Dust-borne bacteria in animal sheds, schools and children's day care centres

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 622-634

  Andersson, A M ^c   Weiss, N ^a   Rainey, F ^b   Salkinoja Salonen, M S ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; DUST; FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; DAY CARE CENTERS; HYDROXY FATTY ACIDS; INDOOR DUST; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MESOPHILES; NOCARDIOPSIS; RHODOCOCCUS; SPHINGOMONAS;

ANIMALS;

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; DAY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUST CONTROL; DUST EXPOSURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; BOS TAURUS; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; BREVIBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DEINOCOCCUS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GORDONIA (ACTINOMYCETE); KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MICROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NOCARDIOPSIS; NOCARDIOPSIS DASSONVILLEI; PANTOEA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; SPHINGOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 0032903589     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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