ERIC-PCR identification of the spread of airborne Escherichia coli in pig houses

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1446-1450

  Yuan, W ^a   Chai, T J ^a   Miao, Z M ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airborne Escherichia coli; ERIC PCR; Microbial aerosols; Pig houses; Similarity

Indexed keywords

DNA SAMPLES; E. COLI; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; ERIC-PCR; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); INDOOR AIR; PIG HOUSE; PIG HOUSES; SAMPLING POINTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; HOUSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FECES; INDOOR AIR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIAL REPETITIVE INTERGENIC CONSENSUS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 74449090188     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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