Determination of volatile metabolites originating from mould growth on wall paper and synthetic media

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-187

  Matysik, Silke ^a   Herbarth, Olf ^b   Mueller, Andrea ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Indoor mould; MVOC; SPME

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 1,3 DIMETHOXYBENZENE; 2 PENTANOL; 2 PENTANONE; 2,4 PENTANDIONE; AGAR; DICHLORAN CHLORAMPHENICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPOROIDES; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PAPER; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

AGAR; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSING; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAPER; PENICILLIUM; VOLATILIZATION;

ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM;

EID: 50549095187     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.05.027     Document Type: Article

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