Observations on the use of membrane filtration and liquid impingement to collect airborne microorganisms in various atmospheric environments

Aerobiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-35

  Griffin, Dale W ^e   Gonzalez, Cristina ^a   Teigell, Nuria ^a   Petrosky, Terry ^b   Northup, Diana E ^c   Lyles, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Aeromicrobiology; Bacteria; Fungi; Liquid impingement; Membrane filtration; Methods; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATMOSPHERE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID IMPINGEMENT; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 79951671067     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-010-9173-z     Document Type: Article

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