Analysis of Black Fungal Biofilms Occurring at Domestic Water Taps (II): Potential Routes of Entry

Mycopathologia

Volumn 175, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 399-412

  Heinrichs, Guido ^a   Hübner, Iris ^b   Schmidt, Carsten K ^b   de Hoog, G Sybren ^c,d   Haase, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RHEINENERGIE AG   (Germany)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Black yeast; Drinking water; Exophiala; Fungal ecology; Route of contamination

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; GERMANY; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY;

ALTERNARIA; CADOPHORA MALORUM; CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA CASTELLANII; EXOPHIALA LECANII-CORNI; FUNGI;

EID: 84878599569     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9619-2     Document Type: Article

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