| Title: | Biosensing of an indoor volatile organic compound on the basis of fungal growth |
| Author(s): | Seo J; Kato S; Tatsuma T; Chino S; Takada K; Notsu H; |
| Address: | "Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.sczar@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.063 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0045-6535 (Print) 0045-6535 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A fungal biosensor plate was applied to assessment of the harmfulness of air polluted by formaldehyde. Alternariaalternata, Eurotiumherbariorum and Aspergilluspenicillioides were used as fungal species. Fungal mycelium length and optical transparency of the biosensor plate were employed as indices of the fungal growth. Formaldehyde in air was detected on the basis of growth inhibition, reflected by suppression of the growth indices. Dynamic range of the measurement was 700-4000 microg m(-3) or broader. Eurotiumherbariorum and Aspergilluspenicillioides were the most suitable fungal species to formaldehyde sensing based on the mycelium length and that based on the transparency, respectively" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollution, Indoor/*adverse effects/*analysis Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Environmental Monitoring/*methods Formaldehyde/analysis Fungi/*drug effects/*growth & development Mycelium/drug effects/growth & development Organic Chemicals/*analysis/*tox;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineSeo, Janghoo Kato, Shinsuke Tatsuma, Tetsu Chino, Satoko Takada, Kazutake Notsu, Hideo eng England 2008/06/17 Chemosphere. 2008 Jul; 72(9):1286-91. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.063. Epub 2008 Jun 16" |
