In recent years, the accurate and rapid detection of
microfungal species present in the air of indoor workplaces
has received a remarkable amount of attention due to the
spread of diseases (e.g. allergic responses) caused by
airborne moulds and yeasts (Keswani et al., 2005). The
recognition and characterization of microfungal species is
increasingly being performed by means of a molecular
approach based on DNA sequencing analysis, as opposed
to methods based exclusively on the observation of morphological
traits, which yield poorer results (Taylor et al.,
2000; Haugland et al., 2004; Davolos & Pietrangeli, 2007).