A review on airborne microorganisms in particulate matters: Composition, characteristics and influence factors

Y Zhai, X Li, T Wang, B Wang, C Li, G Zeng - Environment international, 2018 - Elsevier
Airborne microorganisms (AM), vital components of particulate matters (PM), are widespread
in the atmosphere. Since some AM have pathogenicity, they can lead to a wide range of …

Indoor and outdoor microbiological air quality in naturally and mechanically ventilated university libraries

A Hassan, M Zeeshan, MF Bhatti - Atmospheric pollution research, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbiological air pollutants ie airborne bacteria and fungi in public libraries are a potential
risk to human health and paper heritage. The present study aims to investigate the variation …

Indoor air quality and dustborne biocontaminants in bedrooms of toddlers in Athens, Greece

A Stamatelopoulou, I Pyrri, DN Asimakopoulos… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Contaminants of biological origin, such as fungi and bacteria, are ubiquitous inside the
residences and especially in bedroom microenvironments. Epidemiological studies have …

Bioaerosol detection over Athens, Greece using the laser induced fluorescence technique

SC Richardson, M Mytilinaios, R Foskinis… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The challenge in today's bioaerosol monitoring is to retrieve real-time information on the
qualitative and quantitative composition of the ambient air in bioparticles implicated to …

Size distribution of viable, cultivable, airborne microbes and their relationship to particulate matter concentrations and meteorological conditions in a Mediterranean …

L Raisi, V Aleksandropoulou, M Lazaridis, E Katsivela - Aerobiologia, 2013 - Springer
The biological loading of viable, cultivable airborne microbes (heterotrophic bacteria,
actinobacteria and fungi) in 6 size fractions as well as the three different fractions of …

Fungal contaminants of indoor air in the National Library of Greece

I Pyrri, E Tripyla, A Zalachori, M Chrysopoulou… - Aerobiologia, 2020 - Springer
The presence of fungal particulate matter in libraries air is a key issue due to its dual impact
on the valuable artifacts and on humans. Indoor air fungal composition has been …

The air and dust invisible mycobiome of urban domestic environments

I Pyrri, A Stamatelopoulou, D Pardali… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Air and dust harbor a dynamic fungal biome that interacts with residential environment
inhabitants usually with negative implications for human health. Fungal air and dust …

Natural Aerosols, Gaseous Precursors and Their Impacts in Greece: A Review from the Remote Sensing Perspective

V Amiridis, S Kazadzis, A Gkikas, KA Voudouri… - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean, and particularly its Eastern basin, is a crossroad of air masses advected
from Europe, Asia and Africa. Anthropogenic emissions from its megacities meet over the …

Ice nucleation by fungal spores from the classes Agaricomycetes, Ustilaginomycetes, and Eurotiomycetes, and the effect on the atmospheric transport of these …

DI Haga, SM Burrows, R Iannone… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
We studied the ice nucleation properties of 12 different species of fungal spores chosen from
three classes: Agaricomycetes, Ustilaginomycetes, and Eurotiomycetes. Agaricomycetes …

Characterization of culturable airborne microorganisms in the Yucatan Peninsula

C Rodriguez-Gomez, C Ramirez-Romero… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The concentration of biological particles in the atmosphere is widely variable because it
depends on several meteorological and geographical factors. Meteorological conditions in …