Raman microspectroscopy-based identification of individual fungal spores as potential indicators of indoor contamination and moisture-related building damage

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6088-6095

  Ghosal, Sutapa ^a   MacHer, Janet M ^a   Ahmed, Kadra ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DAMAGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FUNGAL SPORES; IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; INDOOR CONTAMINATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MICRO-FUNGI; MICROMETER-SCALE; MINIMAL SAMPLE; PEAK STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTRAL SIGNATURES; SMALL SAMPLES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL LIBRARIES; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE;

ALUMINUM FOIL; DAMAGE DETECTION; MICROORGANISMS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

FUNGI;

CARBON;

ALUMINUM; BUILDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBSTRATE; VOLUME;

ALUMINUM FOIL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; EPICOCCUM NIGRUM; EUROTIUM; EUROTIUM HERBARIORUM; FUNGUS SPORE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; PENICILLIUM COPROPHILUM; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BASIDIOMYCOTA; HUMIDITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOOT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE;

EID: 84861912026     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203782j     Document Type: Article

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