Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: In indoor environments, moisture damage and related microbial growth are associated with adverse health effects.In this thesis, five studies were conducted to characterize how the microbial conditions in indoor environments are affected by the use of the building, by the presence of moisture damage, renovation of that damage, and time.A special focus was placed on the development of detection methods of an interesting bacterial genus, Streptomyces.Concentrations of several fungi in house dust analyzed by the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method increased when the extent of moisture damage increased in the house.
Author: Ulla Lignell
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2153041729