Effect of chlorine dioxide gas on fungi and mycotoxins associated with sick building syndrome

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5399-5403

  Wilson, S C ^a,b   Wu, C ^a   Andriychuk, L A ^a   Martin, J M ^a   Brasel, T L ^a   Jumper, C A ^a   Straus, D C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DATA ACQUISITION; FUMIGATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; MOLDS; TOXICITY;

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; FUNGAL COLONIES; INDOOR MOLDS; MYCOTOXINS;

FUNGI;

AGAR; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; MYCOTOXIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION CONTROL; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; TOXICITY TESTING;

CHAETOMIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCOLOGY; MYCOTOXINS; OXIDES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 25144449756     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.5399-5403.2005     Document Type: Article

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