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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2000, p. 2678-2681, Vol. 66, No. 6
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Quantification of Siderophore and Hemolysin from Stachybotrys chartarum Strains, Including a Strain Isolated from the Lung of a Child with Pulmonary Hemorrhage and Hemosiderosis

Stephen J. Vesper,1,* Dorr G. Dearborn,2 Okan Elidemir,3 and Richard A. Haugland1

National Environmental Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 452681; Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio 441062; and Pediatric Pulmonary Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 770303

Received 3 January 2000/Accepted 8 March 2000

A strain of Stachybotrys chartarum was recently isolated from the lung of a pulmonary hemorrhage and hemosiderosis (PH) patient in Texas (designated the Houston strain). This is the first time that S. chartarum has been isolated from the lung of a PH patient. In this study, the Houston strain and 10 strains of S. chartarum isolated from case (n = 5) or control (n = 5) homes in Cleveland were analyzed for hemolytic activity, siderophore production, and relatedness as measured by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: U.S. EPA, 26 W. M. L. King Dr., M.L. 314, Cincinnati, OH 45268. Phone: (513) 569-7367. Fax: (513) 569-7117. E-mail: Vesper.Stephen{at}EPA.gov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2000, p. 2678-2681, Vol. 66, No. 6
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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