Characterizing the bacterial communities in retail stores in the United States

Indoor Air

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 857-868

  Hoisington, A ^a   Maestre, J P ^b   Kinney, K A ^b   Siegel, J A ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S; Bacteria; Human microbiome; HVAC filter dust; Pyrosequencing; Retail stores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BANDPASS FILTERS; COSTS; DUST; RECOVERY; RETAIL STORES; SALES;

16S; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BUILDING PARAMETERS; DUST SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FILTER DUSTS; HUMAN MICROBIOME; HVAC FILTER DUST; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; UNITED STATES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; COMMERCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION;

EID: 84952700943     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12273     Document Type: Article

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