Effects of fungal species, cultivation time, growth substrate, and air exposure velocity on the fluorescence properties of airborne fungal spores

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 653-661

  Saari, S ^a   Mensah Attipoe, J ^b   Reponen, T ^b,c   Veijalainen, A M ^b   Salmela, A ^b   Pasanen, P ^b   Keskinen, J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; BioScout; Fluorescence; Fungal spores; Real time detection; Ultraviolet aerodynamic particle sizer

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; AIR; ALGAE; ASPERGILLUS; FLUORESCENCE; GYPSUM; INSTRUMENT TESTING; NAPHTHALENE; SIGNAL DETECTION;

AEROSOLIZATION; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOSCOUT; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENT PARTICLE; FUNGAL SPECIES; FUNGAL SPORES; PARTICLE FRACTION; REAL-TIME DETECTION; ULTRAVIOLET AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZERS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

AIR; ASPERGILLUS; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLADOSPORIUM; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PROCEDURES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; PENICILLIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84946208478     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12166     Document Type: Article

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