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Table 1 Growth, MVOC emissions and mycotoxin production by Stachybotrys chartarum growing on gypsum wallboard

From: Microbial volatile organic compound emissions from Stachybotrys chartarumgrowing on gypsum wallboard and ceiling tile

Stachybotrys chartarumstrain

Substratea

Incubation period

Anisole concentration

3-octanone concentration

Mycotoxin concentration

CFU log10

(Days)

(μg/m3)

(μg/m3)

(ppb)

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SDb(n)c

Mean ± SD (n)

ATCC 201210

W

Start

0.25 ± 0.05 (2)

3.18 ± 0.88 (2)

NDd

6.38 ± 6.44

  

7 d

65.92 ± 22.87 (2)

1.36 (1)

ND

9.34 ± 8.99

  

14 d

14.71 ± 7.27 (2)

1.59 ± 0.58 (2)

ND

9.96 ± 9.09

ATCC 62762

W

Start

0.12 ± 0.02 (2)

0.20 ± 0.02 (2)

0.2

6.1 ± 5.91

  

7 d

50.1 ± 5.35 (2)

1.43 ± 0.24 (2)

< 0.2

6.59 ± 6.03

  

14 d

12.26 ± 0.78 (2)

1.75 ± 0.11 (2)

0.2

7.31 ± 6.83

  

21 d

5.10 ± 0.18 (2)

1.34 ± 0.11 (2)

2.0

6.90 ± 6.56

  

28 d

2.52 (1)

0.46 (1)

> 18

8.25 ± 7.45

ATCC 34916

W

start

0.34 ± 0.12 (2)

BDLe

< 0.2

TFTC

  

7 d

57.85 ± 5.03 (2)

1.83 ± 0.80 (2)

> 18

9.45 ± 8.48

  

14 d

13.10 ± 0.21 (2)

2.31 ± 0.65 (2)

> 18

9.94 ± 9.31

  

21 d

6.57 ± 0.08 (2)

2.23 ± 0.56 (2)

> 18

10.45 ± 9.95

  

28 d

3.75 (1)

0.54 (1)

> 18

9.9 ± 9.19

ATCC 208877

W

Start

0.62 ± 0.09 (3)

1.44 ± 0.19 (2)

< 0.2

5

  

7 d

105.19 ± 37.96 (3)

4.37 ± 0.71 (2)

0.2 < x < 2.0

7.99 ± 7.40

  

14 d

36.58 ± 10.44 (2)

2.52 ± 0.45 (2)

18

9.55 ± 8.9

  

21 d

18.72 (1)

2.45 (1)

2.0 < x < 18

9.49 ± 9.06

ATCC 46994

W

Start

0.75 ± 0.05 (2)

0.28 (1)

< 0.2

TFTC

  

7 d

46.37 ± 6.78 (2)

2.16 ± 0.06 (2)

0.2

8.86 ± 8.83

  

14 d

11.60 ± 2.31 (2)

4.16 ± 0.79 (2)

0.2 < x < 2.0

9.78 ± 9.30

  

21 d

6.25 ± 0.76 (2)

3.77 ± 0.65 (2)

0.2 < x < 2.0

10.10 ± 9.52

  

28 d

4.56 (1)

6.16 (1)

0.2 < x < 2.0

10.47 ± 9.32

RTI 3559

W

Start

0.15 ± 0.03 (2)

0.26 ±0.15 (2)

0.2

6.22 ± 5.61

  

7 d

48.15 ± 7.39 (2)

0.94 (1)

18

8.96 ± 9.07

  

14 d

9.64 (1)

0.13 (1)

18

10.36 ± 9.64

  

21 d

4.89 ± 0.64 (2)

0.71 ± 0.04 (2)

18

10.29 ± 9.82

  

28 d

3.16 (1)

0.94 (1)

> 18

9.27 ± 8.36

RTI 5802

W

Start

0.58 ± 0.11 (3)

2.22 ± 1.60 (2)

< 0.2

5.22 ± 4.76

  

7 d

61.74 ± 12.72 (3)

1.71 ± 0.23 (2)

0.2

8.5 ± 7.53

  

14 d

39.32 ± 17.57 (2)

1.40 ± 1.73 (2)

0.2

9.34 ± 8.99

  

21 d

17.38 (1)

3.18 (1)

2.0

10.45 ± 9.40

  1. aW, gypsum wallboard; bSD, standard deviation; cn, number of chambers with same strain, tested during same incubation period; dND, not determined; eBDL, below detection limit.