Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Microbiota on Brazilian Currency Note Surfaces

Currency notes have been implicated as a vehicle for transmitting community-acquired bacterial infections. However, the overall diversity of the bacterial population residing on banknotes is still unknown in Brazil. In this study, we aimed to investigate the overall bacterial population from 150 di...

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Main Authors: Tairacan Augusto Pereira da Fonseca, Rodrigo Pessôa, Sabri Saeed Sanabani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-10-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/10/13276