Keratinophilic fungi inhabiting floor dusts of student houses at the South Valley University in Egypt

Aerobiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Maghraby, Thanaa A ^a   Gherbawy, Youssuf A M H ^b   Hussein, Mohamed A ^a  

^a SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aphanoascus; Chrysosporium; Dermatophytes; Floor dust; Keratinophilic fungi

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANAMORPH; APHANOASCUS FULVESCENS; ARTHRODERMA CUNICULI; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHRYSOSPORIUM LOCKNOWENSE; DERMATOPHYTE; EGYPT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GYMNOASCUS UNCINATUS; HOUSE DUST; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; UNIVERSITY;

APHANOASCUS; APHANOASCUS FULVESCENS; ARTHRODERMA CUNICULI; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM LUCKNOWENSE; FUNGI; GYMNOASCUS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 43949144194     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-008-9089-z     Document Type: Article

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