Methods for Integrated Air Sampling and DNA Analysis for Detection of Airborne Fungal Spores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2453-2459

  Williams, Roger H ^a,b   Ward, Elaine ^a   McCartney, H Alastair ^a  

^a Plant Pathology Department   (United Kingdom)

^b Home Grown Cereals Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0035377219     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2453-2459.2001     Document Type: Article

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