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Presence of Archaea in the Indoor Environment and Their Relationships with Housing Characteristics

Abstract

Archaea are widespread and abundant in soils, oceans, or human and animal gastrointestinal (GI) tracts. However, very little is known about the presence of Archaea in indoor environments and factors that can regulate their abundances. Using a quantitative PCR approach, and targeting the archaeal and bacterial 16S rRNA genes in floor dust samples, we found that Archaea are a common part of the indoor microbiota, 5.01 ± 0.14 (log 16S rRNA gene …

Authors

Pakpour S; Scott JA; Turvey SE; Brook JR; Takaro TK; Sears MR; Klironomos J

Journal

Microbial Ecology, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 305–312

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

8 2016

DOI

10.1007/s00248-016-0767-z

ISSN

0095-3628