate

(2012) Mika Frankel et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Aspergilli: Systems biology and industrial applications

(2012) Christoph Knuf et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Dominant microbial volatile organic compounds in 23 US homes

(2012) Timothy J. Ryan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Exposure to microbial agents in house dust and wheezing, atopic dermatitis and atopic sensitization in early childhood: a birth cohort study in rural areas

(2012) A. M. Karvonen et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Longitudinal variations in indoor VOC concentrations after moving into new apartments and indoor source characterization

(2012) Seung-Ho Shin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Airborne fungal cell fragments in homes in relation to total fungal biomass

(2012) A. Adhikari et al.   INDOOR AIR

Endotoxin, extracellular polysaccharides, and β(1-3)-glucan concentrations in dust and their determinants in four European birth cohorts: results from the HITEA project

(2012) L. Casas et al.   INDOOR AIR

Size-resolved emission rates of airborne bacteria and fungi in an occupied classroom

(2012) J. Qian et al.   INDOOR AIR

Positive associations between respiratory outcomes and fungal index in rural inhabitants of a representative sample of French dwellings

(2012) M. Hulin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Indoor factors and behavioural problems in children: The GINIplus and LISAplus birth cohort studies

(2012) Lidia Casas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Exposure assessment of residential mould, fungi and microbial components in relation to children's health: Achievements and challenges

(2012) Christina G. Tischer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Particle-size distributions and seasonal diversity of allergenic and pathogenic fungi in outdoor air

(2012) Naomichi Yamamoto et al.   ISME Journal

Infant origins of childhood asthma associated with specific molds

(2012) Tiina Reponen et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Utilizing pyrosequencing and quantitative PCR to characterize fungal populations among house dust samples

(2012) Matthew W. Nonnenmann et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Microbial secondary metabolites in school buildings inspected for moisture damage in Finland, The Netherlands and Spain

(2012) Mirko Peitzsch et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Prevalence of dampness and mold in European housing stock

(2012) Ulla Haverinen-Shaughnessy   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Switching industrial production processes from complex to defined media: method development and case study using the example of Penicillium chrysogenum

(2012) Andreas E Posch et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Exposure to farming environments in childhood and asthma and wheeze in rural populations: a systematic review with meta-analysis

(2012) Jon Genuneit   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Human Occupancy as a Source of Indoor Airborne Bacteria

(2012) Denina Hospodsky et al.   PLoS One

Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

(2012) C. L. Schoch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Airborne molds and bacteria, microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOC), plasticizers and formaldehyde in dwellings in three North European cities in relation to sick building syndrome (SBS)

(2012) Bo Sahlberg et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Satratoxin-G from the Black Mold Stachybotrys chartarum Induces Rhinitis and Apoptosis of Olfactory Sensory Neurons in the Nasal Airways of Rhesus Monkeys

(2012) Stephan A. Carey et al.   TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY

Multiple comparisons of organic, microbial, and fine particulate pollutants in typical indoor environments: Diurnal and seasonal variations

(2012) Sibel Mentese et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

Primary biological aerosol particles in the atmosphere: a review

(2012) VivianeR. Després et al.   TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY

The Fungi: 1, 2, 3 … 5.1 million species?

(2011) Meredith Blackwell   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Associations between Fungal Species and Water-Damaged Building Materials

(2011) Birgitte Andersen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular profiling of fungal communities in moisture damaged buildings before and after remediation - a comparison of culture-dependent and culture-independent methods

(2011) Miia Pitkäranta et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of low molecular weight fungal compounds on inflammatory gene transcription and expression in mouse alveolar macrophages

(2011) Thomas. G. Rand et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Fungal exposure in homes of patients with sarcoidosis - an environmental exposure study

(2011) Marjeta Terčelj et al.   Environmental Health

Respiratory and Allergic Health Effects of Dampness, Mold, and Dampness-Related Agents: A Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence

(2011) Mark J. Mendell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Assessment of indoor environment in Paris child day care centers

(2011) Célina Roda et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Association between domestic mould and mould components, and asthma and allergy in children: a systematic review

(2011) C. Tischer et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Geographical variation and the determinants of domestic endotoxin levels in mattress dust in Europe

(2011) C.-M. Chen et al.   INDOOR AIR

Co-occurrence of toxic bacterial and fungal secondary metabolites in moisture-damaged indoor environments

(2011) M. Täubel et al.   INDOOR AIR

Influence of home characteristics on airborne and dustborne endotoxin and β-d-glucan

(2011) Umesh Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Exposure to Environmental Microorganisms and Childhood Asthma

(2011) Markus J. Ege et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Airborne cultivable microflora and microbial transfer in farm buildings and rural dwellings

(2011) A.-C. Normand et al.   OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

The GABRIEL Advanced Surveys: study design, participation and evaluation of bias

(2011) Jon Genuneit et al.   PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Fungal DNA, allergens, mycotoxins and associations with asthmatic symptoms among pupils in schools from Johor Bahru, Malaysia

(2011) Gui-Hong Cai et al.   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Total viable molds and fungal DNA in classrooms and association with respiratory health and pulmonary function of European schoolchildren

(2011) Marzia Simoni et al.   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Evaluation of settled floor dust for the presence of microbial metabolites and volatile anthropogenic chemicals in indoor environments by LC–MS/MS and GC–MS methods

(2011) Vinay Vishwanath et al.   TALANTA

Three reasons to re-evaluate fungal diversity ‘on Earth and in the ocean’

(2011) David Bass et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Fleming's penicillin producing strain is not Penicillium chrysogenum but P. rubens

(2011) Jos Houbraken et al.   IMA Fungus

(1 → 3)-β-d-glucan in different background environments and seasons

(2010) Anne Mette Madsen et al.   AEROBIOLOGIA

Lack of respiratory improvement following remediation of a water-damaged office building

