Characterization of airborne bacteria at an underground subway station.

ABSTRACT: The reliable detection of airborne biological threat agents depends on several factors, including the performance criteria of the detector and its operational environment. One step in improving the detector's performance is to increase our knowledge of the biological aerosol background in potential operational environments. Subway stations are enclosed public environments, which may be regarded as potential targets for incidents involving biological threat agents. In this study, the airborne bacterial community at a subway station in Norway was characterized (concentration level, diversity, and virulence- and survival-associated properties). In addition, a SASS 3100 high-volume air sampler and a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry-based isolate scre

SUBMITTER: Dybwad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3298144 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature