Mold Monsters  Book

co-authored by mold microbiologist Ma. Adee Light
E. Hilado and mold consultant Phillip Fry

      Learn in plain English in the new [Nov. 15, 2005 publication date] ebook
Mold Monsters, a 279 page definitive explanation---

(1) biological facts you need to know about mold species and mold growth; 

(2) in depth information about the 100 most dangerous indoor mold species.

     The book is illustrated with dozens of color photographs of various mold species as seen under the microscope.
Learn the dept of the mold information provided to you in this book by reading the Table of Contents below.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO FUNGI……………………6

v     Study of Fungi……………………..………6

v     Ecological Distribution…………………… 8

v     Importance…………………………………8

v    Fungi Structure……………………………9

v     Nutrition and Metabolism………………13

v     Reproduction………………………………14

v    Characteristics of the Fungal Divisions…14
 

WHAT ARE MOLD MONSTERS?.........................19

v     Brief Description……………………………19

v   Common Indoor Mold Monsters…………19

v     Pathways of Exposure………………………21

v     Mold Monster Health Impacts……………21
 

TYPES OF MOLD MONSTERS……………………24

v     What are Allergenic Mold Monsters?..........24

v    What are Pathogenic Mold Monsters?.........24

v     What are Toxigenic Mold Monsters?...........25
 

MOLD MONSTERS’ COMPLETE PROFILE……26

• An Introduction………………………………26

v     Absidia…………………………………………28

v     Acremonium……………………………………32

v     Alternaria…...…………………………………37

v     Aspergillus……………………………………41

§         A. flavus………………………………49

§         A. fumigatus…………………………51

§         A. glaucus group……………………55

§         A. granulosus………………………57

§         A. nidulans…………………………59

§         A. niger………………………………61

§         A. terreus……………………………64

§         A. versicolor…………………………66

§         A. ustus………………………………68

v     Aureobasidium………………………………70

v     Basidiobolus…………………………………74

v     Beauveria……………………………………78

v     Bipolaris……………………………………81

v     Blastomyces dermatitidis…………………85

v     Chaetomium…………………………………90

v     Cladosporium………………………………93

v     Cladophialophora…………………………96

v     Coccidioides immitis………………………101

v     Conidiobolus………………………………106

v     Cunninghamella………...…………………110

v     Curvularia………………………………….114

v     Drechslera…………………………………118

v     Emmonsia………………………………...121

v     Epidermophyton…………………………124

v     Exophiala…………………………………128

v     Exserohilum………………………………132

v     Fonsecaea…………………………………136

v     Fusarium…………………………………141

v     Geotrichum………………………………146

v     Histoplasma capsulatum………………149

v     Lecythophora…………………….………154

v     Madurella…………………………………157

v     Microsporum………………………………161

§         M.  audouinii………………………165

§         M. canis……………………………168

§         M. ferrugineum……………………170

§         M. gallinae…………………………172

§         M. gypseum…………………………174

§         M. nanum……………………………176

§         M. persicolor…………………………178

v     Mucor………...………………………………180

v     Paecilomyces……………………………...…184

v     Paracoccidioides brasiliensis………………188

v     Penicillium……………………………………192

v     Phialophora…………………………………197

v     Phoma………………………………………201

v     Rhinocladiella……………………………...204

v     Rhizomucor…………………………………207

v     Rhizopus……………………………………211

v     Scedosporium………………………...……216

v     Scopulariopsis……...………………………221

v     Scytalidium…………………………………226

v     Sporothrix schenckii………………………229

v     Sporotrichum………………………………234

v     Stachybotrys………………………………237

v     Trichoderma………………………………241

v     Trichophyton………………………………245

§         T. concentricum…………………...………249

§        T. equinum……………………………………252

§        T. megninii…………………………………...…254

§         T. mentagrophytes……………..………………255

§        T. rubrum……………….………………………257

§        T. schoenleinii.....................................................259

§       T. soudanense…………………….……………262

§         T. tonsurans……………………….…………264

§         T. verrucosum…………………………………266

§        T. violaceum……………………………….…268

§       T. yaoundei……………………………………270

v     Wangiella dermatitidis…………………………271
 

CONTROLLING MOLD MONSTERS………………275
 

MANAGEMENT OF MOLD MONSTER EXPOSURE…277
 

REFERENCES……………………………………………278

v Online references…………………………………278

v     Book references…………………………………279