A Method to Evaluate and Eliminate Fungal Contamination in Household Air Conditioners

Table 2

Top 50 frequently detected fungal genera.

	Genus	Total	Air conditioners					Air	House dust
			Filter	Heat exchanger	Blower fan	Air vent	Cleaning effluent
1	Cladosporium	88	14	14	11	12	12	10	15
2	Toxicocladosporium	79	10	14	12	14	15	5	9
3	Aureobasidium	35	2	9	5	4	5	3	7
4	Aspergillus	31	5	3	3	2	4	5	9
4	Rhodotorula	31	3	3	6	4	6	2	7
6	Neoantrodiella	26	11	5	2	2	1	1	4
7	Alternaria	23	3	2	4	4		2	8
8	Trametes	21	11	2	1	1	1	4	1
9	Acrodontium	19	1	2	4	4	6	1	1
10	Phlebia	17	11	1	2		1		2
11	Hyphodontia	15	8		1	2	1	1	2
11	Penicillium	15	1		3	1	5	3	2
13	Pseudopithomyces	16	5	3		1		1	6
14	Candida	15	1			3	3		8
15	Exophiala	14	1	2	3	1	3	3	1
15	Sterigmatomyces	14	2		1	2	2	1	6
15	Curvularia	14	4	1		1			8
18	Zasmidium	13	3	1	3	3	2	1
18	Ganoderma	13	7	3		1		2
20	Talaromyces	12	1	1	2	3	3	1	1
20	Peniophorella	12	8			1		1	2
20	Ceriporia	12	9	1	1				1
20	Schizophyllum	12	7	1		2			2
24	Simplicillium	11			3	1	4	2	1
24	Sporidiobolus	11			3	4	3	1
24	Peniophora	11	6	1		2		2
27	Meyerozyma	10	1		2	2	1	1	3
27	Knufia	10	2	1	1	3	2	1
27	Lachnum	10		1	4		3	1	1
30	Naganishia	9		1	2	1	1		4
30	Phoma	9	1		1			1	6
32	Phellinus	8	5	1		1	1
32	Resinicium	8	4	2	1				1
32	Microporus	8	7		1
32	Bjerkandera	8	7	1
36	Meripilus	7	1	1		1	1	1	2
36	Rigidoporus	7	6			1
36	Ophiosphaerella	7	3	1		1	1		1
36	Perenniporia	7	3	2	2
40	Xeromphalina	6	4			1		1
40	Wallemia	6	3	1				1	1
40	Didymella	6	1	2					3
40	Phialocephala	6	1	1	2		1	1
40	Stereum	6	3		1	1		1
45	Catenulomyces	5	1		1	1	1		1
45	Coprinellus	5	1			2	1	1
45	Tricholosporum	5	2	1		1	1
45	Xylodon	5	3		1	1
45	Debaryomyces	5	1						4
50	Neodevriesia	4			1	1	1	1
50	Ramularia	4	1		1	1		1