Occurrence and hygienic relevance of fungi in drinking water

Mycoses

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-169

  Kanzler, D ^a   Buzina, W ^a   Paulitsch, A ^a   Haas, D ^a   Platzer, S ^a   Marth, E ^a   Mascher, F ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Fungi; Groundwater; Molds

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HYGIENE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; YEAST;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; FUNGI; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 38849164355     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01454.x     Document Type: Article

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