Guest guest Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 I just found this.. My reading of this is that after the initial first sporulation in which 1% of the sores fly off, the remaining 99% of the spores just stay on the surface of the mold colony.. remaining toxic for a long time, until they completely dry out and get pulverized into (microscopically) unrecognizable but toxic dust, with the strong potential of making people very ill.. Fungal Genet Biol. 2007 Jul;44(7):641-7. Epub 2006 Dec 24. Biomechanics of conidial dispersal in the toxic mold Stachybotrys chartarum. Tucker K, Stolze JL, Kennedy AH, Money NP. Department of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA. Conidial dispersal in Stachybotrys chartarum in response to low-velocity airflow was studied using a microflow apparatus. The maximum rate of spore release occurred during the first 5 min of airflow, followed by a dramatic reduction in dispersal that left more than 99% of the conidia attached to their conidiophores. Micromanipulation of undisturbed colonies showed that micronewton (microN) forces were needed to dislodge spore clusters from their supporting conidiophores. Calculations show that airspeeds that normally prevail in the indoor environment disturb colonies with forces that are 1000-fold lower, in the nanonewton (nN) range. Low-velocity airflow does not, therefore, cause sufficient disturbance to disperse a large proportion of the conidia of S. chartarum. PMID: 17267247 [PubMed - in process] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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