Current and emerging technologies for the study of bacteria in the outdoor air

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-296

  Kuske, Cheryl R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; ECOLOGY; HEALTH;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BACTERIAL SPECIES; NATURAL BACTERIAL DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; CELL VIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33744947066     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.04.001     Document Type: Review

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