Drivers of the fungal spore bioaerosol budget: observational analysis and global modeling [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 Bioaerosols are produced by biological processes and directly emitted into the atmosphere, where they contribute to ice nucleation and the formation of precipitation.
R. H. H. Janssen +10 more
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A Six-Year Airborne Fungal Spore Calendar for a City in the Sonoran Desert, Mexico: Implications for Human Health [PDF]
Journal of FungiFungal 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.
Carmen Isela Ortega-Rosas +3 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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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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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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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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Research and Development of Automatic Detection Instrument for Stored Grain Fungi
Liang you shipin ke-ji, 2021 Fungus is one of the primary factors endangering the safety of grain storage.The rapid detection of fungi on stored grain in early stage is an effective measure to prevent and control the fungal multiplication and ensure food security.In 2018,an industry
ZHANG Hai-yang +3 more
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A Natural Fungal Gene Drive Enacts Killing via DNA Disruption
mBio, 2023 Fungal spore killers are a class of selfish genetic elements that positively bias their own inheritance by killing non-inheriting gametes following meiosis.
Andrew S. Urquhart, Donald M. Gardiner
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