Detection of Gram-Negative Erwinia herbicola Outdoor Aerosols with Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography/Ion-Mobility Spectrometry

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 111-126

  Snyder, A Peter ^a   Maswadeh, Waleed M ^b   Tripathi, Ashish ^b   Dworzanski, Jacek P ^c  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol concentrator; Bacteria; Biodetection; Biological aerosols; Erwinia herbicola; Field biodetection; Gas chromatography; Ion mobility spectrometry; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

EID: 0034377894     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6521(2000)4:2/3<111::AID-FACT5>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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