The potential impact of washing machines on laundry malodour generation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 299-306

  Stapleton, K ^a   Hill, K ^b   Day, K ^b   Perry, J D ^b   Dean, J R ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; GC MS; Laundry; Malodour; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASHING;

COLONY FORMING UNITS; CROSS CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION; GC-MS; MALODOURS; MASS SPECTRAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SPECIFIC LOCATION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; INDOLE; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; ISOVALERIC ACID; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BACTERIUM; DETERGENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERAL DEVICE; LAUNDRY; MALODOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ODOR CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMEAR; SMELLING; WASHING MACHINE;

EID: 84874972096     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12050     Document Type: Article

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