Evaluation of HVAC filters as a sampling mechanism for indoor microbial communities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-346

  Noris, Federico ^a   Siegel, Jeffrey A ^a   Kinney, Kerry A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Bacteria; Fungi; HVAC filter; Microbial community; Settled dust

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLERS; BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS; DUST SAMPLES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HVAC FILTER; INDOOR AIR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL CONCENTRATIONS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SAMPLING LOCATION; SAMPLING MECHANISMS; SETTLED DUST;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTRATION; DUST; FUNGI;

AIR FILTERS;

AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; DUST; FILTER; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

AGARICOMYCETES INCERTAE SEDIS; AIR SAMPLER; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM AXYSPORUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDE; DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE; ENTEROBACTER HORMAECHEI; FILTER; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING FILTER; HYPOCREOMYCETIDAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PLEOSPOROMYCETIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; SORDARIOMYCETES INCERTAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 78649733686     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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