Exploring temporal patterns of bacterial and fungal DNA accumulation on a ventilation system filter for a Singapore university library

• Main Authors: Luhung, Irvan, Wu, Yan, Xu, Siyu, Yamamoto, Naomichi, Nazaroff, William W., Chang, Victor Wei-Chung
• Other Authors: Chaturvedi, Vishnu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Bacterial; Fungal DNA; DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88222; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45667
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Introduction: Ventilation system filters process recirculated indoor air along with outdoor air. This function inspires the idea of using the filter as an indoor bioaerosol sampler. While promising, there remains a need to investigate several factors that could limit the accuracy of such a sampling...