Survey and significance of filamentous fungi from tap water

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-264

  Gonçalves, Ana B ^a   Paterson, R Russell M ^a   Lima, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Fungi; P. brevicompactum; Pathogenicity; Penicillium expansum; Tap water

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; GEOSMIN; GLUCOSE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOTOXIN; PATULIN; ROSE BENGAL; TAP WATER;

ACREMONIUM; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; FLAVOR; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OOMYCETES; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TASTE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER; YEAST;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ALTERNARIA; ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; MYCELIA STERILIA; OOMYCETES; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PHIALOPHORA; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646053789     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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