Assessment of airborne microorganisms by real-time PCR: Optimistic findings and research challenges

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 3 S, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 445-453

  Oppliger, Anne ^a   Masclaux, Frederic G ^a   Niculita Hirzel, Helene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airborne Bacteria; Airborne Fungi; Airborne Virus; Biological Risks; Environmental Microbiology; Occupational Health; Q PCR; Review

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FUNGAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA 16S;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; AIRBORNE VIRUS; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRUSES;

EID: 79955953212     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/s163     Document Type: Article

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