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Title: Market and Policy Barriers to Deployment of Energy Storage
Authors: Ramteen Sioshansi, The Ohio State University; Paul Denholm and Thomas Jenkin, NREL
Developments in the electricity industry have created a resurgence of interest in energy storage. Despite this interest, very little storage, beyond some small demonstration projects, has been deployed. While technical issues, such as cost, device efficiency, and other technical characteristics, are often listed as barriers to storage, there are a number of non-technical and policy-related issues. This paper surveys some of these main barriers and proposes some potential research and policy steps that can help address them. While the discussion is focused on the United States, a number of the findings and observations may be more broadly applicable.
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Bacteria, Molds, and Toxins in Water-Damaged Building Materials
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1 APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, Feb. 1997, p Vol. 63, No /97/$ Copyright 1997, American Society for Microbiology Bacteria, Molds, and Toxins in Water-Damaged Building Materials M. A. ANDERSSON, 1 * M. NIKULIN, 2,3 U. KÖLJALG, 4 M. C. ANDERSSON, 5 F. RAINEY, 6 K. REIJULA, 7 E.-L. HINTIKKA, 3 AND M. SALKINOJA-SALONEN 1 Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, FIN Biocenter, 1 Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology, FIN Hämeentie 57, 2 and Department of Clinical Sciences, Animal Reproduction, FIN Hautjärvi, 5 University of Helsinki, and Institute of Occupational Health, Arinatie 3, FIN 00370, 7 and National Veterinary and Food Research Institute, FIN 00231, 3 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Zoology and Botany, Estonian Academy of Science, EE 2400, Tartu, Estonia 4 ; and Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Mascheroder Weg 1b, D Braunschweig, Germany 6 Received 22 July 1996/Accepted 31 October 1996 Microbial toxins and eukaryotic cell toxicity from indoor building materials heavily colonized by fungi and bacteria were analyzed. The dominant colonizers at water-damaged sites of the building were Stachybotrys chartarum (10 3 to 10 5 visible conidia cm 2 ), Penicillium and Aspergillus species (10 4 CFU mg 1 ), gram-negative bacteria (10 4 CFU mg 1 ), and mycobacteria (10 3 CFU mg 1 ). The mycobacterial isolates were most similar to M. komossense, with 98% similarity of the complete 16S rdna sequence. Limulus assay of water extracts prepared from a water-damaged gypsum liner revealed high contents of gram-negative endotoxin (17 ng mg 1 of E. coli lipopolysaccharide equivalents) and -D-glucan (210 ng mg 1 of curdlan equivalents). High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of the methanol extracts showed that the water-damaged gypsum liner also contained satratoxin (17 ng mg 1 ). This methanol-extracted substance was 200 times more toxic to rabbit skin and fetus feline lung cells than extract of gypsum liner sampled from a non-water-damaged site. The same extract contained toxin(s) that paralyzed the motility of boar spermatozoa at extremely low concentrations; the 50% effective concentration was 0.3 g of dry solids per ml. This toxicity was not explainable by the amount of bacterial endotoxin, -D-glucan, or satratoxin present in the same extract. The novel in vitro toxicity test that utilized boar spermatozoa as described in this article is convenient to perform and reproducible and was a useful tool for detecting toxins of microbial origin toward eukaryotic cells not detectable in building materials by the other methods. Viable cells of microbes containing agents documented as hazardous in bioaerosols, such as gram-negative endotoxins (23) or -1,3-glucan (6, 7) or mycotoxins (10), are seldom found in high airborne concentrations in houses in which moisture is a problem (moisture problem houses) (14). The shortcomings of methods available for sampling, isolation, and identification of microorganisms not forming colonies when injured and stressed by aerosolization were reviewed by Marthi (15). Studies concerning indoor air-related health hazards usually focus on one hazardous agent, measured by a single analytical technique. Identifying several emitting microbial contaminants directly within the building material is of interest when health hazards in a building are evaluated. Using a multimethod approach, we demonstrated in this study that water-damaged indoor building materials contained substances of microbial origin extremely toxic to eukaryotic cells and large quantities of several microbial species known to be potentially toxic or immunopotentating, among which were new species and species not earlier reported in connection to water-damaged indoor building materials. