Influence of Sampling Site and other Environmental Factors on the Bacterial Community Composition of Domestic Washing Machines.

ABSTRACT: Modern, mainly sustainability-driven trends, such as low-temperature washing or bleach-free liquid detergents, facilitate microbial survival of the laundry processes. Favourable growth conditions like humidity, warmth and sufficient nutrients also contribute to microbial colonization of washing machines. Such colonization might lead to negatively perceived staining, corrosion of washing machine parts and surfaces, as well as machine and laundry malodour. In this study, we characterized the bacterial community of 13 domestic washing machines at four different sampling sites (detergent drawer, door seal, sump and fibres collected from the washing solution) using 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing and statistically analysed associations with environmental and user-dependent factors. Across 50 inves

SUBMITTER: Jacksch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022543 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature