Table 2.

Geometric Mean (GM) of concentrations of measured mold spores in moldy homes (MH) and reference homes (RH) and the ratios (MH : RH) of the GMs. Species with at least 2 cells on average in both MH and RH are indicated in bold. Group I (MH : RH > 1) are underlined

Mold species and assay groups	MHa #/5 mg	RHa #/5 mg	Ratio MH : RH
Aspergillus caespitosus	0.33	0.32
Aspergillus carbonarius	0	0
Aspergillus candidus	0.78	1.68
Aspergillus cervinus	0	0
Aspergillus clavatus grp.b	0	0
Aspergillus flavipes	0	0
Aspergillus flavus grp.c	0.94	1.89
Aspergillus fumigatus grp.d	3.4	1.02
Aspergillus niger grp.e	8.67	10.43	0.83
Aspergillus niveus	0	0
Aspergilus ochraceus grp.f	7.69	4.12	1.87
Aspergillus paradoxus	0	0
Aspergillus parasiticus	0	0
Aspergillus penicillioides	280	209	1.34
Aspergillus puniceus	0	0.29
Aspergillus restrictus grp.g	2.05	1.93
Aspergillus sclerotiorum	1.77	1.68
Aspergillus sydowii	0.26	0.95
Aspergillus tamari	0.30	1.29
Aspergillus terreus	1.22	0.36
Aspergillus unguis	21.6	12.4	1.74
Aspergillus ustus	0.77	1.64
Aspergillus versicolor	7.25	2.9	2.50
Aspergillus wentii	0	0
Emericella nidulans grp.h	0.74	1.46
Emericalla variecolor	0	0
Eurotium grp.i	273	145	1.89
Penicillium atramentosum	3.50	1.32
Penicillium brevicompactum	6.70	16.9	0.40
Penicillium canescens	0	0
Penicillium chrysogenum svar.2j	10	17.3	0.60
Penicillium citreonigrum	0	0
Penicillium citrinum grp.k	0	0
Penicillium digitatum	0.71	0.34
Penicillium grp.1l	0.3	0
Penicillium grp. 2m	0.5	1.6
Penicillium coprophilum	0	0
Penicillium corylophilum	0.53	198
Penicillium decumbens	0	0
Penicillium expansum	0	0
Penicillium fellutanum grpn	0	0
Penicillium glandicola	0	0
Penicillium griseofulvum	0.22	0
Penicillium implicatum	0	0.2
Penicillium islandicum	0.38	0.37
Penicillium italicum	0	0
Penicillium melinii	0	0
Penicillium miczynskii	0	0
Penicillium olsonii	0.79	0.23
Penicillium oxalicum	7.8	88.4	0.09
Penicillium purpurogenum	3.0	0.79
Penicillium raistrickii	0	0
Penicillium restrictum	0.47	0
Penicillium roquefortii	1.8	0.23
Penicillium sclerotiorum	1.7	2.9
Penicillium simplicissimum grp.o	0.11	0
Penicillium spinulosum grp.p	10.60	11.6	0.91
Penicillium variabile	11.80	15.9	0.74
Paecilomyces variotii	3.30	9.0	0.37
Aureobasidium pullulans	4685	6332	0.74
Acremonium strictum	12.8	25.2	0.51
Alternaria alternata	168	303	0.56
Chaetomium globosum	2.3	3.48	0.66
Cladosporium cladosporioides-svar.1	4804	7335	0.65
Cladosporium cladosporioides-svar. 2	62.20	149	0.42
Cladosporium herbarum	107	211	0.57
Cladosporium sphaerospermum	123	93	1.32
Epicoccum nigrum	6047	11147	0.54
Memnoniella echinata	0	0
Mucor and Rhizopus grpq	107	111	0.97
Rhizopus stolonifer	1.75	2.03
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis	2.70	4.7	0.57
Scopulariopsis chartarum	0.50	1.3
Stachybotrys chartarum	1.6	1.09
Trichoderma asperellum grp.r	0	0.2
Trichoderma harzianum	0.83	0.33
Trichoderma longibrachiatum grp.s	0.65	0.9
Trichoderma viride grp.t	3.4	6.4	0.53
Ulocladium atrum	0.15	0.19
Ulocladium chartarum	0.15	0
Ulocladium botrytis	1.46	0.9
Wallemia sebi	127	129	0.99

^aGeometric mean of measured numbers per 5 mg dust.

^bIncludes A. clavatus and A. giganteus.

^cIncludes A. flavus and A. oryzae.

^dIncludes A. fumigatus and Neosartorya fischeri.

^eIncludes A. niger, A. foetidus and A. pheonicis.

^fIncludes A. ochraceus and A. ostianus.

^gIncludes A. restrictus, A. caesillus and A. conicus.

^hIncludes E. nidulans, E. quadrilineata and E. rugulosa.

ⁱIncludes E. amstelodami, E. chevalieri, E. herbariorum, E. rubrum and E. repens.

^jIncludes dominant subgroup of species.

^kIncludes P. citrinum, P. sartoryi and P. westlingi.

^lIncludes P. aurantiogriseum, P. freii, P. hirsutum, P. polonicum, P. tricolor, P. verrucosum and P. viridicatum.

^mIncludes P. crustosum, P. camembertii, P. commune, P. echinulatum and P. solitum.

ⁿIncludes P. fellutanum and P. charlesii.

^oIncludes P. simplicissimum and P. ochrocloron.

^pIncludes P. spinulosum, P. glabrum, P. lividum, P. pupurescens and P. thomii.

^qIncludes M. amphibiorum, M. circinelloides, M. hiemalis, M. indicus, M. mucedo, M. racemosus, M. ramosissimus, R. azygosporus, R. homothalicus, R. microsporus, R. oligosporus and R. oryzae.

^rIncludes T. asperellum and T. hamatum.

^sIncludes T. longibrachiatum and T. citrinoviride.

^tIncludes T. viride, T. atroviride and T. koningii.