Seasonality in Antarctic airborne fungal spores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2240-2245

  Marshall, William A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS SPORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

AIRBORNE SPORE; FUNGAL SPORE; SEASONALITY;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS, SIGNY ISLAND;

EID: 0030613370     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2240-2245.1997     Document Type: Article

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