Sampling and Analysis of Indoor Microorganisms provides fundamental background information on fungal and bacterial growth indoors as well as in-depth, practical approaches to analyzing and remedying problems.

Features:

• Microbiological problems in a water-damaged environment
• Indoor construction techniques and materials that impact environmental microbiology
• Microbial ecology indoors, airborne bacteria, genetic-based analytical methods, and statistical tools for microorganism analysis
• Microbiological sampling approaches
• Mold removal principles and methods, including specialized microbial remediation techniques for HVAC systems, legionellas and biofilms, and sewage contamination
• A forensic approach toward the assessment of fungal growth in the indoor environment

Contents

1. Introduction to microbiological growth and contamination indoors
2. Conducting building mold investigations
3. Microbiological sampling strategies in indoor environments
4. Microscopic analytical methods for fungi
5. Culture-based analytical methods for investigation of indoor fungi
6. Airborne bacteria in indoor environments
7. Genetics-based analytical methods for bacteria and fungi in the indoor environment
8. Wood in the built environment—conditions for mold and decay
9. Use of statistical tools for data presentation and analysis of indoor microorganisms
10. Ecology of fungi in the indoor environment
11. A retrospective and forensic approach to assessment of fungal growth in the indoor environment
12. Microbial remediation in nonindustrial indoor environment

Appendix: Common airborne and indoor fungi and their spores

Index

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