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sampling of building materials. The building studied, a children s day care center, flat roofed and built in 1974, had a history of repeated water damage since 1980 and was classified as a moisture problem house by the local health authority. The roof was renovated in According to a survey, 5 of 19 workers reported irritation of nose and eyes as a prevalent symptom associated with * Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, P.O. Box 56, FIN Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Finland. Phone: Fax: working conditions and indoor air, while 40% complained of smell and 35% of stuffness. Indoor building materials and settled dusts were sampled from children s two residence rooms exhibiting visible water damage. Sampling was done late in 1995 during renovation work, when the indoor walls and ceilings were demolished, exposing gypsum liners with signs of old dehydrated water damage. Visibly water-damaged sites and sites with no visible water damage were also sampled. Microscopic analyses. The building materials sampled from the water-damaged sites and non-water-damaged sites were analyzed by light microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM) by protocols described elsewhere (2). The amounts of fungal propagules were estimated by the tape sampling method. Media and chemicals. The microbiological media and diluent for serial plating were from Difco (Detroit, Mich.) unless otherwise stated. The following chemicals were obtained from Sigma (St. Louis, Mo.): T2 toxin, verrucarin A, ochratoxin, roridine, and cycloheximide. Reference satratoxins (G and H) were a gift from Kirsti Liukkonen. Reference endotoxin, Escherichia coli B6 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was from Biowhittaker (Walkersville, Md.), and reference -D-glucan (curdlan) was from Wako Pure Chemical (Japan). Other chemicals were from the local suppliers and were of analytical quality. Microbiological analyses. Prior to cultivation the bacteria of the dehydrated building materials were resuscitated, viable cells were counted, and bacterial strains were isolated and identified as described elsewhere (2, 9, 27). Genomic DNA extraction, PCR-mediated amplification of the 16S rdna, and purification of PCR products were carried out as described previously (22). Purified PCR products were sequenced with the Taq Dye-Deoxy Terminator Cycle Sequencing Kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif.). Sequence reaction mixtures were electrophoresed with the Applied Biosystems 373A DNA Sequencer. The 16S rdna sequence was manually aligned against representative sequences of members of the domain bacteria. The sequence similarity to the nearest relative was determined as an indication of identity. For isolation of different fungal species from gypsum liner dichloran agar with 18% glycerol (DG18), malt extract agar (MEA) and MEA with added 20 g of glucose per liter, Czapek Yeast Extract agar, and glycerol nitrate agar (G25N) were used as according to Verhoeff et al. (32). For isolation of the slowly growing organisms CMA medium (corn meal agar) was used (26). The isolates were identified according to Domsch et al. (4), Gravesen et al. (8), Pitt (20), and Samson et al. (26). The total fungal plate counts were determined on CMA, after incubation at 20 to 23 C for 14 days. For the assay of gram-negative bacterial endotoxin and -D-glucan, the indoor 387
2 388 ANDERSSON ET AL. APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL. FIG. 1. Microscopic views of water-damaged gypsum liner (site 1, Table 1). (A) Stereo microscopic view. The surface of the gypsum was discolored by unevenly distributed black spots. Bar, 500 m. (B) Surface of the gypsum sampled onto Scotch tape, photographed by bright field microscopy, revealing a homogenous and dense population of conidia similar to the species of Stachybotrys. Bar, 10 m. (C) Scanning electron micrograph of the same site as in panels A and B. It shows the liner surface covered with dense mycelia and conidiophores with wartlike ornamentation characteristic of the microfungus Stachybotrys. Bar, 10 m. building materials were water extracted and the extracts were tested for Limulus activity by LAL assay, using the standard kinetic turbidimetric LAL assay performed by the SCAN DIA Laboratory Service (Copenhagen, Denmark). Limulus activities in bacterial pure cultures were assayed by using the gel clotting modification of the Limulus test calibrated with E. coli B6 LPS (Pyrogent; Biowhittaker). For eukaryotic toxicity assays, water-damaged gypsum visibly contaminated by fungi (0.4 g) and non-water-damaged control gypsum (0.4 g) with no visible fungal contamination were extracted with 95% methanol overnight. Filtered extracts were vacuum evaporated, and the residues were dissolved in a known volume of 100% methanol and divided into four aliquots: three for biological toxicity tests and one for chemical analysis. Methanol was evaporated under an atmosphere of nitrogen. Toxicity testing. For cytotoxicity testing with a continuous feline fetus lung (FFL) cell line, the evaporated residue was dissolved in 10% methanol in phosphate-buffered saline (0.1 M), ph 7.2, to a concentration that corresponded to 1 mg of evaporated solids per ml. Fifty percent inhibition of the cell proliferation was evaluated with the MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide] bioassay (3). Toxicity to boar spermatozoa was tested with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution of the evaporated solids obtained by methanol extraction of the building material (8 mg of solids ml 1 ). The test was carried out as follows: boar ejaculate was filtered through a gauze to get rid of the gel. The semen was diluted to 18% with a commercial semen extender, MR-A (Kubus, S.A., Madrid, Spain), to a density of 40 to spermatozoa ml 1 (24). The MR-A-diluted semen was gently mixed and administered into plastic screw-capped test tubes (2 ml per