Assessment of identity of filamentous fungi colonizing water-damaged building materials

Sydowia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-66

  Lian, X ^a,b   Lackner, M ^c,d   De Hoog, G S ^a   Gerrits Van De Ende, A H G ^a   Priha, O ^f   Suihko, M L ^e   Houbraken, J ^a   Varga, J ^f   Samson, R A ^a   Malarstig, B ^g   Thompson, P ^h   Stott, R ⁱ   Richardson, M D ^j  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^g Micro Clean Ltd   (Denmark)

^h Healthy Office Fugenex Ltd   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Indoor fungi; Molecular identification; Species specific probes

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 80051492005     PISSN: 00820598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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