Atmospheric Microbial Aerosols

1. Front Matter

   Pages N1-x

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2. Introduction

   • Bruce Lighthart, Alan Jeff Mohr

   Pages 1-4

3. Physics of Microbial Bioaerosols

   • Bruce Lighthart

   Pages 5-27

4. Atmospheric Environment of Bioaerosols

   • Jinwon Kim

   Pages 28-67

5. Distribution of Microbial Bioaerosol

   • Bruce Lighthart, Linda D. Stetzenbach

   Pages 68-98

6. Deposition, Adhesion, and Release of Bioaerosols

   • H. Hollis Wickman

   Pages 99-165

7. Death Mechanisms in Microbial Bioaerosols with Special Reference to the Freeze-Dried Analog

   • Eitan Israeli, Janina Gitelman, Bruce Lighthart

   Pages 166-191

8. Resuscitation of Microbial Bioaerosols

   • Balkumar Marthi

   Pages 192-225

9. Instrumentation Used with Microbial Bioaerosols

   • Paul A. Jensen, B. Lighthart, A. J. Mohr, Brenda T. Shaffer

   Pages 226-284

10. Dispersion Models of Microbial Bioaerosols

    • Bruce Lighthart

    Pages 285-303

11. Health Aspects of Bioaerosols

    • Harry Salem, Donald E. Gardner

    Pages 304-330

12. Regulatory Issues for Bioaerosols

    • Philip Sayre, John Burckle, Gregory Macek, Gerald LaVeck

    Pages 331-364

13. Safety and Containment of Microbial Bioaerosols

    • Barbara Johnson, I. Gary Resnick

    Pages 365-384

14. Back Matter

    Pages 385-397

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A bioaerosol is a colloidal suspension of liquid droplets or solid particles in air whose components contain or have attached to them one or more microorganisms. Bioaerosols are an exciting and vital object of study because the attached microbes play a critical role in human, animal and environmental health. In an era of genetically engineered microorganisms and the application of biopesticides, bioaerosols are increasingly an environmental problem, both indoors and outdoors, and can affect entire ecosystems. Atmospheric Microbial Aerosols examines naturally occuring bioaerosols, as well as bioaerosols generated by human activity. Included in this volume is a complete array of topics concerned with outdoor microbial bioaerosols ranging from the physical and chemical to the meteorological and microbial. It will be of great interest as a starting point for researchers interested in outdoor microbial bioaerosols as well as for those interested in atmospheric dispersion models, new equipment, and government regulations.

• ecosystem
• environment
• environmental health
• health
• microorganism
• ecotoxicology

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, USA

  Bruce Lighthart

• U.S. Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, USA

  Alan Jeff Mohr

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