Quantification and identification of culturable airborne bacteria from duck houses

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-227

  Martin, Elena ^a   Kämpfer, Peter ^b   Jäckel, Udo ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Airborne bacteria; Bioaerosol; Duck house; Identification; PCR

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ACTINOBACTERIA; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BACTERIAL SPECIES; BIOAEROSOL; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CELL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNITS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CULTIVABLE BACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES; HEALTH EFFECTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; PHYLOGENETIC LINEAGES; PROTEOBACTERIA; PURE CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRYPTONE;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GENES; GLYCEROL; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA;

ALGAE;

RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; DUCK; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYLOGENY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DUCKS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77749297966     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep088     Document Type: Article

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