tube). The tubes were pretested and used only if found to be nontoxic to boar spermatozoa. The building material extract was diluted by serial twofold dilutions in DMSO from 8 mg to 30 g (dry weight) ml 1. A volume of 20 l of each dilution was administered to 2 ml of MR-A-diluted boar semen. The test tubes were incubated at room temperature and turned upside down once a day. Motility of the exposed spermatozoa was measured after 3, 4, and 5 days by assessment of rapid motility of sperm cells by using a computerized motility analyzer (HTM-S, ver. 7.2; Hamilton-Thorn Research, Danvers, Mass.) as described by Andersson and Katila (1) and confirmed by visual assessment of sperm motility (11). M-RA-diluted spermatozoa (2 ml) exposed to 20 l of DMSO were used as a blank assay. The test was recorded positive when both the instrumental and the visual methods assessed a 50% decrease in sperm motility of the exposed spermatozoa compared to the control spermatozoa. The morphology of the mitochondria of the spermatozoa were examined by TEM according to Rabkin et al. (21). For rabbit skin test the methanolic extract was evaporated and dissolved in acetone to a concentration of 8 mg of evaporated residue per 100 l, and the test was performed according to the method of Pasanen et al. (18). Assay of satratoxin. Satratoxins (G and H) were analyzed from the methanolic extracts of building materials by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The retention times were compared with those of reference satratoxin (G and H, a mixture). To confirm the identity of macrocyclic trichothecenes, the extracts were hydrolyzed for observation of verrucarol (19). Nucleotide sequence accession number. The EMBL accession number for the Mycobacterium strain MA-112/96 is YO8857. RESULTS Microscopic inspection. Gypsum liners from interior walls and ceilings were examined by light microscopy and SEM and TEM. Figure 1A and B shows light-microscopic views of a gypsum from a water-damaged site. As seen in the figure, the gypsum liner paper surface was heavily contami-
3 VOL. 63, 1997 BACTERIA, MOLDS, AND TOXINS IN WATER-DAMAGED MATERIAL 389 FIG. 2. Transmission electron micrograph of the water-damaged gypsum liner (site 1). Cross sections of the liner containing fungal hyphae and bacteria are shown. nated by fungi. The same liner paper examined by SEM is shown in Fig. 1C. Figure 1C shows that the morphologies of hyphae, conidiophores, and conidia colonizing the gypsum resembled a monoculture of a Stachybotrys sp., but thin sections (TEM) showed in addition colonization by a diverse bacterial community (Fig. 2). Eleven different sites composed of indoor building materials (including four samples of gypsum liners) were inspected, and the visible microbes were enumerated by light microscopy. The results revealed that samples from 9 of 11 sites with a history of water-damage contained conidia recognized a Stachybotrys sp. as the dominant organism. The microscopic count of conidia ranged from 10 3 to 10 5 conidia per cm 2. No fungal contamination (less than 10 2 propagules per cm 2 ) was detected in the materials collected from sites other than those with a history of water damage. Microbial biomarkers, endotoxin, -D-glucan, and satratoxin in the indoor building materials of the day care center. Seven samples of indoor building materials were analyzed for endotoxin-specific Limulus activity indicative for gram-negative bacteria and for -D-glucan-specific Limulus activity indicative of the presence of fungal biomass. The results in Table 1 indicated high endotoxin-specific (17 g ofe. coli LPS g 1 ) and -glucan-specific (210 g of -D-glucan g 1 ) Limulus activities in water-damaged gypsum liner. The -glucan-specific Limulus activity of the water-damaged gypsum liner (site 1) was almost two times higher than that of a pure culture of Paecilomyces variotii 95/111 (127 g g 1 ) used as reference material. Limulus activities were 10 to 100 times higher in materials collected from areas exhibiting signs of water damage (sites 1, 3, and 5) than in materials collected from areas obviously not damaged by water (site 13). Gypsum liners from a water-damaged site, heavily contaminated with Stachybotrys spp. (site 1) and from a nondamaged area, not visibly contaminated by microbes (site 13), were analyzed for satratoxin. Satratoxins G and H were found (17 g g 1 ) in the visibly contaminated area of the gypsum (site 1) but not in a nondamaged area of the same gypsum ( 1 gg 1, site 13). Verrucarol was detected from fungus-contaminated gypsum extract after hydrolysis, confirming the identity of the satratoxins G and H. No satratoxin or verrucarol ( 1 g g 1 ) was detected from the same gypsum taken from a non-water-damaged area. In conclusion, high contents of endotoxin, -D-glucan, and satratoxin occurred in the same location as the microscopically observed heavy colonization by Stachybotrys spp. in the water-damaged gypsum, while none was found in the non-water-damaged areas. Quantitation of culturable bacteria and fungi in the building materials. The bacterial colonization of indoor building materials was investigated by colony counting the culturable cells (Table 2). Gypsum from the water-damaged areas contained 10 3 psychrotrophic, 10 4 mesophilic, and 10 2 thermotrophic bacteria mg 1, which is over 100 times more than was found in samples taken from the non-water-damaged areas of the same gypsum (Table 2).
