Use of a foam spatula for sampling surfaces after bioaerosol deposition

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 688-694

  Lewandowski, Rafał ^a   Kozłowska, Krystyna ^a   Szpakowska, Małgorzata ^a   Stȩpińska, Małgorzata ^a   Trafny, Elzbieta A ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SPORE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOAEROSOLS; BOTTOM SURFACES; EXTRACTION PROTOCOLS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLASS SURFACES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE; VIABLE CELLS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; GLASS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL CORROSION;

RECOVERY;

STAINLESS STEEL;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; SAMPLING; VIABILITY;

AEROSOL; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COTTON; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACILLUS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; COTTON FIBER; CULTURE MEDIA; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PANTOEA; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

EID: 75749106647     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01849-09     Document Type: Article

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