Airborne Fungi and Actinomycetes Concentrations in the Air of Eskisehir City (Turkey)

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-74

  Asan, Ahmet ^a   Ilhan, Semra ^b   Sen, Burhan ^a   Erkara, Ismuhan Potoglu ^b   Filik, Cansu ^b   Cabuk, Ahmet ^b   Demirel, Rasime ^b   Ture, Mevlut ^a   Okten, Suzan Sarica ^a   Tokur, Suleyman ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Airspora; Bioaerosols; Biomass; Fungal and Actinomycetes distribution; Fungi; Urban air

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ROSE BENGAL; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACTINOMYCES; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS;

EID: 10744227257     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X04033843     Document Type: Article

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