Orders of fungi identified from the hydrated and dehydrated biofilms.

Left: The hydrated biofilm samples contained six different orders of fungi, as mainly Filobasidiales (especially genus Cryptococcus; Basidiomycota), Sporidiobolales (genus Rhodotorula; Basidiomycota) and Saccharomycetales (genus’s Saccharomyces, Hanseniaspora, Debaryomyces; all belong to the Ascomycota). Right: The dehydrated biofilms contained nine different orders of fungi, as mainly Hypocreales (including different moulds and genus Fusarium; Ascomycota), Eurotiales (genus’s Aspergillus, Penicillium, Talaromyces; all belong to the Ascomycota) and Xylariales (genus Hansfordia; Ascomycota). Both hydrated and dehydrated biofilms contained Chaerothyriales (E. dermatitidis) (0.07%, 1.77%, respectively) and Sordariomycetes (F. dimerum) (0.3%, 0.35%, respectively).