Tag: mycobacteria

New papers on microbiology of the built environment, March 26, 2016

By Elisabeth Bik   Posted in Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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Your weekend update: Microbes and drinking water Diversity of ribosomal 16S DNA- and RNA-based bacterial community in an office building drinking water system – Jenni Inkinen – Journal of Applied Microbiology  (See also their 2014 Water Research paper about same system) Next-generation sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) was used to characterize …

New papers on microbiology of the built environment, January 29, 2016

By Elisabeth Bik   Posted in Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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An oversight of the new papers that I found covering the intersection of humans, buildings, and microbes. Microbes in buildings Diversity of Bacterial Communities on Four Frequently Used Surfaces in a Large Brazilian Teaching Hospital – Tairacan Augusto Pereira da Fonseca – MDPI Int J Environ Res Public Health (OA) In this study, we aimed …