Table 4. Growth of 22 isolates of Cladosporium on MEA with different water activity.

Species	Strain nr.	Growth rate in increase of Ø (mm day -1) at aw opt	aw opt	aw min
C. allicinum	139578	4.40	0.98	0.85
C. australiense	139572	4.84	0.98	0.87
C. cladosporioides	139571	4.91	0.98	0.87
C. delicatulum	139574	1.98	0.98	0.87
C. dominicanum	139591	1.67	0.94	0.85
C. globisporum	139587	4.24	0.98	0.85
C. halotolerans	139583	3.98	0.98	0.82
C. halotolerans	139585	3.13	0.96	0.82
C. halotolerans	139586	3.80	0.96	0.82
C. halotolerans	139589	3.91	0.96	0.82
C. inversicolor	139573	3.51	0.98	0.87
C. langeronii	139581	1.07	0.94	0.85
C. perangustum	139588	4.35	0.98	0.85
C. pseudocladosporioides	139575	5.66	0.98	0.85
C. pseudocladosporioides	139580	5.53	0.98	0.87
C. ramotenellum	139577	4.16	0.98	0.85
C. ramotenellum	139590	4.40	0.98	0.85
C. sphaerospermum	139576	4.47	0.96	0.82
C. sphaerospermum	139579	3.72	0.96	0.82
C. sphaerospermum	139584	3.45	0.96	0.82
C. tenellum	139582	3.55	0.98	0.85
Unidentified herbarum	DTO 090-H8	2.83	0.96	0.85

Growth rate (increase in diameter, Ø) in mm day^-1 is shown for each isolate at the optimal a_w at 25°C.