Effect of two aerosolization methods on the release of fungal propagules from a contaminated agar surface

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-284

  Górny, Rafał L ^a   Ławniczek Wałczyk, Anna ^a  

^a Biohazard Laboratory   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agar surface; Air velocity; Fragments; Fungi; Spores; Swirling release

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AGAR MEDIUM; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL FRAGMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; MALT; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PERPENDICULAR AEROSOLIZATION; PROPAGULE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWIRLING AEROSOLIZATION; TAXONOMY;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 84863517740     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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