The efficient method for simultaneous monitoring of the culturable as well as nonculturable airborne microorganisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Hubad, Barbara ^a   Lapanje, Aleš ^a  

^a Institute of Microbial Sciences and Technologies   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; WASTE WATER;

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CLONE; CELL CULTURE MONITORING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE LIBRARY; IMPACTOR TYPE HIGH FLOW RATE PORTABLE AIR SAMPLER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE DOSAGE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84893404027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082186     Document Type: Article

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