Fertile fungal spores collected on different faced surfaces in the atmosphere of Giza, Egypt

Aerobiologia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-57

  Abdel Hameed, A A ^a   Khoder, M I ^a   Emad, A A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ambient fungi; Medium; Occurrence; Orientation; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

AGAR; POLYSTYRENE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ATMOSPHERE; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICILLIUM;

ALTERNARIA; ARTHROBOTRYS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PLEOSPORA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRICHOTHECIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

EID: 34248190199     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-007-9048-0     Document Type: Article

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