Rapid In-Field Detection of Airborne Pathogens Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP).

Multiple human and plant pathogens are dispersed and transmitted as bioaerosols (e.g., , SARS-CoV-2, , , spp.

Characterization of bioaerosols associated with commuter transport micro-environments using high throughput sequencing.

Air quality inside commuter transport is an important public health issue. However, there is currently limited information on commuter exposure to the microbial fraction of airborne particles (i.e.

Temporal changes in the size resolved fractions of bacterial aerosols in urban and semi-urban residences.

Despite the significant amount of time spent in the domestic environment, culture-independent size distribution data of bioaerosols are largely missing. This study investigated the temporal changes in size-resolved bacterial aerosols in urban and semi-urban residential settings. Overall, airborne bacterial taxa identified in both sites were dispersed across particles of various sizes.

Size fractionation of bioaerosol emissions from green-waste composting.

Particle size is a significant factor in determining the dispersal and inhalation risk from bioaerosols. Green-waste composting is a significant source of bioaerosols (including pathogens), but little is known about the distribution of specific taxa across size fractions. To characterise size fractionated bioaerosol emissions from a compost facility, we used a Spectral Intensity Bioaerosol Sensor (SIBS) to quantify total bioaerosols and qPCR and metabarcoding to quantify microbial bioaerosols.