Identification of mycobacteria in peat moss processing plants: Application of molecular biology approaches

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-99

  Cayer, Marie Pierre ^a,b   Veillette, Marc ^a   Pageau, Pascal ^a,b   Hamelin, Richard ^c   Bergeron, Marie Josée ^c   Mériaux, Anne ^a   Cormier, Yvon ^a   Duchaine, Caroline ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne mycobacteria; Exposure; Peat moss

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SERPENTINE;

AIRBORNE MYCOBACTERIA; PEAT MOSS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOSS; PEAT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOHEMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GRAECUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTERJECTUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM PALUSTRE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHAGNUM;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

BRYOPHYTA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOHEMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTERJECTUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 34247323401     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-105     Document Type: Article

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