Building upon current knowledge and techniques of indoor microbiology to construct the next era of theory into microorganisms, health, and the built environment

Quantitative Filter Forensics with Residential HVAC Filters to Assess Indoor Concentrations

(2019) Raheleh Givehchi et al.   INDOOR AIR

Close social relationships correlate with human gut microbiota composition

(2019) Kimberly A. Dill-McFarland et al.   Scientific Reports

Man-made microbial resistances in built environments

(2019) Alexander Mahnert et al.   Nature Communications

Development and use of microbial-based cleaning products (MBCPs): Current issues and knowledge gaps

(2018) George Arvanitakis et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Biofiltration of airborne VOCs with green wall systems-Microbial and chemical dynamics

(2018) A. Mikkonen et al.   INDOOR AIR

Gene expression of indoor fungal communities under damp building conditions: Implications for human health

(2018) B. Hegarty et al.   INDOOR AIR

Measured moisture in buildings and adverse health effects: A review

(2018) M. J. Mendell et al.   INDOOR AIR

Personalized ventilation: One possible solution for airborne infection control in highly occupied space?

(2018) Chunwen Xu et al.   INDOOR AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Indoor air humidity, air quality, and health – An overview

(2018) Peder Wolkoff   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The quest for bacterial allergens

(2018) Maria Nordengrün et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of electrical charges on potential of fibers for transport of microbial particles in dry and humid air

(2018) Rafał L. Górny et al.   JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE

The reestablishment of microbial communities after surface cleaning in schools

(2018) S.E. Kwan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Less immune activation following social stress in rural vs. urban participants raised with regular or no animal contact, respectively

(2018) Till S. Böbel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pig Farmers’ Homes Harbor More Diverse Airborne Bacterial Communities Than Pig Stables or Suburban Homes

(2018) Ditte V. Vestergaard et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Immune System Dysregulation During Spaceflight: Potential Countermeasures for Deep Space Exploration Missions

(2018) Brian E. Crucian et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Crawling-induced floor dust resuspension affects the microbiota of the infant breathing zone

(2018) Heidi K. Hyytiäinen et al.   Microbiome

A comparison of methods used to unveil the genetic and metabolic pool in the built environment

(2018) Cinta Gomez-Silvan et al.   Microbiome

The developing premature infant gut microbiome is a major factor shaping the microbiome of neonatal intensive care unit rooms

(2018) Brandon Brooks et al.   Microbiome

Environmental Sources of Bacteria Differentially Influence Host-Associated Microbial Dynamics

(2018) Cesar Cardona et al.   mSystems

Dynamic Human Environmental Exposome Revealed by Longitudinal Personal Monitoring

(2018) Chao Jiang et al.   CELL

Embracing microbes in exposure science

(2018) William W Nazaroff   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Mycobacterium avium in a shower linked to pulmonary disease

(2018) Joseph O. Falkinham et al.   JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH

Microbiology of the built environment

(2018) Jack A. Gilbert et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Modulation of Pulmonary Microbiota by Antibiotic or Probiotic Aerosol Therapy: A Strategy to Promote Immunosurveillance against Lung Metastases

(2018) Valentino Le Noci et al.   Cell Reports

Characterization of Aspergillus niger Isolated from the International Space Station

(2018) Jillian Romsdahl et al.   mSystems

A Microbial Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

(2018) Niki Wilson   BIOSCIENCE

Daylight exposure modulates bacterial communities associated with household dust

(2018) Ashkaan K. Fahimipour et al.   Microbiome

Antimicrobial Chemicals Associate with Microbial Function and Antibiotic Resistance Indoors

(2018) Ashkaan K. Fahimipour et al.   mSystems

Relationships between home ventilation rates and respiratory health in the Colorado Home Energy Efficiency and Respiratory Health (CHEER) study

(2018) Elizabeth J. Carlton et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Factors Shaping the Human Exposome in the Built Environment: Opportunities for Engineering Control

(2017) Dongjuan Dai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Infant and Adult Inhalation Exposure to Resuspended Biological Particulate Matter

(2017) Tianren Wu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Skin squames contribute to ammonia and volatile fatty acid production from bacteria colonizing in air-cooling units with odor complaints

(2017) T. W. Ng et al.   INDOOR AIR

Biodeterioration of buildings and public health implications caused by indoor air pollution

(2017) Toqeer Ahmed et al.   INDOOR AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

