Airborne fungi in four stations of the St. Petersburg Underground railway system

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-160

  Bogomolova, Evgenia ^a   Kirtsideli, Irina ^a  

^a KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Indoor mycobiota; Mold allergy; Subway; Underground

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGI; MOLDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PUBLIC WORKS; RAILROADS; SUBWAY STATIONS; UNDERPASSES;

AIRBORNE FUNGI; INDOOR MYCOBIOTA; MOLD ALLERGY; SUBWAY; UNDERGROUND;

FORESTRY;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LYSIS; RAILWAY; SANITATION; VIRULENCE;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; MYCOTA; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 58549092346     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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