Detection of airborne bacteria in a German Turkey house by cultivation-based and molecular methods

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 934-943

  Fallschissel, Kerstin ^a   Klug, Kerstin ^b   Kämpfer, Peter ^a   Jäckel, Udo ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; airborne bacteria; bioaerosol; cloning analyses; PCR; poultry; turkey house

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BIOAEROSOLS; PCR; POULTRY; TURKEY HOUSE;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; GENES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RNA;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROCOCCUS; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STATISTICS; TURKEY (BIRD);

ACINETOBACTER; AEROCOCCUS; AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GERMANY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TURKEYS;

EID: 78649488218     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq054     Document Type: Article

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