Applicability of the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index for Quantification of Residential Mold Contamination in an Air Pollution Health Effects Study

Table 2

Mean and standard deviation (SD) of concentrations by mold species in settled floor dust samples for NEXUS homes (). Concentration expressed as log cell equivalents (CE) per mg.

	Mold species	Concentration (/mg)
		Mean	SD
	Group 1
1	Aspergillus flavus	0.57	0.52
2	Aspergillus fumigatus	0.88	0.49
3	Aspergillus niger	2.32	0.71
4	Aspergillus ochraceus	1.87	0.80
5	Aspergillus penicillioides	1.89	0.56
6	Aspergillus restrictus	1.78	0.41
7	Aspergillus sclerotiorum	1.02	0.65
8	Aspergillus sydowii	1.41	0.70
9	Aspergillus unguis	1.00	0.75
10	Aspergillus versicolor	1.68	0.70
11	Aureobasidium pullulans	4.08	0.61
12	Chaetomium globosum	1.21	0.71
13	Cladosporium sphaerospermum	1.65	0.53
14	Eurotium group	2.20	0.67
15	Paecilomyces variotii	0.95	0.69
16	Penicillium brevicompactum	1.67	0.61
17	Penicillium corylophilum	0.91	0.63
18	Penicillium crustosum group	1.63	0.70
19	Penicillium purpurogenum	0.79	0.69
20	Penicillium spinulosum	0.33	0.37
21	Penicillium variabile	0.75	0.57
22	Scopulariopsis brevicaulis	0.90	0.77
23	Scopulariopsis chartarum	1.03	0.70
24	Stachybotrys chartarum	1.25	0.62
25	Trichoderma viride	1.15	0.64
26	Wallemia sebi	3.41	0.67
	Group 2
27	Acremonium strictum	0.68	0.42
28	Alternaria alternata	2.70	0.50
29	Aspergillus ustus	1.13	0.59
30	Cladosporium cladosporioides Type 1	3.61	0.42
31	Cladosporium cladosporioides Type 2	1.74	0.44
32	Cladosporium herbarum	2.82	0.39
33	Epicoccum nigrum	2.96	0.52
34	Mucor group	2.30	0.86
35	Penicillium chrysogenum Type 2	2.13	0.70
36	Rhizopus stolonifer	0.93	0.78