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Comparative Study
. 1978 May;24(5):618-9.
doi: 10.1139/m78-100.

Effect of sunlight on bacterial survival in transparent air samplers

P M Fedorak, W S Westlake
Comparative Study

Effect of sunlight on bacterial survival in transparent air samplers

P M Fedorak et al. Can J Microbiol. 1978 May.

Abstract

Two types of commercially available microbiological air samplers (model STA-203, New Brunswick Scientific and All-Glass Impingers, Millipore) were used outdoors at an activated sludge treatment plant. The recovery of viable particles with both instruments was increased three- to eight-fold by shielding the trapping medium from the sun during the sampling process.

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