Chamber bioaerosol study: outdoor air and human occupants as sources of indoor airborne microbes.

Human occupants are an important source of microbes in indoor environments. In this study, we used DNA sequencing of filter samples to assess the fungal and bacterial composition of air in an environmental chamber under different levels of occupancy, activity, and exposed or covered carpeting. In th...

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Main Authors: Rachel I Adams, Seema Bhangar, Wilmer Pasut, Edward A Arens, John W Taylor, Steven E Lindow, William W Nazaroff, Thomas D Bruns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4449033?pdf=render