7. Glossary

Aérosol microbien; microbial aerosol

Biological agents suspended in a gaseous medium. It may contain several biological contaminants: living micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, yeasts, fungal spores), antigenic microbial fragments, toxins and/or other volatile substances of microbial origin.)

Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR

A method for identifying micro-organisms by analyzing their genome, based on the amplification, by successive replications, of a target DNA sequence using specific primers. Quantitative analysis (determination of the number of copies of the desired gene in the sample) is possible thanks to real-time quantitative PCR techniques.

ATP Bioluminescence; ATP Bioluminescence Assay

Technique for measuring adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by measuring the...