Recent Advances in the Microbiology of the Built Environment

Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 35-42

  Konya, Theodore ^a   Scott, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Sporometrics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Built environment; House dust; Indoor mold; Microbial biogeography; rRNA metagenomics

Indexed keywords

DUST; MICROBIOLOGY;

20TH CENTURY; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIOME; POPULATION HEALTH;

HEALTH;

EID: 84904882535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40518-014-0007-4     Document Type: Review

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