Mycotoxins of Alternaria alternata produced on ceiling tiles

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-54

  Ren, P ^a,b   Ahearn, D G ^a   Crow Jr , S A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Ceiling tiles; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; MYCOTOXIN;

AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALTERNARIA; BENZ(A)ANTHRACENES; CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; LACTONES; MUTAGENS; MYCOTOXINS; PERYLENE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0031883524     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900477     Document Type: Article

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