The ecology of microscopic life in household dust

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1814, 2015, Pages

  Barberán, Albert ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^c,d   Reich, Brian J ^c   Pacifici, Krishna ^c   Laber, Eric B ^c   Menninger, Holly L ^c   Morton, James M ^a   Henley, Jessica B ^a   Leff, Jonathan W ^a   Miller, Shelly L ^b   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergens; Bacteria; Built environment; Dust; Fungi; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; BACTERIUM; DUST; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INDOOR AIR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

ALLERGEN; DUST;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PET ANIMAL; UNITED STATES;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DUST; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FUNGI; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; PETS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940706891     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1139     Document Type: Article

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