Detection of aerosolized bacterial spores (Bacillus atrophaeus) using free-flying honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) as collectors

Aerobiologia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 191-195

  Lighthart, Bruce ^a,b   Prier, Kevin R S ^a,b   Bromenshenk, Jerry J ^b  

^a Microbial Aerosol Res Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial spores; Collector; Electrostatic; Honey bees; Sampler

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FLYING; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTHRAX; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 19944433095     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-004-1182-3     Document Type: Article

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