Stenotrophomonas, Mycobacterium, and Streptomyces in home dust and air: Associations with moldiness and other home/family characteristics

Indoor Air

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 387-396

  Kettleson, E ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Reponen, T ^a   Vesper, S ^b   Meheust D ^c   Grinshpun, S A ^a   Adhikari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Air; Bacteria; Dust; Microbiome; Mold; Water damage

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DUST; FUNGI; MOISTURE; MOLDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR SAMPLES; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; DUST SAMPLES; MICROBIOME; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOMYCES SP; WATER DAMAGE;

BACTERIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SP.;

AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DUST; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIOME; MOULD; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOMYCES; WATER DAMAGE;

AIR; BACTERIA; DUST; MICROBIOME; MOLD; WATER DAMAGE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; DUST; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84884204850     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12035     Document Type: Article

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