4 390 ANDERSSON ET AL. APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL. TABLE 1. Endotoxin, -D-glucan, and satratoxin in the indoor building materials of a children s day care center and reference materials Sampled material Day care center Water-damaged gypsum Water-damaged gypsum Water-damaged mineral wool Ceiling coating paper (randomly chosen) Settled dust from floor collected during demolishing Mineral wool (randomly chosen) Gypsum (not water damaged) Reference materials Pure culture (dry) of fungus (P. variotii 95/111) Hay dust sampled from cow shed Site no. Amt ( g g 1 ) of toxins a Endotoxin b -D-glucan c Satratoxin d a The average difference between duplicate samples was 5%. b Endotoxin was measured as Limulus activity expressed as micrograms of E. coli B LPS equivalents. c -D-glucan was measured as Limulus activity and expressed as micrograms of curdlan ( -1,3-glucan) equivalents. d Satratoxin was measured by HPLC with purified satratoxin (G and H) as a standard. TABLE 3. Bacterial genera isolated from gypsum s of children s day care center interior walls Isolate(s) Water-damaged area No. of strains isolated Density in (CFU mg 1 ) Nondamaged area No. of strains isolated Density in (CFU mg 1 ) Gram-positive mesophiles Arthrobacter sp Bacillus (B. pumilus) Cellulomonas sp. 2 1 Gordona sp Micrococcus sp Mycobacterium sp Paenibacillus (P. macerans and P. polymyxa) Spore-forming actinomycetes Streptomyces sp Other Gram-negative mesophiles (endotoxin positive) a Agrobacterium sp Caulobacter sp Stenotrophomonas sp Chryseomonas luteola Thermotrophic bacteria B. amyloliquefaciens Cumulative total a As judged from positive Limulus assay reaction. Total fungal plate count obtained on CMA agar from waterdamaged gypsum liner (site 1 in Table 1) was 8,000 CFU mg 1. About 1,500 CFU mg 1 of these represented Stachybotrys chartarum. Fungi culturable on MEA medium were isolated from the gypsum liners, s, paper, and mineral wool sampled from the day care center. Sixteen taxa of molds were detected from different building materials and identified to genus or species level. Penicillium aurantiogriseum Dierckx., P. citrinum Thom, and other Penicillium species were the most frequently isolated taxa. Other taxa identified to species level were Aspergillus versicolor (Vuill.) Tiraboshi, Chaetomium globosum Steud., Cladosporium herbarum (Pers.: Fr.) Link, C. sphaerospermum Penz., Mucor hiemalis Wehmer, M. plumbeus Bonord., and Paecilomyces variotti Bain. In spite of the fact that the only fungus detectable by microscopic examination was morphologically recognizable as a Stachybotrys spp., this fungus was not cultivable from the water-damaged gypsum liner on MEA medium but could be enumerated on CMA. Isolation and identification of bacteria. Fifty-nine aerobic bacterial strains were isolated at 50, 22, and 16 C from gypsum s sampled from water-damaged and nondamaged areas and identified to genus level. The results, shown in Table 3, indicate that the diversity of the bacteria in water-damaged gypsum liners was larger and different from that in nondamaged gypsum liners. The following bacterial taxa were found in the water-damaged area but not in the nondamaged area: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (thermotrophic), B. pumilus, Paenibacillus polymyxa, and strains of Caulobacter, Agrobacterium, and Mycobacterium spp. The results in Fig. 2 and Table 3 indicate that the water-damaged area of the gypsum board liner was inhabited by a rich and diverse bacterial flora possibly specific to this habitat, dominated by endotoxin-containing gram-negative bacteria and Mycobacterium species. Mesophilic spore-forming actinomycetes and Micrococcus spp. were found in both areas. The identities of the mycobacterial strains (6 strains), Agrobacterium strains (10 strains), and Caulobacter TABLE 2. Colony counts of bacteria cultivable from gypsum liners of interior walls in children s day care center Material tested Sampling site Bacterial viable count (10 3 CFU mg 1 ) a at the following growth temperature ( C): Water-damaged gypsum liner (n 2) ( 37%) 10 ( 42%) 0.10 ( 50%) Gypsum liner (not water damaged) (n 2) ( 40%) 0.04 ( 42%) *CFU were counted on tryptic soy agar plates after 7 and 14 days of incubation. Data in parentheses are average differences between replicate samples.
