194
Views
12
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Assessment of Fungal Growth on Sodium Polyborate-Treated Cellulose Insulation

Pages 626-632 | Published online: 24 Oct 2007

REFERENCES

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Lab . 1996 . Thermal Comfort Strategies: A Report on Cellulose Insulation , Edited by: Deal , B. M. , Nemeth , R. J. , Adams , M. and DeBaillie , L. P. Champaign , Ill : Construction Engineering Research Lab . (CERL–TR- 97/22)
  • Siddiqui , S. A. 1989 . A Handbook on Cellulose Insulation , Malabar , Florida : Robert E. Kreiger Publishing Co., Inc. .
  • Burge , P. S. 2004 . Sick building syndrome . Occup. Environ. Med. , 61 : 185 – 190 . [PUBMED] [INFOTRIEVE]
  • Hyvarinen , A. , Meklin , T. , Vepsalainen , A. and Nevalainen , A. 2002 . Fungi and actinobacteria in moisture-damaged building materials: Concentrations and diversity . Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad. , 49 : 27 – 37 . [CROSSREF]
  • Amburgey , T. L. 1990 . The need for co-biocides when treating with borates . Proceedings of the First International Conference on Diffusible Preservatives . 1990 . pp. pp. 51 – 52 . Madison , Wisconsin : Forest Products Research Society .
  • Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association (CIMA) . 1996 . Standard Practice for the Installation of Sprayed Cellulosic Wall Cavity Insulation , Yipsilanti , Michigan : CIMA . (Technical Bulletin #3). [Online] Available at http://www.cellulose.org/pdf/cellulose_bulletins/tech_bulletin1.pdf (Accessed February 20, 2005)
  • Herbarth , O. , Schlink , U. , Muller , A. and Richter , M. 2003 . Spatiotemporal distribution of airborne mold spores in apartments . Mycol. Res. , 107 : 1361 – 1371 . [PUBMED] [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF]
  • Warcup , J. H. 1955 . Isolation of fungi from hyphae present in soil . Nature , 175 : 953 – 954 . [PUBMED] [INFOTRIEVE]
  • Parkinson , D. and Coleman , D. C. 1991 . Microbial communities, activity and biomass . Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. , 34 : 3 – 33 . [CROSSREF]
  • Zar , J. H. 1984 . Biostatistical Analysis , Englewood Cliffs , New Jersey : Prentice Hall .
  • Van Loo , J. M. , Robbins , C. A. , Swenson , L. and Kelman , B. J. 2004 . Growth of mold on fiberglass insulation building materials—A review of the literature . J. Occup. Environ. Hyg. , 1 : 349 – 354 . [PUBMED] [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF]
  • Ezeonu , I. M. , Price , D. , Crow , S. A. and Ahearn , D. G. 1995 . Effects of extracts of fiberglass insulations on the growth of Aspergillus fumigatus and A. versicolor . Mycopathologia , 132 : 65 – 69 . [PUBMED] [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF]
  • Samson , R. A. , Hoekstra , E. S. and Frisvad , J. C. 2004 . Introduction to Food and Airborne Fungi , Seventh Edition , Utrecht , , The Netherlands : Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures .
  • Morrell , J. J. , Sexton , C. M. and Preston , A. F. 1990 . Effect of moisture content of Douglas fir heartwood on longitudinal diffusion of boron from fused borate rods . Forest Prod. J. , 40 : 37 – 40 .
  • Laks , P. I. , Park , C. G. and Richter , D. L. 1993 . Anti-sapstain efficacy of borates against Aureobasidium pullulans . Forest Prod. J. , 43 : 33 – 34 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.