Microbial Ecology Exemplifies Building Ecology
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Recent advances in molecular methods have dramatically improved knowledge of the microbial communities and their diversity in indoor environments. We have retrieved over 150 references with results of indoor microbial investigations and environmental factors. Representative papers are summarized here. The results show that buildings are complex, ecosystem-like, and that collaboration between microbial ecologists and indoor environment scientists is an important emerging trend that will help us understand building ecology.
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