Standard Practice for Collection of Culturable Airborne Fungi or Bacteria on Agar Plates by Inertial Impaction Systems

Importancia y uso:

4.1 This practice is intended for the collection of airborne particles on agar plates using inertial impaction for the purpose of culturing fungi or bacteria.

4.2 This practice is valuable when species level identification or quantity of culturable aerosolized fungi and bacteria are important factors for the indoor air quality investigation.

4.3 It is the responsibility of the user to assure that they are in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations governing the inspection of buildings for fungal and bacterial colonization and the collection of associated samples.

4.4 This practice is intended to provide the user with a basic understanding of the equipment, materials, and instructions necessary to effectively collect air samples on agar plates using an inertial impactor.

4.5 This practice is intended to minimize systematic sampling variations between different data sets.

Subcomité:

D22.08

Volúmen:

11.07

Número ICS:

07.100.99 (Other standards related to microbiology)

Palabras clave:

agar plate; bacteria; bioaerosol; calibration; collection efficiency; colonies; colony forming units; culturable fungi; fungi; fungus; hyphae; impactor; indoor air quality; inertial impaction sampler; mold; mould; sampling; spore;