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Table 4 Fungal quantity across sampler types and experimental conditions. Values reported are mean and standard deviations of cell equivalents per 100 cm2 of sampler per time of exposure (day for USA and Finland, hour for chamber). Note that fungal determinations relied on different qPCR protocols in the USA/chamber studies and the study part in Finland, and thus, absolute values are not well comparable between study parts but are comparable between sampler types within localities

From: Passive dust collectors for assessing airborne microbial material

 

Environment

Petri dish

TefTex

EDC1

EDC2

USA

Blank

1 (0.3)

0.7 (0)

NDa

ND

 

House 1 low

7 (5)

0.8 (0.3)

--b

0.3 (0.2)

 

House 2 low

120 (11)

37 (15)

10 (2)

33 (14)

 

House 3 low

490 (100)

28 (5)

14 (0.5)

--b

 

House 1 high

14 (5)

3 (3)

0.9 (1)

0.6 (0.1)

 

House 2 high

130 (20)

27 (14)

11 (1)

10 (2)

 

House 3 high

260 (93)

25 (1)

14 (0.5)

3 (1)

  

Petri dish

TefTex

EDC3

 

Finland

Blank

ND

ND

0.9 (1)

 
 

House 1

66 (12)

35 (20)

48 (12)

 
 

House 2

100 (8)

45 (11)

76 (7)

 
 

House 3

240 (57)

210 (6)

380 (57)

 
 

House 4

210 (27)

85 (13)

190 (18)

 
 

House 5

350 (26)

78 (4)

210 (49)

 
 

Office 1

54 (19)

6 (0.3)

40 (0.6)

 
 

Office 2

26 (16)

12 (1)

24 (3)

 
 

Labspace

14 (2)

6 (3)

6 (3)

 
  

Petri dish

TefTex

EDC1

EDC2

Chamber

Round 1

120 (38)

1100 (720)

470 (430)

220 (130)

 

Round 2

680 (150)

1300 (560)

330 (230)

57 (7)

 

Round 3

31 (5)

29 (7)

51 (14)

19 (15)

 

Round 4

94 (23)

130 (20)

11 (5)

15 (5)

 

Round 5

240 (86)

240 (23)

31 (10)

14 (7)

 

Round 6

61 (30)

61 (5)

15 (3)

15 (3)

  1. EDC electrostatic dustfall collector
  2. aNone detected
  3. bThere were missing wipe samples for two of the houses