Challenges of studying viral aerosol metagenomics and communities in comparison with bacterial and fungal aerosols

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Prussin, Aaron J ^a   Marr, Linsey C ^a   Bibby, Kyle J ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Bioaerosol sampling; Bioinformatics; Metagenomic; Virus

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DATABASE; HEALTH HAZARD; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEROSOL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AEROSOL;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FUNGI; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS;

EID: 84905582699     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12487     Document Type: Review

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