Temporal variability of the bioaerosol background at a subway station: Concentration level, size distribution, and diversity of airborne bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 257-270

  Dybwad, Marius ^a,b   Skogan, Gunnar ^a   Blatnya, Janet Martha ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL THREAT AGENTS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TESTING AND EVALUATION;

BACTERIA; BIOHAZARDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTERRORISM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBWAY STATIONS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORWAY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILWAY; SEASON;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORWAY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILROADS; SEASONS;

EID: 84891045557     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02849-13     Document Type: Article

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