Two sampling methods for the petri dish detection of airborne fungi

Grana

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-207

  Rodríguez, Santiago Fernández ^a   Molina, Rafael Tormo ^a   Palacios, Inmaculada Silva ^a   Garijo, Ángela Gonzalo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Burkard personal sampler; Mycology; Viable sampling

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; FUNGUS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PROPAGULE; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SAMPLER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VIABILITY;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 80053289611     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173134.2011.596218     Document Type: Article

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