Culture and molecular methods compared for actinobacteria on water-damaged building material
Schäfer J, Jäckel U, Kämpfer P (2010) · Systematic and Applied Microbiology 33(5):260–268
Molecular analysis of mold-colonized water-damaged wall material identified more actinobacterial genera than culture-based methods on the same samples.
What they studied
Sampling of mold-colonized wall materials from water-damaged buildings.
Parallel characterization by cultivation and by 16S rRNA gene molecular analysis.
Comparison of the genera recovered by each method.
What they found
The authors reported 47 actinobacterial genera detected by molecular analysis versus 31 by cultivation.
Mold-colonized materials were reported to be co-colonized by actinobacteria in the sampled set.
The authors reported that culture-based sampling underestimated the bacterial diversity present.
What it does not establish
A methods comparison on a limited sample set; it does not measure airborne exposure.
Detection of genetic material does not establish viability, release, or inhalation.
No health outcomes were measured.
This entry reports the study. It is not a statement about any building Sage Co. designs or constructs.
Source
- Schäfer J, Jäckel U, Kämpfer P (2010). Analysis of Actinobacteria from mold-colonized water damaged building material · Systematic and Applied Microbiology 33(5):260–268 · Read at the source
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