Indoor airborne bacterial communities are influenced by ventilation, occupancy, and outdoor air source

Indoor Air

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-48

  Meadow, J F ^a   Altrichter, A E ^a   Kembel, S W ^a,b   Kline, J ^a   Mhuireach, G ^a   Moriyama, M ^a   Northcutt, D ^a   O'Connor, T K ^a,c   Womack, A M ^a   Brown, G Z ^a   Green, J L ^a,d   Bohannan, B J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne bacterial community; Bioaerosol; Built environment; Indoor microbial ecology; Natural ventilation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BACTERIA; COLLEGE BUILDINGS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIRBORNE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOAEROSOLS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NATURAL VENTILATION; OUTDOOR AIR; VENTILATION STRATEGY;

VENTILATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOAEROSOL; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDOOR MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL VENTILATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

AIRBORNE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOAEROSOL; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NATURAL VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OREGON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; VENTILATION;

EID: 84892373483     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12047     Document Type: Article

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