Airborne Bacteria Concentration and Species Identification in Residential Living Spaces

Minimizing the Residential Indoor Spaces for Comfort Living

The present article is devoted to the analysis of structural elements of a room prepared for comfort living. A new variant for minimizing the space in a room for comfort living is shown on the example of a studioapartment in two levels on an attic floor. An overview of the apartment is shown, as well as layout plans of floors with furniture. Favorable transitory elements between zones in the ro...

Species Identification of Airborne Molds using MSQPCR

Analyses completed by: M. McGraw Selected References Meklin, T. M., R. A. Haugland, T. Reponen, M. Varma, Z. Lummus, D. Bernstein, L. J. Wymer and S. J. Vesper. 2004. Quantitative PCR analysis of house dust can reveal abnormal mold conditions. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 6:615-620. Meklin T et al. 2007. Comparison of mold concentrations quantified by MSQPCR in indoor and outdoor air sam...

Minimally invasive determination of mRNA concentration in single living bacteria

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) has permitted the characterization of high concentrations of noncoding RNAs in a single living bacterium. Here, we extend the use of FCS to low concentrations of coding RNAs in single living cells. We genetically fuse a red fluorescent protein (RFP) gene and two binding sites for an RNA-binding protein, whose translated product is the RFP protein alon...

Investigation of fungi diversity in airborne dust and their sources identification in Khuzestan province

Background and Objective: Considering the fact that Iran is located in semi-arid climate and the harmful effects of dust storms on different ecosystems, this study aimed to identify and locate dust storms using fungal bio-aerosols (spores) and HYSPLIT model in southwestern region of Iran. Materials and Methods: MODIS satellite images and HYSPLIT model were used to investigate the temporal chan...

Identification of Two Unknown Species of Bacteria