Bacteria, molds, and toxins in water-damaged building materials

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 387-393

  Andersson, M A ^a   Nikulin, M ^b   Koljalg U ^c   Andersson, M C ^a   Rainey, F ^d   Reijula, K ^a   Hintikka, E L ^b   Salkinoja Salonen, M ^a  

^a Animal Reproduction ^*

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA GLUCAN; CALCIUM SULFATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM; BUILDING MATERIAL; CAT; CYTOTOXICITY; DESTRUCTION; FETUS; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; RABBIT; SKIN CELL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; LIMULUS; MYCOBACTERIUM KOMOSSENSE; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PENICILLIUM; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030893731     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.387-393.1997     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Andersson, M., and T. Katila. 1992. Evaluation of frozen-thawed stallion semen with a motility analyzer, p. 1837-1839. In The Hague Congress proceedings 4. The 12th International Congress in Animal Reproduction, 23 to 27 August 1992. The Hague, Netherlands.
2. Andersson, M., M. Laukkanen, E.-L. Nurmiaho-Lassila, F. Rainey, S. Niemelä, and M. Salkinoja-Salonen. 1995. Bacillus thermosphaericus sp. nov. a new thermophilic ureolytic Bacillus isolated from air. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 18:203-220.
3. Dombrink-Kurtzman, M. A., G. Bennet, and J. Richard. 1994. An optimized MTT bioassay for determination of cytotoxicity of fumonicins in turkey lymphocytes. J. Assoc. Off. Agric. Chem. 77:512-516.
4. Domsch, K., W. Gams, and T. H. Anderson. 1980. Compendium of soil fungi, vol. 1. Academic Press, London, U.K.
5. Draper, P. 1982. The anatomy of the mycobacteria, p. 36-37. In C. Ratledge and J. Stanford (ed.), The biology of mycobacteria. Academic Press, London, U.K.
6. Fogelmark, B., M. Sjöstrand, and R. Rylander. 1994. Pulmonary inflammation induced by repeated inhalation of (1-3) β-D-glucan and endotoxin. Int. J. Exp. Pathol. 75:85-90.
7. Fox, A., and R. Rosario. 1993. Quantitation of muramic acid, a marker for bacteria, in dust from hospital and home air conditioners using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, p. 267-272. In Indoor Air - 93. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, vol. I. Helsinki, Finland.
8. Gravesen, S., J. C. Frisvad, and R. A. Samson. 1994. Microfungi, p. 49-50. Munksgaard Publishers, Copenhagen, Denmark.
9. Greiner-May, E., R. Kroppenstedt, E. Korn-Wendish, and H. Kulzner. 1987. Morphological and biochemical characterisation and emended description of thermophilic actinomycetes species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 61:97-109.
10. Hendry, K., and E. Cole. 1993. A review of mycotoxins in indoor air. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 38:183-189.
11. Januskauskas, A., and H. Rodriguez-Martinez. 1995. Assessment of sperm viability by measurement of ATP, membrane integrity and motility in frozen/thawed bull semen. Acta Vet. Scand. 36:571-574.
12. Johanning, E., R. Biagini, D. Hull, P. Morey, B. Jarvis, and P. Landsbergis. 1996. Health and immunology study following exposure to toxigenic fungi (Stachybotrys chartarum) in a water-damaged office environment. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 68:207-218.
13. Johnson, A. G. 1994. Molecular adjuvants and immunomodulators: new approach to immunization. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 7:277-289.
14. Maroni, M., B. Seifert, and T. Lindvall (ed.). 1995. Indoor air quality. Air quality monographs, vol. 3, p. 149-160. Elsevier Science B. V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
15. Marthi, B. 1994. Resuscitation of microbial aerosols, p. 192-225. In B. Lighthart and A. Moore (ed.), Atmosphaeric microbial aerosols. Chapman & Hall, New York, N.Y.
16. Miller, J. D. 1994. Mycotoxins, p. 87-94. In R. Rylander and R. Jacobs (ed.), Organic dust, exposure, effects and prevention. Lewis Publishers, London, U.K.