5 VOL. 63, 1997 BACTERIA, MOLDS, AND TOXINS IN WATER-DAMAGED MATERIAL 391 TABLE 4. Toxicity of methanol-extractable dry solids from gypsum s and settled dust from children s day care center Site of sampling Material tested Source of culturable microbial EC b 50 ( g [dry wt] ml 1 ) b contamination a FFL cells Boar spermatozoa 1 Water-damaged gypsum Stachybotrys sp., Penicillium sp., bacteria 1.5 (0.9) 0.29 (0.19) 10 Settled dust Bacteria, Penicillium (Stachybotrys) sp. 1, Gypsum (not water damaged) Bacteria 270 (250) 54 (50) a For description of microbial quality of the tested materials, see Tables 1, 2, and 3. b Expressed as the endpoint dilution of methanol-extracted material (dry weight) causing 50% inhibition of cell proliferation or 50% decrease in sperm motility. The average difference between duplicate samples was 6% when toxicity toward FFL cells was tested and 10% when independently sampled ejaculates of boar spermatozoa were tested for toxicity in duplicate samples. Data in parentheses are equivalent to 1 mm 2 of gypsum liner. strains (4 strains) were confirmed by a battery of physiological tests and sequencing of 16S rdna. The full 16S rdna sequence was analyzed for one of the mycobacterial strains, strain MA-112/96, and revealed 98% similarity to any described mycobacterial species, the closest being Mycobacterium komossense (type strain). Biochemical characterization showed that these mycobacterial strains were rapidly growing mycobacteria, very likely a new species, which will be described in detail elsewhere. Toxic substances extractable from the building materials. Compounds extractable into methanol from the gypsum liners and settled dust were assayed for toxicity toward FFL cells (cytotoxicity) and boar spermatozoa (sperm toxicity) and by rabbit skin test (skin toxicity). The results in Table 4 demonstrate that the toxicity thresholds (50% effective concentration [EC 50 ]) toward FFL cells were 270 g of extracted solids ml 1 for nondamaged gypsum and 1.5 g ml 1 for gypsum visibly contaminated by fungi. The skin toxicity threshold was 7,600 g of methanol extractable solids ml 1 from gypsum visibly contaminated by fungi. No toxic reactions were obtained for the nondamaged gypsum (detection limit, 1,000 g ml 1 ). Toxicity toward boar spermatozoa was repeated with two separate semen ejaculates four times. The toxicity threshold (EC 50 ) toward boar spermatozoa was 54 g ml 1 for the nondamaged gypsum extract and as low as 0.29 gml 1 for extract of the gypsum visibly contaminated by fungi. The yield of methanol-extractable substances from 1 g of contaminated gypsum was 9.5 mg (dry weight). This is 2.75 mg (dry weight) more than the yield from 1gof nondamaged gypsum. This excess of 2.75 mg g 1 may thus contain substances of microbial origin and was possibly responsible for the toxicity of the methanol extract made from gypsum from a water-damaged area being 180-fold higher than that of the substances extractable from the gypsum taken from an area with no visible water damage (Table 4). The boar spermatozoa and the FFL cells were tested for toxicity of several mycotoxins, satratoxin (G and H), T-2 toxin, verrucarin A, ochratoxin, and roridine (Table 5). The boar spermatozoa were relatively insensitive to satratoxin and the other mycotoxins, and the toxicity thresholds, EC 50, were over 500 times greater than those for the FFL cells (Table 5). The boar spermatozoa were also relatively insensitive to endotoxin and -D-glucan; EC 50 was 1 gml 1. If it is assumed that the excess of methanol-extractable matter of microbial origin was solely responsible for the toxicity toward boar spermatozoa, its calculated toxicity threshold was 84 ng (dry weight) of methanol-extractable dry solids per ml of sperm suspension. This 84 ng then also contained 0.42 ng of endotoxin (as E. coli LPS equivalents), 5 ng of -1,3-glucan (curdlan equivalents), and 0.5 ng of satratoxin (G and H). The latter amounts found in the extract from water-damaged gypsum liners, 0.5 ng ml 1, thus did not explain the observed toxicity toward boar spermatozoa. FFL cells were very sensitive to satratoxin; EC 50 was 0.9 ng ml 1. Toxicity of the methanol-extracted solids of the gypsum observed toward FFL cells was explained by satratoxin, but toxicity observed toward boar sperm motility (Table 4) must have been caused by a different toxin. Morphological changes in spermatozoa in response to exposure to the substances from gypsum s are shown in Fig. 3. Figure 3A shows a cross section of the mitochondrial sheath of the spermatozoan tail after exposure to methanol extract from non-water-damaged gypsum. The morphology was identical to that of nonexposed, healthy spermatozoa (not included in the figure). Figure 3B shows a cross section of spermatozoa after exposure to extract from waterdamaged gypsum. The figure displays a typical example of spermatozoa with malformed mitochondria found in most cells exposed to methanol-extracted solids from gypsum taken from a water-damaged area. Mitochondria of the affected sperm cells were swollen and partially disrupted, possibly explaining the inhibited sperm motility. The frequence of mitochondrial swelling was related to the exposing dose of the methanol extract of the water-damaged gypsum. We therefore conclude that the agent causing the mitochondrial damage in the spermatozoa must have originated from the water damage to the gypsum and very likely was of microbial origin. Boar spermatozoa thus proved to be useful for in vitro toxicity testing of compounds affecting mitochondrial membranes and ATP synthesis. DISCUSSION We report on the microbial colonization and the presence of selected potentially hazardous microbial agents in construction materials of the interior walls in a moisture problem house. Water-damaged building materials hidden inside the building TABLE 5. Testing of FFL and boar spermatozoa against reference toxins EC 50 ( g [dry wt] ml 1 ) Reference toxin FFL Boar spermatozoa Satratoxin (G and H) T-2 toxin Verrucarin A Ochratoxin A ND a 10 Roridin A Endotoxin ND 1 -D-Glucan ND 1 Cycloheximide ND 4 a ND, not determined.
