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...
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