Fungal colonization of air filters and insulation in a multi-story office building: Production of volatile organics

Current Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 305-308

  Ahearn, D G ^a   Crow, S A ^a   Simmons, R B ^a   Price, D L ^a,b   Mishra, S K ^c   Pierson, D L ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Interface Research Corp   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLADOSPORIUM; FILTER; FUNGUS GROWTH; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

ACETONE; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CLADOSPORIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; SULFUR OXIDES;

CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0030657006     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900259     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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