The diversity and distribution of fungi on residential surfaces

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Adams, Rachel I ^a   Miletto, Marzia ^a   Taylor, John W ^a   Bruns, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTECOLOGY; BATH; CANDIDA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; EXOPHIALA; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; HEAT TOLERANCE; KITCHEN; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; ROOM VENTILATION; SKIN CULTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CANDIDA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLAVICEPS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXOPHIALA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

EID: 84891417433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078866     Document Type: Article

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