Development and evaluation of a method for the quantification of airborne Thermoactinomyces vulgaris by real-time PCR

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-32

  Betelli, Laetitia ^a   Duquenne, Philippe ^a   Grenouillet, Frédéric ^c   Simon, Xavier ^a   Scherer, Emeline ^b   Géhin, Evelyne ^b   Hartmann, Alain ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^d UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Composting plant; Method development; Real time PCR; Thermoactinomyces vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PROBE; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GENE TARGETING; GYRB GENE; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PLATING MEDIUM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIAL LOAD; DNA, BACTERIAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOACTINOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS;

EID: 84870183792     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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