Size distribution of viable, cultivable, airborne microbes and their relationship to particulate matter concentrations and meteorological conditions in a Mediterranean site

Aerobiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-248

  Raisi, Louisa ^a   Aleksandropoulou, Victoria ^b   Lazaridis, Mihalis ^b   Katsivela, Eleftheria ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cultivable airborne bacteria; Cultivable airborne fungi; Meteorological conditions; Particulate matter; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GREECE; METEOROLOGY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN AREA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 84880700093     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-012-9276-9     Document Type: Article

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