Mould growth on building materials - Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut

3 OVERVIEW OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK
The details of the experiments performed during this study can be found in the papers 1-13.
However results of a number of small experiments not included in the papers can be found in
the discussion part and identification of components initially reported as unknown.
Time
Growth tests of a
mixture of 8
species on
different
materials under
different humidity
and temperature
conditions
Paper #10
A. versicolor, S. chartarum and Trichoderma
spp. grown on building materials.
Development of extraction methods for the
mycotoxins prior to HPLC analysis.
Paper #2
Chaetomium spp., Alternaria spp., Ulocladium spp., P.
chrysogenum, P. polonicum, P. brevicompactum, A. ustus and
A. niger grown on building materials. Naturally infested material
also collected, including some with A. versicolor
Paper #3
Development of
quantitative EI +
GC-MS/MS
methods for
ergosterol
Paper #5
Genetic, toxicity
and metabolite
profiles of
Stachybotrys
isolates
Paper #7
<strong>Mould</strong> <strong>growth</strong>
and metabolism
on building
materials under
constant and
transient
humidities.
Performed at
TNO, Paper #13
Figure 4. Overview of experimental work.
Development of fast solid
phase extraction and
HPLC method for
macrocyclic
trichothecenes from S.
chartarum. Paper #6
Comparison of cytotoxicity
and inflammatory
responses and metabolite
profiles of Stachybotrys
isolates. Paper #9
Double blinded exposure
of humans to spores of P.
chrysogenum and T.
harzianum.
To be published
Method comparison of
ergosterol and
Mycometer test
Paper #12
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Collection of S. chartarum infested
materials. Development of solid
phase extraction and GC-MS NICI
method for trichothecenes
Paper #1
Development of fast
GC-MS/MS methods
for Stachybotrys and
Fusarium
trichothecenes.
Paper #8
Comparison of
MVOC's and satratoxin
production
Paper #11
Analysing air
samples from
Stachybotrys
infested houses
and isolates from
the Belgian IPH
case home
To be published