Brett J. Green

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed innovative immunodetection techniques to determine the extent to which larger fungal fragments, including hyphae and fractured conidia, function as aeroallergen sources.

TL;DR: Recent developments in bioaerosol assessment were presented at the Organic Dust Tromsø Symposium including molecular biological methods for infectious agents and organisms that are difficult to cultivate; studies of submicronic and hyphal fragments from fungi; the effect of biodiversity of microorganisms in asthma studies; and new/improved measurement methods for fungal antigens, enzymes and allergens.

TL;DR: Data indicate that MALDI-TOF MS data may be used for unambiguous identification of members of the genus Aspergillus at both the species and strain levels.

TL;DR: This study highlights the need for long-term aerobiological monitoring in Australian and New Zealand urban areas in a systematic, standardised, and sustained way, and provides a framework for targeting the most clinically significant taxa in terms of abundance, allergenic effects and public health burden.

TL;DR: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used to generate highly reproducible mass spectral 'fingerprints' for twelve Penicillium species, indicating that MALDI-TOF MS data may be a useful diagnostic tool for the objective identification of Penicllium species of environmental and clinical importance.