News Feature: Cleaning up the hygiene hypothesis

(2017) Megan Scudellari   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial colonization and succession in a newly opened hospital

(2017) Simon Lax et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Dysbiosis and Its Discontents

(2017) Katarzyna B. Hooks et al.   mBio

Bactericidal effects of 310 nm ultraviolet light-emitting diode irradiation on oral bacteria

(2017) Ayuko Takada et al.   BMC Oral Health

Colonization and Succession within the Human Gut Microbiome by Archaea, Bacteria, and Microeukaryotes during the First Year of Life

(2017) Linda Wampach et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Cleanliness in context: reconciling hygiene with a modern microbial perspective

(2017) Roo Vandegrift et al.   Microbiome

Schrödinger’s microbes: Tools for distinguishing the living from the dead in microbial ecosystems

(2017) Joanne B. Emerson et al.   Microbiome

The Skin Microbiome of Cohabiting Couples

(2017) Ashley A. Ross et al.   mSystems

The skin microbiome: impact of modern environments on skin ecology, barrier integrity, and systemic immune programming

(2017) Susan L. Prescott et al.   World Allergy Organization Journal

Architects of nature: growing buildings with bacterial biofilms

(2017) Martyn Dade-Robertson et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Hydrophobic Properties of Biofilm-Enriched Hybrid Mortar

(2016) Stefan Grumbein et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Asthma-Related School Absenteeism, Morbidity, and Modifiable Factors

(2016) Joy Hsu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Age-related changes in gut microbiota composition from newborn to centenarian: a cross-sectional study

(2016) Toshitaka Odamaki et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial analyses of airborne dust collected from dormitory rooms predict the sex of occupants

(2016) J. C. Luongo et al.   INDOOR AIR

Fungal and bacterial growth in floor dust at elevated relative humidity levels

(2016) K. C. Dannemiller et al.   INDOOR AIR

High temporal variability in airborne bacterial diversity and abundance inside single-family residences

(2016) J. B. Emerson et al.   INDOOR AIR

Cold, dry air is associated with influenza and pneumonia mortality in Auckland, New Zealand

(2016) Robert E. Davis et al.   Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Antimicrobial applications of copper

(2016) Marin Vincent et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

tRNAscan-SE On-line: integrating search and context for analysis of transfer RNA genes

(2016) Todd M. Lowe et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Perceived built environment and health-related quality of life in four types of neighborhoods in Xi’an, China

(2016) Meiling Gao et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

Microorganisms in Confined Habitats: Microbial Monitoring and Control of Intensive Care Units, Operating Rooms, Cleanrooms and the International Space Station

(2016) Maximilian Mora et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Molecular Evidence for Metabolically Active Bacteria in the Atmosphere

(2016) Ann M. Klein et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Receipt of Antibiotics in Hospitalized Patients and Risk for Clostridium difficile Infection in Subsequent Patients Who Occupy the Same Bed

(2016) Daniel E. Freedberg et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Making microbiology of the built environment relevant to design

(2016) G. Z. Brown et al.   Microbiome

Toward a microbial Neolithic revolution in buildings

(2016) David S. Thaler   Microbiome

Extreme Dysbiosis of the Microbiome in Critical Illness

(2016) Daniel McDonald et al.   mSphere

Urban Transit System Microbial Communities Differ by Surface Type and Interaction with Humans and the Environment

(2016) Tiffany Hsu et al.   mSystems

The Built Environment Is a Microbial Wasteland

(2016) Sean M. Gibbons   mSystems

Impact of a Probiotic-Based Cleaning Intervention on the Microbiota Ecosystem of the Hospital Surfaces: Focus on the Resistome Remodulation

(2016) Elisabetta Caselli et al.   PLoS One

Key determinants of the fungal and bacterial microbiomes in homes

(2015) Eric M. Kettleson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Influence of housing characteristics on bacterial and fungal communities in homes of asthmatic children

(2015) K. C. Dannemiller et al.   INDOOR AIR

Environmental Transmission of Clostridium difficile: Association Between Hospital Room Size and C. difficile Infection

(2015) Justine Jou et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Impact of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile Colonization on the Risk of Subsequent C. difficile Infection in Intensive Care Unit Patients

(2015) Sarah Tschudin-Sutter et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Revisiting the hygiene hypothesis for allergy and asthma

(2015) Andrew H. Liu   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Home dust microbiota is disordered in homes of low-income asthmatic children

