Microbial and "de novo" transformation of dicarboxylic acids by three airborne fungi

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 530-537

  Côté, Valerié ^a   Kos, Gregor ^a   Mortazavi, Roya ^a   Ariya, Parisa A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne micro organisms; Bioaerosol; Biotransformation; Dicarboxylic acids; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE MICRO-ORGANISMS; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOTRANSFORMATIONS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNGI; METABOLITES;

MICROORGANISMS;

AGAR; ALCOHOL; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BUTANOL; CARBON 13; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTARIC ACID; MALONIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; TRIMETHYLBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MICROORGANISM; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN AREA;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ASPERGILLUS; EUPENICILLIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; THYSANOPHORA;

EID: 37149021486     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.035     Document Type: Article

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