Influence of air quality on the composition of microbial pathogens in fresh rainwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2813-2818

  Kaushik, Rajni ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a   de la Cruz, Armah A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BIOMASS-BURNING; E. COLI; HYDROPHILA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL INDICATORS; MICROBIAL PATHOGENS; MICROBIAL QUALITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RAIN EVENTS; RAINWATER SAMPLES; REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING PERIOD; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIR QUALITY;

RAIN;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS BURNING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; RAINWATER; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEATHER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BACTERIAL LOAD; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; RAIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84861123388     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07695-11     Document Type: Article

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