6 392 ANDERSSON ET AL. APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL. FIG. 3. Thin sections through the midpiece of boar spermatozoa displaying the effect of methanol-extracted substances from gypsum s on the structure of the mitochondrial sheath. The sperm cells were exposed to methanol-extractable solids from a nondamaged gypsum (site 13, Table 1) (A) or a water-damaged site of gypsum liner (site 1, Table 1) (B). The boar spermatozoa shown were exposed to 2 g of the solids (dissolved in DMSO) per ml of sperm cell suspension. (A) Mitochondria of ordinary size with intact membranes; (B) swollen mitochondria with demolished membranes. The frequence of swollen mitocondria was 68% ( 5%) after exposure to 1 g ml 1 and 81% ( 3%) after exposure to 2 g of methanol-extracted substances from water-damaged gypsum liner ml 1. After exposure to 2 g of methanol-extracted substances from non-water-damaged areas of gypsum liner ml 1, the frequency of the swollen mitocondria was 1%. Bar, 200 nm. constructions and colonized by microorganisms have been suspected as a source of bioaerosol emission in so-called mold problem houses (8, 12, 28). Immunogenic, physiologically reactive, and toxic cell wall components or products of microorganisms, documented as hazardous agents expected in bioaerosols, include peptidoglycans, gram-negative endotoxin, -1,3-D glucans, lipoglycans, and teichoic acids and mycotoxins such as satratoxins (16, 23, 29, 33). Mycobacteria, very likely representing a new species, were found in large quantities in water-damaged gypsum liners (10 6 CFU g 1 ). Cell wall components (the muramyl peptides, arabinogalactan, and the mycolic acids) of the genus Mycobacterium are known to be toxic and to be strong modulators of the immune system, e.g., release of cytokines and pyrogenic and somnogenic activity (5, 13). Microbial components and products are also known to amplify the hazardous effects of one another and alter immune functions (6, 13, 30, 31). Strains of the genus Stachybotrys are known to produce many bioactive and/or toxic compounds (17, 25). Trichothecene mycotoxins known to be included in the conidia of S. chartarum (28) may affect cellular membranes, inhibit synthesis of protein and nucleic acids, and induce lymphocyte depletion and necrosis in both the B-cell- and T-cell-dependent regions of the lymphoid organs (12). In this study S. chartarum and also other fungi typical of moisture problem houses were isolated from the building materials, e.g., A. versicolor and P. aurantiogriseum. Strains of the latter two fungi were previously described to produce hepatotoxic sterigmatocystin and nephrotoxic ochratoxin A in foods and animal fodder (26). Experimental growth of A. versicolor has been shown to produce sterigmatocystin on wall paper-glue agar (8), but the toxin production abilities of these fungi in indoor environments are not known. Highly toxic S. chartarum propagules of the gypsum liner escaped culturing by routine methods for cultivation described here, although they were microscopically visible and dominant on surfaces of liners taken from the water-damaged area of indoor walls and were also indicated for by the presence of chemically assayed satratoxin in the liner. The germination and growth of S. chartarum on MEA medium is slow compared to those of many other genera. Only a small percentage of the Stachybotrys conidia are usually viable in laboratory cultures, and their growth is inhibited by several species of Penicillium (8). Plating on CMA medium seemed to favor slowly growing fungi like Stachybotrys species, which are able to utilize a poor growth medium. Dominance of the slowly growing S. chartarum in a mold population growing on the interior building materials may indicate the presence of an old and stable microbial community. The coincidence of large amounts of the cellulolytic (8) fungus Stachybotrys with potential dinitrogen fixers (Agrobacterium and Paenibacillus species) in the waterdamaged gypsum liner may imply a synergistic relationship between these organisms, possibly explaining their massive proliferation in a poor growth environment. The results of the assay for gram-negative endotoxin and the counting of viable cells on the water-damaged gypsum liner supported each other. Limulus assay revealed a high content of gram-negative bacterial endotoxin and confirmed by viable counting large amounts of gram-negative endotoxin-containing species, e.g., Caulobacter and Agrobacterium spp. Observed large amounts of -D-glucan coincided with microscopically observed fungal colonization of the indoor building materials. The three independent methods for toxicity assay used in this study gave results that seemed confusing at first sight. The cytotoxic and skin toxic effects noticed could be explained by the satratoxin, but the extreme toxicity of the methanol-extractable solids from water-damaged gypsum s toward boar spermatozoa indicated the presence of yet unknown toxins. The