Evaluation of sampling tools for environmental sampling of bacterial endospores from porous and nonporous surfaces

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1107-1113

  Valentine, N B ^a,b   Butcher, M G ^b   Su, Y F ^b   Jarman, K H ^b   Matzke, M ^b   Webb Robertson, B J ^b   Panisko, E A ^b   Seiders, B A B ^b   Wahl, K L ^b  

^a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Detection; Environmental health; Identification; Spores (inc. endospores)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; IDENTIFICATION; NONPOROUS SURFACE; POROUS SURFACE; SAMPLING TOOLS; SPORE (INC. ENDOSPORE);

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EXTRACTION; POROUS MEDIUM; SAMPLING; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 52049097056     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03840.x     Document Type: Article

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