(2015) Christina E. Ciaccio et al.   JOURNAL OF ASTHMA

A lung-on-a-chip array with an integrated bio-inspired respiration mechanism

(2015) Andreas O. Stucki et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Identifying personal microbiomes using metagenomic codes

(2015) Eric A. Franzosa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Humans differ in their personal microbial cloud

(2015) James F. Meadow et al.   PeerJ

Microbiota of the indoor environment: a meta-analysis

(2015) Rachel I. Adams et al.   Microbiome

Chamber Bioaerosol Study: Outdoor Air and Human Occupants as Sources of Indoor Airborne Microbes

(2015) Rachel I. Adams et al.   PLoS One

Effect of Twice-Daily Blue Light Treatment on Matrix-Rich Biofilm Development

(2015) Denise Lins de Sousa et al.   PLoS One

Indoor-Air Microbiome in an Urban Subway Network: Diversity and Dynamics

(2014) Marcus H. Y. Leung et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Indoor-Biofilter Growth and Exposure to Airborne Chemicals Drive Similar Changes in Plant Root Bacterial Communities

(2014) Jacob A. Russell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

International Space Station environmental microbiome — microbial inventories of ISS filter debris

(2014) Kasthuri Venkateswaran et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Alteration of a Human Intestinal Microbiota under Extreme Life Environment in the Antarctica

(2014) Jong-Sik Jin et al.   BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN

Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

(2014) Susannah J Salter et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Controlling Hospital-Acquired Infection: Focus on the Role of the Environment and New Technologies for Decontamination

(2014) Stephanie J. Dancer   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Office design's impact on sick leave rates

(2014) Christina Bodin Danielsson et al.   ERGONOMICS

Can bioinformed design promote healthy indoor ecosystems?

(2014) Jessica L. Green   INDOOR AIR

Simulation of vertical concentration gradient of influenza viruses in dust resuspended by walking

(2014) P. Khare et al.   INDOOR AIR

Characterizing airborne fungal and bacterial concentrations and emission rates in six occupied children's classrooms

(2014) D. Hospodsky et al.   INDOOR AIR

Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children

(2014) Susan V. Lynch et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Integrating Social Contact and Environmental Data in Evaluating Tuberculosis Transmission in a South African Township

(2014) Jason R. Andrews et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Metagenomic Analysis of the Airborne Environment in Urban Spaces

(2014) Nicholas A. Be et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Precision microbiome reconstitution restores bile acid mediated resistance to Clostridium difficile

(2014) Charlie G. Buffie et al.   NATURE

Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections

(2014) Shelley S. Magill et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Architectural Design Drives the Biogeography of Indoor Bacterial Communities

(2014) Steven W. Kembel et al.   PLoS One

Hard Surface Biocontrol in Hospitals Using Microbial-Based Cleaning Products

(2014) Alberta Vandini et al.   PLoS One

Quantification of Shared Air: A Social and Environmental Determinant of Airborne Disease Transmission

(2014) Robin Wood et al.   PLoS One

Longitudinal analysis of microbial interaction between humans and the indoor environment

(2014) S. Lax et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial communities on classroom surfaces vary with human contact

(2014) James F Meadow et al.   Microbiome

Microbes in the neonatal intensive care unit resemble those found in the gut of premature infants

(2014) Brandon Brooks et al.   Microbiome

Does improving surface cleaning and disinfection reduce health care-associated infections?

(2013) Curtis J. Donskey   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Transfer Efficiency of Bacteria and Viruses from Porous and Nonporous Fomites to Fingers under Different Relative Humidity Conditions

(2013) Gerardo U. Lopez et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clostridium difficile exposure as an insidious source of infection in healthcare settings: an epidemiological model

(2013) Laith Yakob et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A survey of airborne algae and cyanobacteria within the indoor environment of an office building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(2013) Wan-Loy Chu et al.   GRANA

Indoor airborne bacterial communities are influenced by ventilation, occupancy, and outdoor air source

(2013) J. F. Meadow et al.   INDOOR AIR

Effect of relative humidity on the aerosolization and total inflammatory potential of fungal particles from dust-inoculated gypsum boards

(2013) M. Frankel et al.   INDOOR AIR

The pathophysiology of the hygiene hypothesis

(2013) Emmanuel Prokopakis et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Erratum: Dispersal in microbes: fungi in indoor air are dominated by outdoor air and show dispersal limitation at short distances

(2013) Rachel I Adams et al.   ISME Journal

Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) from Household Water and Shower Aerosols in Patients with Pulmonary Disease Caused by NTM

