Species-specific production of microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOC) by airborne fungi from a compost facility

Chemosphere

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 795-810

  Fischer, Guido ^a   Schwalbe, Regina ^a   Möller, Manfred ^a   Ostrowski, Rene ^a   Dott, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Chemotaxonomy; Compost facility; Microbial volatile organic compounds; Moulds; MVOC; Odour compounds

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE FUNGI; CHEMOTAXONOMY; MICROBIAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (MVOC);

AIR QUALITY; COMPOSTING; DESORPTION; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPOSTING; FUNGUS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COMPOSTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES; PENICILLIUM;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERPENES; VOLATILIZATION;

ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES VARIOTII; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; PENICILLIUM CLAVIGERUM; PENICILLIUM CRUSTOSUM; PENICILLIUM CYCLOPIUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PENICILLIUM GLABRUM; PENICILLIUM VERRUCULOSUM; TRITIRACHIUM; TRITIRACHIUM ORYZAE;

EID: 0033181051     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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