Culture-independent analysis of aerosol microbiology in a metropolitan subway system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3485-3493

  Robertson, Charles E ^a   Baumgartner, Laura K ^a,d   Harris, J Kirk ^b   Peterson, Kristen L ^a   Stevens, Mark J ^b   Frank, Daniel N ^c   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Front Range Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMPOSITION; BACTERIAL SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; HEALTH CONCERNS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PYROSEQUENCING; RRNA SEQUENCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AEROSOLS; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA; SUBWAYS;

BACTERIA;

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AEROSOL; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SAMPLING; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RAILWAY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; INDOLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK CITY; PHYLOGENY; RAILROADS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877153099     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00331-13     Document Type: Article

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