Evaluation of sampling methods for Bacillus spore-contaminated HVAC filters

The objective of this study was to compare an extraction-based sampling method to two vacuum-based sampling methods (vacuum sock and 37mm cassette filter) with regards to their ability to recover Bacillus atrophaeus spores (surrogate for Bacillus anthracis) from pleated heating, ventilation, and air...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of microbiological methods Jg. 96; S. 1 - 5
Hauptverfasser:	Calfee, M. Worth, Rose, Laura J., Tufts, Jenia, Morse, Stephen, Clayton, Matt, Touati, Abderrahmane, Griffin-Gatchalian, Nicole, Slone, Christina, McSweeney, Neal
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.2014
Schlagworte:	air conditioning Air Filters - microbiology analysis of variance Anthrax Bacillus - isolation & purification Bacillus anthracis Bacillus atrophaeus Bacteriological Techniques - methods biological agent bioterror dust filters heat HVAC sampling residential housing sampling Specimen Handling - methods spores Spores, Bacterial - isolation & purification Bacillus anthracis biological agent bioterror Anthrax HVAC sampling
ISSN:	0167-7012, 1872-8359, 1872-8359
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Schreiben Sie den ersten Kommentar!