Effects of single-walled carbon nanotube filter on culturability and diversity of environmental bioaerosols

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 387-396

  Xu, Zhenqiang ^a   Yao, Maosheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Culturability; Culturable bioaerosol diversity; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Inactivation; Single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTERS; BACTERIA; BANDPASS FILTERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESTERS; FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

BIOAEROSOLS; CULTURABILITY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); INACTIVATION; INACTIVATION EFFECT; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION-DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (PCR-DGGE); SAMPLING EFFICIENCY;

LOADING;

AGAR; CARBON; CELLULOSE; ESTER; NANOTUBE;

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; ELECTROKINESIS; ESTER; FILTER; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYBRID; MICROSCOPY; NANOFILTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953233266     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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