Determination of fungal air spora in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Mycotaxon

Volumn 102, Issue , 2007, Pages 199-202

  Özkara, Arzu ^a   Ocak, Ijlal ^a   Korcan, S Elif ^a   Konuk, Muhsin ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Bio aerosols; Inner Aegean region

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; DRECHSLERA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; POLYSCYTALUM; RHIZOPUS; ULOCLADIUM;

EID: 38549152922     PISSN: 00934666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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