(2010) Yulia Y. Iossifova et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE

Mold Exposure and Health Effects Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

(2010) Deborah N. Barbeau et al.   Annual Review of Public Health

Association of residential dampness and mold with respiratory tract infections and bronchitis: a meta-analysis

(2010) William J Fisk et al.   Environmental Health

Home Characteristics as Predictors of Bacterial and Fungal Microbial Biomarkers in House Dust

(2010) Joanne E. Sordillo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Is ventilation duct cleaning useful? A review of the scientific evidence

(2010) M. S. Zuraimi   INDOOR AIR

Man's best friend? The effect of pet ownership on house dust microbial communities

(2010) Kei E. Fujimura et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Quantifying microbial communities with 454 pyrosequencing: does read abundance count?

(2010) ANTHONY S. AMEND et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Indoor fungal composition is geographically patterned and more diverse in temperate zones than in the tropics

(2010) A. S. Amend et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Simultaneous determination of 186 fungal and bacterial metabolites in indoor matrices by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

(2009) Vinay Vishwanath et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Airborne fungi in low and high allergic prevalence child care centers

(2009) M.S. Zuraimi et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Visualization of ribosomal RNA operon copy number distribution

(2009) Rajat Rastogi et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Inflammation-associated gene transcription and expression in mouse lungs induced by low molecular weight compounds from fungi from the built environment

(2009) J.D. Miller et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Fungal spores: A critical review of the toxicological and epidemiological evidence as a basis for occupational exposure limit setting

(2009) Wijnand Eduard   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN TOXICOLOGY

Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds

(2009) Anne Korpi et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN TOXICOLOGY

Effect of PCR amplicon size on assessments of clone library microbial diversity and community structure

(2009) Julie A. Huber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mold spore penetration through wall service outlets: a pilot study

(2009) Brad Muise et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Bio-aerosols in indoor environment: Composition, health effects and analysis

(2009) Padma Srikanth et al.   Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Molds and mycotoxins in dust from water-damaged homes in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina

(2009) E. Bloom et al.   INDOOR AIR

Analysis of Settled Dust in Homes and Fungal Glucan in Air Particulate Collected during HEPA Vacuuming

(2009) Virginia R. Salares et al.   INDOOR AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Co-cultivated damp building related microbesStreptomyces californicusandStachybotrys chartaruminduce immunotoxic and genotoxic responses via oxidative stress

(2009) Piia Markkanen (Penttinen) et al.   INHALATION TOXICOLOGY

The occupant as a source of house dust bacteria

(2009) Martin Täubel et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Indoor allergens in school and day care environments

(2009) Päivi M. Salo et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Aeromycological profile of indoor and outdoor environments

(2009) Manuela Oliveira et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

JEM Spotlight: Fungi, mycotoxins and microbial volatile organic compounds in mouldy interiors from water-damaged buildings

(2009) Viviana Polizzi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Trichothecene Mycotoxins Activate Inflammatory Response in Human Macrophages

(2009) Päivi Kankkunen et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Molds and Mycotoxins in Indoor Environments — A Survey in Water-Damaged Buildings

(2009) Erica Bloom et al.   JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE

Sequencing technologies — the next generation

(2009) Michael L. Metzker   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Confirmed Moisture Damage at Home, Respiratory Symptoms and Atopy in Early Life: A Birth-Cohort Study

(2009) A. M. Karvonen et al.   PEDIATRICS

High diversity of fungi in air particulate matter

(2009) J. Frohlich-Nowoisky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diurnal distribution of airborne bacteria and fungi in the atmosphere of Helwan area, Egypt

(2009) A.A. Abdel Hameed et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microbial content of house dust samples determined with qPCR

(2009) Pasi Kaarakainen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Epidemics of mold poisoning past and present

(2009) William J Meggs   TOXICOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL HEALTH

Air filtration systems and restrictive access conditions improve indoor air quality in clinical units: Penicillium as a general indicator of hospital indoor fungal levels

(2008) Ricardo Araujo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Fungal flora in indoor and outdoor air of different residential houses in Tekirdag City (Turkey): Seasonal distribution and relationship with climatic factors

(2008) Burhan Sen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Use of (1-3)-β-d-glucan concentrations in dust as a surrogate method for estimating specific fungal exposures

(2008) Y. Iossifova et al.   INDOOR AIR

Microbial volatile organic compounds in the air of moldy and mold-free indoor environments

(2008) H. Schleibinger et al.   INDOOR AIR

Prenatal exposure to a farm environment modifies atopic sensitization at birth

(2008) Markus Johannes Ege et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Quantitative PCR analysis of fungi and bacteria in building materials and comparison to culture-based analysis

(2008) Veli-Matti Pietarinen et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Application of PCR-SSCP for molecular epidemiological studies on the exposure of farm children to bacteria in environmental dust

(2008) Melanie Korthals et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Detection of Satratoxin G and H in Indoor Air from a Water-Damaged Building

(2008) Christoph Gottschalk et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

The Fundamentals of Mold-Related Illness: When to Suspect the Environment is Making a Patient Sick

(2008) Frederick Fung et al.   POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

Monitoring success of remediation: Seven case studies of moisture and mold damaged buildings

(2008) Ulla Haverinen-Shaughnessy et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Higher Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMIsm) values measured in Detroit homes of severely asthmatic children

(2008) Stephen Vesper et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Exposure to culturable airborne bioaerosols during noodle manufacturing in central Taiwan

(2008) Min-Yi Tsai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Size-fractionated (1→3)-β-D-glucan concentrations aerosolized from different moldy building materials

(2008) Sung-Chul Seo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT