Characterization and control of the microbial community affiliated with copper or aluminum heat exchangers of HVAC systems

Current Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-149

  Schmidt, Michael G ^a   Attaway, Hubert H ^a   Terzieva, Silva ^a   Marshall, Anna ^a   Steed, Lisa L ^a   Salzberg, Deborah ^b   Hamoodi, Hameed A ^b   Khan, Jamil A ^c   Feigley, Charles E ^b   Michels, Harold T ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

^d Pipe and Fittings   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEAT EXCHANGE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PLATING MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALUMINUM; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COPPER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; METHYLOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84862769798     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-012-0137-0     Document Type: Article

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