17. Nikulin, M., A.-L. Pasanen, S. Berg, and E.-L. Hintikka. 1994. Stachybotrys atra growth and toxin production in some building materials and fodder under different relative humidities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:3421-3424.
18. Pasanen, A.-L., M. Nikulin, M. Tuomainen, S. Bergs, P. Parikka, and E.-L. Hintikka. 1993. Laboratory experiments on membrane filter sampling of airborne mycotoxins produced by Stachybotrys atra. Atmosph. Environ. 27: 9-13.
19. Pasanen, A.-L., M. Nikulin, S. Berg, and E.-L. Hintikka. 1994. Stachybotrys atra (corda) may produce mycotoxins in respiratory filters in humid environment. Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 55:62-65.
20. Pitt, J. I. 1991. A laboratory guide to common Penicillium species, 2nd ed. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.
21. Rabkin, S., J. Friesen, J. Ferris, and Y. Fung. 1979. A model of cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death: cantharidin-induced toxic cardiomyopathy. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 210:4350-4355.
22. Rainey, F. A., M. Dorsch, H. W. Morgan, and E. Stackebrandt. 1992. 16S rDNA analysis of Spirochaeta thermophila: position and implications for the systematics of the order Spirochaetales. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 16:224-226.
23. Rylander, R. 1995. Endotoxins in the environment, p. 79-90. In J. Levin, C. R. Alving, R. S. Munford, and H. Redl (ed.), Bacterial endotoxins. Progress in clinical and biological research, vol. 392. John Wiley and Sons, New York, N.Y.
24. Rättö, J., and L. Jokinen. 1990. Reports about number of swine inseminations and farrowing results in Finland 1989, comparison between two diluents, EDTA and MR-A, p. 365-368. In Proceedings of the second International Conference on Boar Semen Preservation. Beltsville, Md.
25. Sakai, K., K. Watanabe, K. Masuda, M. Tsuji, K. Hasumi, and A. Endo. 1995. Isolation, characterisation and biological activities of novel triprenyl phenols as pancreatic cholesterol esterase inhibitors produced by Stachybotrys sp. F-1839. J. Antibiot. (Tokyo) 48:447-456.
26. Samson, R. A., E. S. Hoekstra, J. Frisvad, and O. Filtenborg. 1995. Introduction to food-borne fungi. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures. Baarn, The Netherlands.
27. Smibert, R. M., and N. R. Krieg. 1994. Phenotypic characterization, p. 607-654. In P. Gerhardt, R. G. E. Murray, W. A. Wood, and N. R. Krieg (ed.), Methods for general and molecular bacteriology. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
28. Sorenson, W. G., D. G. Frazer, B. B. Jarvis, J. Simpson, and V. A. Robinson. 1987. Trichothecene mycotoxins in aerosolized conidia of Stachybotrys atra. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:1370-1375.
29. Sutcliffe, I. 1994. The lipoteichoic acids and lipoglycans of gram positive bacteria: a taxonomic perspective. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 17:467-480.
30. Taylor, M. J., C. Lafarge-Frayssinet, M. I. Luster, and C. Frayssinet. 1991. Increased endotoxin sensitivity following T-2 toxin treatment is associated with increased absorption of endotoxin. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 109:51-59.
31. Thai, J. H., and J. J. Pestka. 1988. Synergistic interaction between the trichothecene T-2 toxin and Salmonella typhimurium lipopolysaccharide in c3H/heN and C3H/Hej mice. Toxicol. Lett. 44:191-200.
32. Verhoeff, A. O., E. S. Hoekstra, R. A. Samson, B. Brunekreef, and J. H. van Wijnen. 1994. Fungal propagules in house dust: comparison of analytical methods, p. 49-63. In R. A. Samson, B. Flannigan, M. E. Flannigan, A. P. Verhoeff, O. C. G. Adan, and E. S. Hoekstra (ed.), Health implications of fungi in indoor environments. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
33. Williams D. 1994. 1,3-β-D-Glucans, p. 83-86. In R. Rylander and R. Jakobs (ed.), Organic dust, exposure, effects and prevention. Lewis Publishers, London, U.K.