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Effects of A Novel Compound On Fungal Contamination
Effects of A Novel Compound On Fungal Contamination
Effects of A Novel Compound On Fungal Contamination
Compound on Fungal
Contamination
Estelle Levetin
Novel Compound
50/50 Solution
50/50 Plus Solution
pH Balancer Plus
Methods
Saturation experiments
Spore germination experiments
pH experiments
Pretreatment experiments
Spray application
Growth in liquid culture
Stachybotrys
chartarum
Cladosporium
cladosporoides
Aspergillus
versicolor
Penicillium
sp.
Solution
50/50
Solution
0.23
2.33
1.10
0.90
0.23
50/50 Plus
Solution
0.17
0.77
0.70
6+
6+
4.40
4.38
3.42
Control
12-Feb
18-Feb
26-Feb
4-Mar
5.28
6.00
6+
6+
Alternaria-pH Bal
Alternaria-Bal PLUS
Stachybotrys-Control
2.87
4.77
5.72
6.00
Stachybotrys-pH Bal
Stachybotrys-Bal PLUS
Cladosporium-Control
1.57
2.23
3.13
3.90
Cladosporium-pH Bal
Cladosporium-Bal PLUS
Aspergillus-Control
1.33
2.13
2.90
3.60
Aspergillus-pH Bal
Aspergillus-Bal PLUS
Penicillium-Control
1.78
2.37
3.97
4.10
Penicillium-pH Bal
Penicillium-Bal PLUS
Sheetrock Saturation
Comparable experiments on
sheetrock squares produced very
different results
28-Jan
4-Feb
11-Feb
18-Feb
2.60
3.82
5.20
5.93
Alternaria-pH Bal
2.17
4.23
4.70
4.92
Alternaria-Bal PLUS
1.92
4.00
4.70
5.17
Stachybotrys-Control
3.00
4.52
4.85
5.13
Stachybotrys-pH Bal
0.85
2.30
3.92
4.30
Stachybotrys-Bal PLUS
1.00
2.80
3.87
4.47
Cladosporium-Control
3.33
4.17
5.12
5.50
Cladosporium-pH Bal
1.07
1.30
1.87
2.13
Cladosporium-Bal PLUS
1.38
2.10
2.55
2.83
Aspergillus-Control
3.50
3.80
4.50
4.60
Aspergillus-pH Bal
1.83
2.13
2.78
3.07
Aspergillus-Bal PLUS
2.27
2.67
3.37
3.48
No inhibition on Sheetrock
Alternaria
alternata
Cladosporium
cladosporoides
Stachybotrys
chartarum
Aspergillus
versicolor
Control 1
100% MEB
5.19
90+
90
90+
90+
Control 2
50% water
50% MEB
5.18
90+
90
90+
90+
Control 3
75% water
25% MEB
5.13
90+
90
90+
90+
50% pH
Balancer
50% MEB
11.82
50
46.7
75% pH
Balancer
25% MEB
12.28
50% Balancer
Plus 50% MEB
11.80
32.3
5.7
75% Balancer
Plus 25% MEB
12.22
Solution
Is it only a pH effect?
Pre-treatment
Other experiments
Conclusion
Acknowledgements