Airborne Microbial Allergens: Impact and Risk Assessment
| Autor: | William R. Solomon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Moisture
biology Ecology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Microorganism Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Toxicology biology.organism_classification Predation IgE - Immunoglobulin E 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental chemistry 030212 general & internal medicine Bacteria |
| Zdroj: | Toxicology and Industrial Health. 6:309-324 |
| ISSN: | 1477-0393 0748-2337 |
| Popis: | Despite their evolution in more natural niches, a variety of microorganisms have also successfully colonized man-made interiors. Such adaptable agents require fairly simple carbon and nitrogen sources, in limited amounts, and find these on surfaces and in fluid collections. Available moisture is also a critical permissive factor. Survival and growth indoors are fostered by the presence of stored biogenic materials and by soiling of surfaces with organic films derived from foodstuffs, soaps, volatile hydrocarbons and organic dusts. Commonly, predators such as protozoa, mites, insects and nematodes graze on a variety of established early invaders so that complex mixed populations are common. At the least, bacteria, fungi and their extracellular products regularly coexist on even marginal substrates. |
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