Re: Stachybotrys is slimy - biofilm technical term introduction to this list

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I did the same search for slimey and stachy and found many slimey descriptions.

I imagine if grown in a petri dish, it would not be. Or on a tree, or anywhere

the moisture is not constantly wetting the surface.

At 05:06 PM 9/11/2009, Carl wrote:

>Why the slime? This is what gets to the heart of the AIHA

>description of " filth caused by moisture. "

Last year in talking with the city's Water Supply Manager she

said " biofilm " , and I looked it up. It's now a technical term meaning

any germ growth or decay, or both, that may or may not harm

health of any animal or plant. They occur in nature or man made

structures. The surface of standing water has a biofilm.

Most biofilms when tested have something of everything, but

there will be one predominate species, though variations over

the biofilm will occur due to differences in nutrients, moisture,

temperature. light, air currents, and the like.