Identification of airborne bacterial and fungal community structures in an urban area by T-RFLP analysis and quantitative real-time PCR

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1349-1357

  Lee, Seung Hoon ^a   Lee, Hyo Jeong ^b   Kim, Se Jin ^b   Lee, Hyung Min ^b   Kang, Hojeong ^a   Kim, Yong Pyo ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioaerosols; Fungi; Molecular analysis; TSP

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROSOL SAMPLES; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONCENTRATION OF; FIRMICUTES; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GLASS FIBER FILTERS; LARGE SHIFTS; LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR METHODS; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING DATES; SEASONAL PERIODS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL SHIFTS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN SITE;

DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; FUNGI; GENES; GLASS FIBERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

BACTERIOLOGY;

DNA;

ABUNDANCE; AEROSOL; AUTUMN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FIRMICUTES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GLOMEROMYCOTA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 74449083396     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.061     Document Type: Article

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