Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Group, Here's an excellent article by a respected lab on one of the many variables of mold sampling: The type of growth media in the culture plate. Use Both MEA and DG-18 for Culturing Fungi By Dr. Florence Wu, Aemtek, Inc. One of the most important aspects of sampling and analyzing culturable fungi is selection of media. [snip] Full article at: http://www.aemtek.com/newsite/?q=node/90 Carl Grimes Healthy Habitats LLC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Carl, I noticed that there is a discussion going on over on iequality about the Air-O-Cell cartridges and their shortcomings when it came to catching the smaller diameter spores such as aspergillus/penicillium type, at various pump volumes. It bothers me that many people use this method but don't disclose that it is bound to be very inaccurate with spores of small diameter.. which mean that many aspergillus/peniillium spores - evidently, just sail through them??? At least that is what I am gathering... Also, I'm looking for a good article that gives a summary of spore trap sampling methodologies and appropriateness. Would you know of a good article on the uses and limitations of spore trap sampling to sample for mold spores? I've heard again and again that spore sampling can be used to show situations where there is active mold growth, but that it should not be used to show that a job is completed, especially when stachybotrys is involved. But, given that most clients don't seem to ever want to spend more than a few hundred dollars at most determining if a building is safe, what ARE people supposed to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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