TABLE 3.
Proportion of mycotoxin-containing samples to mycotoxin-free samples among samples contaminated with the different fungal generaa
| Genus or sp. | No. of mycotoxin-containing samples/no. of mycotoxin-free samples for material type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellulose | Gypsum | Mineral wood | Plaster, sand, or soil | Synthetic material | |
| Stachybotrys | 2/9 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 1/2 |
| Aspergillus | 2/7 | 6/19 | 1/5 | 0/9 | 3/8 |
| Penicillium | 7/30 | 3/8 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 2/5 |
| Fusarium | 1/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/2 |
| Acremonium | 3/18 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/4 | 1/6 |
| Chaetomium | 1/9 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Trichoderma | 1/7 | 0/0 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Phomab | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Verticilliumb | 0/2 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Paecilomyces variotiib | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Total ratio of mycotoxin-containing samples to mycotoxin-free samples | 19/22 | 9/8 | 1/5 | 1/9 | 3/4 |
a
Only mycotoxins characteristic of each fungal genus were taken into account when distinguishing mycotoxin-containing samples from mycotoxin-free samples.
b
No toxins characteristic of these genera or this species were included in the analysis protocol.