Characterizing biological aerosol in a chamber: An approach to estimation of viable organisms in a single biological particle

Aerobiologia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-312

  Ho, Jim ^a   Spence, Melvin ^a   Ogston, Jim ^a  

^a Defence Research Establishment Suffield Box 4000   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol chamber; Bacillus subtilus; BG spores; Biological aerosol; Dichotomous sampler; Number of organisms in a particle; Slit sampler

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035652975     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013018422056     Document Type: Article

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