Microbiology Series: Sixth in a Six-Part Series
Chaetomium

photo-6icTendichis is the last article in the series on the fungi thought to be important in the phenomenon known as sick building syndrome. Relatively little is known about the members of the genus Chaetomium. We believe, however, that as research on this organism progresses, it will be shown that the members of this genus are very important players in sick building syndrome. This is due to the empirical observation on our part that normally when we find Chaetomium growing in high concentrations in a building, we usually find very sick people.

The members of the genus Chaetomium are …