Detection of Indoor Fungi Bioaerosols

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• Personal Author:
  Green, Brett J. ; Scott JA ; Summerbell RC
• Description:
  The detection of microorganisms in environmental samples, particularly from air, has a long history, greatly pre-dating the analysis of the chemical contaminants that are now generally more familiar to occupational hygiene. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was the first to demonstrate the presence of microbial cells in indoor dust, but it was not until two centuries later that Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) famously demonstrated lactic acid fermentation by airborne microbes by introducing air into sterile broth in swan-necked flasks, thereby defeating the spontaneous generation hypothesis of microbial life (Pasteur 1857). Based on the recognition that living microorganisms could travel through the air, Pasteur's methods were rapidly enlisted in the search for agents of human diseases, such as cholera and typhoid. Another early air sampler, the "aeroconioscope" of Maddox (1870), relied on wind pressure to propel air through a cone tapered to a narrow point positioned above an adhesivecoated slide onto which particles were impacted (Cunningham 1873, MacKenzie 1961). Although this device was effective in capturing particles from the air, airborne concentrations could not be determined because the volume of air drawn through the instrument could not be measured. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Environmental Exposure Fungi Microbiology Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne Dusts Bioaerosols Environmental Exposure Indoor Environments Microorganisms
• ISBN:
  9789086861354
• Publisher:
  Wageningen Academic
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  353-379
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069996
• Citation:
  Fundamentals of mold growth in indoor environments and strategies for healthy living. Adan OCG, Samson RA, eds. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic, 2011 Jan; :353-379
• Editor(s):
  Adan OCG; Samson RA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Fundamentals of mold growth in indoor environments and strategies for healthy living
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208307/cdc_208307_DS1.pdf
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