electron microscopically observed swelling and disruption of mitochondria as well as the extincted motility of the sperm cells indicate interference by the microbial toxins with mitochondrial functions via yet unknown mechanisms. The boar spermatozoa in vitro toxicity test described in this study is an attractive tool for monitoring toxicity toward eukaryotic cells, as it involves no damage or pain to the animal and is convenient to perform and reproducible also when independent ejaculates were intercompared. When the microbiological and toxicity assays have been summarized, our results show that the water-damaged gypsum liner covering the indoor walls and ceiling of a children s day care center not only was heavily contaminated by microbes but
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- Dang these protein muffins are good
- I probably shouldn't have put the non stick muffin tin in the dishwasher
- My Grandma is so stinkin cute!
- If I were a cut of meat i'd be a tenderloin. LOTS of fat right there
- I hope the Colt's are winning
- My workouts were great today!
- It's tough resisting all the yummy food but worth it in the end…glad I didn't cave
- WTF! I think I smell??
- Wish the weather would stay like this ALL the time
- Big Brother sucks this year, all the final players are weak
- Olive oil instead of lotion is great on your skin
- Got lucky eating my french fried green beans today…I spied a piece of tin foil on one 😮 that would have been painful
- I really miss my grandpa
- I hope I dream of Bradley Cooper tonight
- Darn, i've already eaten all 9 of my muffins
- I think I have another urethra caruncle 😦
- I'm addicted to bikini suit sites
- I promise I will go to Red Robin after this next show with my mom
- I miss Mike when he's not around but he gets on my nerves when he's here 😀
- I gave my dog a bath and she is shiny
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hehe nice!! Glad pupper is shiny and yes, Bradley Cooper is HOT.
Bradley Cooper is muy caliente.
Where is the "Like" button? LOL
I like when the dogs are shiny. Petey is actually noticably whiter after a bath…


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Citadel Broadcasting is no more
This news is a few days old... So I apologize for my delay in announcing it.
I am saddened to announce that as of Friday morning (September 16th, 2011) the Cumulus / Citadel Broadcasting closed.
This now makes Cumulus Media the largest pure-play radio broadcaster in the United States.
Even though I just found out about this last night because I've been pretty busy Cumulus has already taken to the offensive and changed the Citadel Broadcasting logo on all of the stations' websites. In addition all of the sites that have emails posted have been changed to cumulus.com.
For Citadel Broadcasting this means the end of their financial problems, but their financial problems were only a drop in the bucket compared to what I expect to begin happening over the next 6 months to 1 year.
From my own personal experiences with Cumulus Media they have been a very aggressive & offensive player in the radio market in the last 10 years practically bull dozing over radio stations across the country in the name of the all mighty dollar. (Please don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with wanting to make money.)
Running a radio station is very difficult & highly expensive, but radio stations regardless of the number in a market are personalized for whatever market their in. Cumulus has a track history of "corporate-tising" their stations. The best example I can come up with to describe what I'm talking about is "big box" stores like Walmart versus small "mom & pop" stores that carry more products local & in demand to the area.
I and many others have written our officials at the DOJ & FCC, signed petitions, and voiced our concerns over this merger for months now. Shame on you FCC for this allowing it to happen.
I understand that due to Citadel's financial problems the company was in danger of shutting down and stations all over the country could have been shut down, but a merger this big should have been investigated better. In addition and in my own personal opinion Citadel Broadcasting should have:
- Broken should have released unprofitable stations/markets in order to try and at least keep the company alive.
Citadel did not do enough to satisfy other companies in previous deals and the FCC should have noticed this when previous deals did not result in the sell of Citadel Broadcasting to another company. Again in my opinion the FCC should have:
- Forced Citadel Broadcasting to sell their company to a smaller broadcaster such as Entercom or Connoisseur Media (if possible)
- Allowed Citadel to sell to Cumulus, but ONLY stations that were in states (NOT markets) in which Cumulus did not already have stations in. (This would include: Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah) All other markets must be sold to other broadcasters.
