Qualitative identification of volatile metabolites from two fungi and three bacteria species cultivated on two media

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-299

  Kiviranta, H ^b   Tuomainen, A ^a   Reiman, M ^a   Laitinen, S ^a   Liesivuori, J ^a   Nevalainen, A ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Microbe metabolites; Moisture problems; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BUTANOL; ESTER; GEOSMIN; GLYCEROL; HYDROCARBON; ISOBUTANOL; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; KETONE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTER; FUNGUS CULTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PENICILLIUM; STREPTOMYCES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTER; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PENICILLIUM; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0031727067     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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