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FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 116, Issue 9, Pages 941-953Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2012.06.001
Keywords
Aspergillus; Chaetomium; Chemotaxonomy; Indoor fungi; Microbial volatile; organic compounds
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- Research Foundation - Flanders (Belgium) (FWO-Vlaanderen)
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Microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) were collected in water-damaged buildings to evaluate their use as possible indicators of indoor fungal growth. Fungal species isolated from contaminated buildings were screened for MVOC production on malt extract agar by means of headspace solid-phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Some sesquiterpenes, specifically derived from fungal growth, were detected in the sampled environments and the corresponding fungal producers were identified. Statistical analysis of the detected MVOC profiles allowed the identification of species-specific MVOCs or MVOC patterns for Aspergillus versicolor group, Aspergillus ustus, and Eurotium amstelodami. In addition, Chaetomium spp. and Epicoccum spp. were clearly differentiated by their volatile production from a group of 76 fungal strains belonging to different genera. These results are useful in the chemotaxonomic discrimination of fungal species, in aid to the classical morphological and molecular identification techniques. (C) 2012 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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