Talk:Aspergillus niger

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[edit] Significance in Indoor Environments

Needs a section on A. niger indoors. Nemetona 18:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Badly needs disentanglement from "black molds" in the genus Stachybotrys, which are famous toxigenic indoor molds. And somebody'd better write a Stachybotrys entry to point to! --Nemetona 18:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Is this the same mold as the black stuff that grows inside washing machines? Is bleach the best way to kill it? --Richard@lbrc.org 07:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

  • --maybe, maybe not --Nemetona 18:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I always associated with particulary nasty mold patches in apartment buildings, basements, etc...I'm wondering if this is also the same "black mold" you're referring to?

FYI - I have found that you can kill any mold in an indoor environment with a 50-50 mixture of Downey fabric softener and water sprayed right on it. This has proved effective on black mold and any other kind of mold I have ever seen. Cheap and easily available (in the U.S., anyway), not to mention environmentally friendly. And for any country that has soapwort plant, I would imagine that would work, since that plant has the same properties. 24.162.148.154 20:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC) Jackie Walker

[edit] Aflatoxins

I can find no authorative source that says A. niger produces aflatoxins. Hence I have removed this reference. If this is not correct then cite the source. terr

[edit] Human Disease

This section needs improvement, and sources are needed for "egyptian tomb" and "peat" as a source of A. niger. --Nemetona 18:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)