Sources of bacteria in outdoor air across cities in the midwestern United States

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6350-6356

  Bowers, Robert M ^a   Sullivan, Amy P ^b   Costello, Elizabeth K ^c   Collett Jr , Jeff L ^b   Knight, Rob ^a,d   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; FECAL MATERIALS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HUMAN HEALTH; LEAF SURFACES; NEAR-SURFACE; ORGANIC AEROSOL; OUTDOOR AIR; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PYROSEQUENCING;

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANID; DISPERSAL; FECES; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIVESTOCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; FECES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DOGS; FECES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANTS; SEASONS;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 80052803087     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05498-11     Document Type: Article

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