Microbes inhabit every environmental niche on the earth, and some have adapted to
survival under extremely harsh conditions. Most do not cause disease in humans or animals …

Microbes inhabit every environmental niche on the earth, including our own endogenous
microbiome while some have adapted to survival under extreme environmental conditions …

Common occupational and environmental biological hazards include microorganisms
(viruses, rickettsia, chlamydiae, bacteria, fungi, and parasites), allergens of biological origin …

In order to identify occupational infectious diseases, one needs to understand situations
likely to enhance contact between workers and infectious agents or those in which the usual …

There are at least 193 important biological agents that show infectious, allergenic, toxic, or
carcinogenic activities in the working population. These agents are viruses, bacteria, fungi …

This chapter discusses the most important groups of harmful biological agents which may be
hazardous to human health at the workplace. These agents include filamentous fungi and …

Biological Hazards of the Workplace updates and expands upon many of the topics
addressed in the initial offering. According to the editors, it is designed to be a “practical how …

Fungi are among the biodeterioration and, as such, and occupational settings. involve
exposure to fungi principal microorganisms involved in are found in a wide variety of …

1. The first group represents the fungi which are well-known as causes of the classical
systemic mycoses and includes Cryptococcus neoformans (Sanfelice) Vuillemin …

The role of microfungi in the preparation of bread, beer, wine, antibiotics, etc. is well known
and appreciated, but metabolites produced by fungi can also cause hypersensitivity and …