Detection of airborne microbes in a composting facility by cultivation based and cultivation-independent methods

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Albrecht, Andreas ^a,b   Witzenberger, Reinhard ^b   Bernzen, Ulrike ^b   Jäckel, Udo ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne microbes; Compost; Counting efficiency; Cultivation independent; DAPI; Viable microbes

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AGAR;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STAINING;

AEROSOLS; AGAR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34447130906     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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