With this bad news, I highly encourage everyone who is now forced to listen to your newly re-branded Cumulus station to monitor it and to complain at every opportunity when Cumulus begins making changes that negatively affect your enjoyment. Only together do we have the power to keep the new larger Cumulus in check.
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General election 2017: May to face Tory backbench critics
Theresa May will face tough questions later from her backbenchers after the Conservatives lost their majority at last week's election.
The 1922 committee is also expected to raise concerns about her leadership style, and press for more details on talks with the Democratic Unionists.
Mrs May hopes to strike a deal with the DUP to support her minority government.
The meeting comes after she finalised her cabinet, with Michael Gove returning as environment secretary.
Mr Gove, a former Cabinet minister and leadership rival to Mrs May before she became Conservative leader, was sacked by the PM in her reshuffle in July last year.
The Conservatives lost their House of Commons majority in Thursday's snap election, going from 331 seats to 318, while Labour increased its number of MPs from 232 to 262.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson says the meeting with the committee has been brought forward by 24 hours.
This was not because of panic within the party, but possibly as a way of suppressing it, he adds.
'Wise heads v hotheads'
One MP told him: "The wise heads will need to tell any hotheads to calm down."
Graham Brady, the leader of the 1922 committee, told BBC One's Sunday Politics there was "zero appetite" among the public for another election.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused Mrs May of "squatting" in No 10, telling the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that the country "cannot go on with a period of great instability".
A number of high-profile members kept their posts in Sunday's cabinet reshuffle, with Philip Hammond staying at the Treasury, Boris Johnson remaining at the Foreign Office and Amber Rudd keeping the Home Office brief.
But some changed jobs too, with Liz Truss being demoted from justice secretary to become chief secretary to the Treasury.
Damian Green, who was work and pensions secretary, has been promoted to become the first secretary of state – effectively Mrs May's second in command.
'Diminished authority'
Analysis by BBC political correspondent Iain Watson
Widespread demands for Mrs May to go are not expected at Monday's 1922 committee meeting.
Instead, there will be demands for her to consult more, including meeting regularly with the 1922 executive, and to turn Downing Street from a bunker into an open house by broadening her range of staff.
However, few MPs expect her position to be strong and stable for the next five years.
One senior backbencher told me: "It is inconceivable she will lead the party into the next election. Her authority has been diminished unquestionably."
Another said: "Party members have been too bruised by her."
"She has bought herself some time", said another senior backbencher, but added: "How she behaves will determine how long she's there."
There is a feeling that the party is holding on to nurse for fear of something worse.
Read more from Iain Watson here.
Johnson: MPs should get a grip
After speculation in the Sunday newspapers that he was mounting a leadership challenge, Mr Johnson has called for Tory MPs to back Mrs May.
Writing in Monday's Sun, the foreign secretary said those calling for the PM to step down should "get a grip", adding the electorate wanted the government to "get on with the job".
Mr Johnson admitted the prime minister's election campaign did not go well – "to put it mildly" – and that Tory messages "got lost or misunderstood".
But he added: "Theresa May led a campaign that inspired 13.7m people to vote Conservative, in the biggest total tally of Tory votes since the days of Margaret Thatcher.
"That is a stunning achievement, for which she deserves the support of her party. And she will certainly get it from me."
He also said the proposal of a deal with the DUP to keep her minority government in power was "feasible".
"The people of Britain have had a bellyful of promises and politicking," he wrote.
"Now is the time for delivery – and Theresa May is the right person to continue that vital work."
Gove's 'surprise'
The return of Mr Gove to the front bench as environment secretary has been a shock to some, including the politician himself.
Speaking to Sky News on Sunday, he said he had been "quite surprised" to be asked to rejoin the cabinet.
He added: "Of course I knew that today was reshuffle day, but I genuinely didn't expect this role – although I am delighted to be part of the government, and delighted to be able to support Theresa."
However, the BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin says green campaigners are appalled at Mr Gove's appointment because of his links to the climate sceptic wing of the Conservatives.
They point to his time as education secretary, when he tried to remove climate change from the geography curriculum, and as chief whip, when he blocked the then environment secretary from important international talks.
Tom Burke, from green think tank E3G, told BBC News: "The environment is something young voters really care about.
"If the Tories really want to reconnect with the youth surge, this is about the worst option they could have chosen."
But others have welcomed the new minister.
One senior farming industry source said they were happy that a "big hitter" was taking the top job at the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra).
"Defra has long been a backwater, so at last it's not someone in charge who is being put out to grass," he said.
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