Good introductory video on Penicillium mold.

Penicillium citrinum - N. Carlson

Penicillium spp. line drawing N. Carlson

 

IAQ Video Network has produced a good introductory video on Penicillium spp. mold.  This mold is often a primary colonizer after a flood.  Growth will often start on surfaces within 60 hours after a water event.  If water damaged carpet is not properly dried it will often grow on the trapped nutrients available nutrients. DG-18 contact agar sampling has been a QC method for detecting this mold.  This mold will also grow off of dust in environments where surface relative humidity levels are above 70%.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNF_4pEj5CI



Please review a previous post on this blog for contact agar and tease tape samping information.