Comparison of fungi found in bathrooms and sinks

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Hamada, Nobuo ^a   Abe, Niichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bathroom; Drain; Pathogenic fungus; Thermotolerant

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PATHOGENIC FUNGI; THERMOTOLERANT; THERMOTOLERANT FUNGI;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

FUNGI;

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BATH; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYPHOMYCETES; KITCHEN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BATHS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGI; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGI;

EID: 77954104453     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.15.51     Document Type: Article

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