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20863

Caption:

This image was captured in 2005, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Scientist, Ginger L. Chew, ScD, and depicted a culture plate, which contained malt extract agar (MEA) that had been inoculated with an air sample obtained on a filter membrane inside a home, flooded by Hurricane Katrina, and which exhibited visible mold growth on its walls and furnishings. After incubation, the culture gave rise to these mold colonies, which varied in size, color, and texture. The black colonies represented gatherings of the fungal organism Aspergillus niger, the large green colony was a species of Trichoderma, and the white colony was an unidentified fungal species.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Ginger Chew, Sc.D.; Lisa Marianni, R.N., M.B.A

Creation Date:

2012

Photo Credit:

Ginger Chew, Sc.D.

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