Humans differ in their personal microbial cloud

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Meadow, James F ^a   Altrichter, Adam E ^a   Bateman, Ashley C ^a   Stenson, Jason ^a   Brown, G Z ^a   Green, Jessica L ^a,b   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Human microbiome; Indoor air; Indoor microbiology; Microbial cloud

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AIR FILTER; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84944886700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1258     Document Type: Article

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