Pig Farmers’ Homes Harbor More Diverse Airborne Bacterial Communities Than Pig Stables or Suburban Homes

Pig Farmers’ Homes Harbor More Diverse Airborne Bacterial Communities Than Pig Stables or Suburban Homes

Airborne bacterial communities are subject to conditions ill-suited to microbial activity and growth. In spite of this, air is an important transfer medium for bacteria, with the bacteria in indoor air having potentially major consequences for the health of a building’s occupants. A major example is...

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Main Authors: Ditte V. Vestergaard, Gitte J. Holst, Ioannis Basinas, Grethe Elholm, Vivi Schlünssen, Allan Linneberg, Tina Šantl-Temkiv, Kai Finster, Torben Sigsgaard, Ian P. G. Marshall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
bacteria
pig stables
built environment
microbiome
airborne bacteria
16S rRNA gene
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00870/full

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