(2013) R. Thomson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Roles of sunlight and natural ventilation for controlling infection: historical and current perspectives

(2013) R.A. Hobday et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Probiotics in the Management of Lung Diseases

(2013) Esmaeil Mortaz et al.   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

Home Life: Factors Structuring the Bacterial Diversity Found within and between Homes

(2013) Robert R. Dunn et al.   PLoS One

House dust exposure mediates gut microbiome Lactobacillus enrichment and airway immune defense against allergens and virus infection

(2013) K. E. Fujimura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pathogen reduction requirements for direct potable reuse in Antarctica: Evaluating human health risks in small communities

(2013) S. Fiona Barker et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The biodiversity hypothesis and allergic disease: world allergy organization position statement

(2013) Tari Haahtela et al.   World Allergy Organization Journal

Seasonal Variations of Indoor Microbial Exposures and Their Relation to Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Air Exchange Rate

(2012) Mika Frankel et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transcriptome analysis reveals upregulation of bitter taste receptors in severe asthmatics

(2012) Christina Orsmark-Pietras et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Ultraviolet C irradiation: an alternative antimicrobial approach to localized infections?

(2012) Tianhong Dai et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Architectural design influences the diversity and structure of the built environment microbiome

(2012) Steven W Kembel et al.   ISME Journal

Does diversity of environmental microbial exposure matter for the occurrence of allergy and asthma?

(2012) Dick Heederik et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Contribution of UVB radiation to bacterial inactivation by natural sunlight

(2012) Oscar J. Oppezzo   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Transcriptome Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) under Blue Light Induction

(2012) Yunyan Deng et al.   PLoS One

Targeted Restoration of the Intestinal Microbiota with a Simple, Defined Bacteriotherapy Resolves Relapsing Clostridium difficile Disease in Mice

(2012) Trevor D. Lawley et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Bactericidal Effect of Sunlight

(2011) Maria João Fonseca et al.   AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER

Effects of Temperature, Relative Humidity, Absolute Humidity, and Evaporation Potential on Survival of Airborne Gumboro Vaccine Virus

(2011) Yang Zhao et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Patients With Infectious Diseases, Overcrowding, and Health in Hospital Staff

(2011) Marianna Virtanen   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Hospital cleaning in the 21st century

(2011) S. J. Dancer   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION RESISTANCE IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

(2011) Robert P. Goldman et al.   EVOLUTION

Wavelength dependence of ultraviolet radiation-induced DNA damage as determined by laser irradiation suggests that cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers are the principal DNA lesions produced by terrestrial sunlight

(2011) Ahmad Besaratinia et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Hand hygiene: Back to the basics of infection control

(2011) Purva Mathur   INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Probiotics in Clostridium difficile Infection

(2011) Xi Na et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY

Blue and Red Light Modulates SigB-Dependent Gene Transcription, Swimming Motility and Invasiveness in Listeria monocytogenes

(2011) Nicolai Ondrusch et al.   PLoS One

Controlling the Spread of Disease in Schools

(2011) Benjamin J. Ridenhour et al.   PLoS One

Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan offices – a national cross sectional questionnaire survey

(2011) Jan H Pejtersen et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

The Impact of School Building Conditions on Student Absenteeism in Upstate New York

(2010) Elinor Simons et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Indoor Air quality related to occupancy at an air-conditioned public building

(2010) Karina Ponsoni et al.   BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Ventilation rates and health: multidisciplinary review of the scientific literature

(2010) J. Sundell et al.   INDOOR AIR

From Structure to Function: the Ecology of Host-Associated Microbial Communities

(2010) C. J. Robinson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

A high-resolution human contact network for infectious disease transmission

(2010) M. Salathe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Relationship between selected indoor volatile organic compounds, so-called microbial VOC, and the prevalence of mucous membrane symptoms in single family homes

(2010) Atsuko Araki et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Inflammation-associated gene transcription and expression in mouse lungs induced by low molecular weight compounds from fungi from the built environment

(2009) J.D. Miller et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Monitoring the Effectiveness of Hospital Cleaning Practices by Use of an Adenosine Triphosphate Bioluminescence Assay

(2009) John M. Boyce et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Survival of Nosocomial Bacteria and Spores on Surfaces and Inactivation by Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor

(2008) J. A. Otter et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Overcrowding and understaffing in modern health-care systems: key determinants in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission

(2008) Archie Clements et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES