Comparison of methods for assessing temporal variation of growth of fungi on building materials

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1895-1903

  Mensah Attipoe, Jacob ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a,b   Veijalainen, Anna Maria ^a   Rintala, Helena ^c   Täubel, Martin ^d   Rantakokko, Panu ^d   Ying, Jun ^b   Hyvärinen, Anne ^d   Pasanen, Pertti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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

^c Mikrobioni Oy   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Building materials; Cultivation; Fungi; Temporal variation; Variability

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; ERGOSTEROL;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INCUBATION TIME; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FUNGI; MYCOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84996743372     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000372     Document Type: Article

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