Characterization of Stachybotrys from water-damaged buildings based on morphology, growth, and metabolite production

Mycologia

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 392-403

  Andersen, Birgitte ^a   Nielsen, Kristian F ^b   Jarvis, Bruce B ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Atranones; Colony diameter; Identification; Macrocyclic trichothecenes; Pigment production; Stachybotrys chartarum

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS;

FUNGI; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 0036588289     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2003.11833204     Document Type: Article

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