Fungal secondary metabolite analysis applied to Cultural Heritage: The case of a contaminated library in Venice

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 397-407

  Micheluz, A ^a   Sulyok, M ^b   Manente, S ^a   Krska, R ^b   Varese, G C ^c   Ravagnan, G ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

book contamination; Eurotium halophilicum; indoor environment; mycotoxins; settled dust

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; VERSICOLORIN A;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CREBER; ASPERGILLUS JENSENII; ASPERGILLUS PENICILLIOIDES; ASPERGILLUS PROTUBERUS; ASPERGILLUS VITRICOLA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOOK; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CONTAMINATION; EUROTIUM; EUROTIUM CHEVALIERI; EUROTIUM HALOPHILICUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; ITALY; LIBRARY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84979047226     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2015.1958     Document Type: Article

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