Outdoor airborne fungi captured by viable and non-viable methods

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-26

  Fernández Rodríguez, Santiago ^a   Tormo Molina, Rafael ^a   Maya Manzano, José María ^a   Silva Palacios, Inmaculada ^a   Gonzalo Garijo, Ángela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeromycology; Outdoor airborne fungi; Viable and non viable sampling methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893153234     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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