Potential pathogenic bacteria in metalworking fluids and aerosols from a machining facility

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 643-654

  Perkins, Sarah D ^a   Angenent, Largus T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene survey; Alcaligenes faecalis; Bacterial load; Bioaerosols; Metalworking fluids; Mycobacterium immunogenum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PESTICIDE; SEASONALITY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEASON;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; METALLURGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM IMMUNOGENUM;

EID: 78149395206     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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