Development of a fungal spore aerosol generator: Test with Cladosporium cladosporioides and Penicillium citrinum

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 795-798

  Lee, Byung Uk ^a   Kim, Young Joong ^a   Lee, Chang Ho ^a   Yun, Sun Hwa ^a   Bae, Gwi Nam ^b   Ji, Jun Ho ^c  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerosol generator; Bioaerosols; Cladosporium cladosporioides; Fungal spores; Penicillium citrinum

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CLADOSPORIUM; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL SPORE BIOAEROSOL GENERATOR; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; SPOROGENESIS; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; CLADOSPORIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PENICILLIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 48649099488     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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