Direct growth inhibition assay of total airborne fungi with application of biocide-treated malt extract agar

• A combination and modification of previous methods and the NIOSH Manual Analytical Standard Method (NMAM 0800) is proposed. • This method concurrently samples the total airborne fungi and evaluates the ability of bioactive compounds (potassium sorbate in this paper), as a biocide, to treat these i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Er, Chin Ming, Sunar, N.M., Leman, A.M., Othman, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Environmental Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27077051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2015.07.002
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Sumario:• A combination and modification of previous methods and the NIOSH Manual Analytical Standard Method (NMAM 0800) is proposed. • This method concurrently samples the total airborne fungi and evaluates the ability of bioactive compounds (potassium sorbate in this paper), as a biocide, to treat these indoor airborne fungi. • The current method shortens the time of evaluation from 30 days to only 5 days and employs the counting of colony forming units (CFUs) to ease the measurement of the growth of fungi.

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