Isolation and identification of Neosartorya species from house dust as hazardous indoor pollutants

Mycoscience

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-222

  Udagawa, Shun Ichi ^a   Tsubouchi, Haruo ^b   Toyazaki, Noritsuna ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Public Health Research Institute of Kobe City   (Japan)

Author keywords

ascomycetes; hazardous fungi; indoor environment; Neosartorya; Neosartorya pseudofischeri

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; EUROTIUM; FUNGI; NEOSARTORYA; NEOSARTORYA PSEUDOFISCHERI; TALAROMYCES;

EID: 0030445545     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461347     Document Type: Article

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