Pathogens as potential hitchhikers on intercontinental dust

Aerobiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-231

  Toepfer, Ilka ^a   Favet, Jocelyne ^b   Schulte, Anette ^a   Schmölling, Maria ^a   Butte, Werner ^a   Triplett, Eric W ^c   Broughton, William J ^b,d   Gorbushina, Anna A ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. versicolor; Aspergillus sydowii; Chad; Desert sand; Sterigmatocystin

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CHAD; CONIDIUM; DESERT; DESICCATION; DUST; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMIDITY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; FUNGI;

EID: 84865146529     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-011-9230-2     Document Type: Article

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