Molecular identification of environmental bacteria in indoor air in the domestic home: Description of a new species of Exiguobacterium

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Yuan, Ivan ^a   Xu, Jiru ^a,b   Millar, B Cherie ^a   Dooley, James S G ^a   Rooney, Paul J ^a   Alexander, H Denis ^a,c   Moore, John E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne; Allergic alveolitis; Asthma; Exiguobacterium; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; PCR; Sick Building Syndrome

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM; DNA; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDOOR AIR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATEDNESS;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EXIGUOBACTERIUM BELFASTENSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOME; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLA OSLOENSIS; NEW SPECIES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXIGUOBACTERIUM; EXIGUOBACTERIUM ACETYLICUM; EXIGUOBACTERIUM AESTUARII; EXIGUOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MORAXELLA OSLOENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33847082482     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120601124199     Document Type: Article

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