Test Your Knowledge - Columns-Mold - September 2003

How does your understanding of mold-related issues compare to what the experts are saying?

QUESTIONS

1. Why do fungi have great potential in areas of biotechnology such as biocontrol and bio-remediation? iA. Fungi are generally cytotoxic. iB. Fungi are able to live in both moist and dry environments. iC. Fungi form connections with plant root systems that allow the transfer of inutrients over wide spatial scales. iD. Fungi are able to grow on virtually any substrate, making it an extremely iversatile organism.

2. Why do air samples collected by impaction on agar surfaces tend to underestimate …