Use of mass spectrometry for characterising microbial communities in bioaerosols

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-117

  Szponar, Bogumiłá ^a,b   Larsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy fatty acids; Bacteria; Bioaerosols; Endotoxin; Ergosterol; Fungi; GC MSMS ion trap; Indoor air; Microbial communities; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; ERGOSTEROL; MURAMIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; ORGANIC DUST; REVIEW; SWINE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMASS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ERGOSTEROL; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOUSING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MURAMIC ACIDS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035659853     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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