Diversity of bacterial communities of fitness center surfaces in a U.S. metropolitan area

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12544-12561

  Mukherjee, Nabanita ^a   Dowd, Scot E ^b   Wise, Andy ^c   Kedia, Sapna ^a   Vohra, Varun ^a   Banerjee, Pratik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b MR DNA Molecular Research LP   (United States)

^c Research Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Disinfection; Fitness center; Gymnasium; Hygiene; Indoor environment; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; WATER; BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISINFECTION; GENOMICS; HYGIENE; METROPOLITAN AREA; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AIR; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DUST; EXPOSURE; FAMILIA; FIRMICUTES; GENUS; HEALTH CENTER; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; SOIL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROFLORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MEMPHIS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; KLEBSIELLA; MICROCOCCUS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FITNESS CENTERS; MICROBIOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84919346937     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111212544     Document Type: Article

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