A Six-Year Airborne Fungal Spore Calendar for a City in the Sonoran Desert, Mexico: Implications for Human Health [PDF]
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland)Fungal spore calendars for Mexico are non-existent. This research represents the first fungal spore concentration data in the atmosphere of Hermosillo, Mexico, a city in the Sonoran Desert with high rates of allergies and public health problems.
Alberto Macías-Duarte +2 more
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Fungal Spore Seasons Advanced Across the US Over Two Decades of Climate Change [PDF]
GeoHealthPhenological shifts due to climate change have been extensively studied in plants and animals. Yet, the responses of fungal spores—organisms important to ecosystems and major airborne allergens—remain understudied.
Ruoyu Wu +6 more
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Study of kinetic model for fungal spore germination under dynamic conditions: Case study on germination of Penicillium expansum spores [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The germination of fungal spores under non-isothermal conditions has been studied for several years, however, no mathematical model has been able to describe them suitably.
Panuluk Boonruang, Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan
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Comparison of microscopic and metagenomic approaches to identify cereal pathogens and track fungal spore release in the field [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Wheat is one of the main staple food crops, and 775 million tonnes of wheat were produced worldwide in 2022. Fungal diseases such as Fusarium head blight, Septoria tritici blotch, spot blotch, tan spot, stripe rust, leaf rust, and powdery mildew cause ...
Paola Pilo +6 more
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The breaking of fungal spore dormancy: A coordinated transition [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2023 Sjoerd J Seekles
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Temporal shifts in alternaria spore seasons increase the risk of allergy [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAlternaria is an allergenic fungus that releases airborne spores, causing allergy and asthma in humans. The fungal spore contains twelve 11–58 kDa allergens. The allergy threshold level of airborne Alternaria spores is 100/m3.
Muhammad Humayun +5 more
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Journal of the Palaeontological Society of IndiaIn total, 20 fungal spore types were identified which are commonly encountered in the studied surface soil samples. The presence and abundance of the recovered fungal spore were observed in relation to the different vegetation types namely Forestland ...
Siddhant Vaish +3 more
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First Long-Time Airborne Fungal Spores Study in Dublin, Ireland (1978–1980)
Atmosphere, 2022 Ambient fungal spores within the atmosphere can contribute to a range of negative human, animal and plant health conditions and diseases. However, trends in fungal spore seasonality, species prevalence, and geographical origin have been significantly ...
Moisés Martínez-Bracero +4 more
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Variation in airborne fungal spore concentrations among five monitoring locations in a desert urban environment [PDF]
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018 Chad L Cross +2 more
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Airborne Fungal Spore Review, New Advances and Automatisation
Atmosphere, 2022 Fungal spores make up a significant portion of Primary Biological Aerosol Particles (PBAPs) with large quantities of such particles noted in the air.
Moises Martinez-Bracero +5 more
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