Temporal and spatial changes in the microbial bioaerosol communities in green-waste composting

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 229-239

  Pankhurst, Louise J ^a   Whitby, Corinne ^b   Pawlett, Mark ^a   Larcombe, Lee D ^a   Mckew, Boyd ^b   Deacon, Lewis J ^c   Morgan, Sarah L ^a   Villa, Raffaella ^a   Drew, Gillian H ^a   Tyrrel, Sean ^a   Pollard, Simon J T ^a   Coulon, Frédéric ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Mouchel Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol diversity; Compost windrow; Lipid biomarkers; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPOST; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTROKINESIS; HEALTH IMPACT; LIPID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 83555166313     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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