A comparison of the efficiencies of a portable BioStage impactor and a Reuter centrifugal sampler (RCS) High Flow for measuring airborne bacteria and fungi concentrations

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-513

  Zhen, Shiqi ^a,c   Li, Kejun ^b   Yin, Lihong ^a   Yao, Maosheng ^b   Zhang, Huili ^a   Chen, Liansheng ^c   Zhou, Minghao ^c   Chen, Xiaodong ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Efficiencies; Portable BioStage impactor; qPCR; Reuter centrifugal sampler (RCS) High Flow

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOAEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS; CULTURABLE MICROORGANISMS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH FLOW; IMPACTORS; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; CENTRIFUGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLER;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRIFUGAL ANALYZER; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 67349247516     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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