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16 1ȣ, March 2017
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ISSN : 2288-9167 (Print)
ISSN : 2288-923X (Online)
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Study on sampling methods for mold from indoor air in domestic environment
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Abstracts
Mold is one of the important bio-aerosols affecting human health in the indoor environment. To manage mold contamination, it is necessary to use an appropriate method for its detection and enumeration. Recently, the impaction method of ISO 16000-18 has been established as one of methods to detect and enumerate molds in air. To investigate the general use of the impaction method for mold detection in domestic indoor environments, the suitability of the method was assessed using different antibiotics, media and air samplers. All of the three antibiotics tested - ampicillin, chloramphenicol and streptomycin - showed inhibitory effects on bacterial colony formation on MEA and DG-18 media, without inhibiting mold growth. Of these three antibiotics, ampicillin was the most effective. There was no statistical difference between MEA and DG-18 media in the measurement of mold concentration. The formation of discriminative colony morphology was more apparent in DG-18 media. No significant difference in the measurement of mold concentration was found between Andersen samplers and MAS100NT samplers, which are two major samplers introduced in Korea.
Keywords : Andersen sampler, Dicloran-glycerol agar, ISO 16000-18, Malt extract agar, MAS-100NT sampler