Composition and variability of airborne fungi in an enclosed rabbit house in China

Aerobiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Miao, Zengmin ^a   Chai, Tongjie ^a   Qi, Chunhua ^a   Cai, Yumei ^a   Liu, Jingbo ^a   Yuan, Wen ^a   Yao, Meiling ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Enclosed rabbit house; Monthly mean concentration; Predominant genera

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALTERNARIA; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; SAMPLING;

ALTEMARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 77955716730     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-009-9150-6     Document Type: Article

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