Airborne Ascomycotina on the island of Crete: Seasonal patterns based on an 8-year volumetric survey

Aerobiologia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-74

  Gonianakis, M ^a,d   Neonakis, I ^a   Darivianaki, E ^a   Gonianakis, I ^a   Bouros, D ^b   Kontou Fili, K ^c  

^a Irakleion Aerobiology Group   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Ascomycetes; Ascospores; Chaetomium; Crete; Leptosphaeria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOBOLUS; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOMYCOTINA; ASCOSPORE; ASTHMA; CHAETOMIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATRYPACEAE; DIDYMELLA; ENDOPHRAGMIELLA; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERULINA; MASSARIA; NONHUMAN; PLEOSPORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORORMIELLA; SPRING; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; VOLUMETRY; XYLARIA;

ASCOBOLUS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHAETOMIUM; DIATRYPACEAE; DIDYMELLA; ENDOPHRAGMIELLA; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERULINA; MASSARIA; PLEOSPORA; PREUSSIA; XYLARIA;

EID: 22744436583     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-004-5881-6     Document Type: Article

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