Buildings are complex ecosystems that house trillions of microorganisms interacting with
each other, with humans and with their environment. Understanding the ecological and …

Background Architectural design has the potential to influence the microbiology of the built
environment, with implications for human health and well-being, but the impact of design on …

Architects and engineers are beginning to consider a new dimension of indoor air: the
structure and composition of airborne microbial communities. A first step in this emerging …

ABSTRACT In the United States, humans spend the majority of their time indoors, where
they are exposed to the microbiome of the built environment (BE) they inhabit. Despite the …

A built environment is a human‐made environment providing surroundings for human
occupancy, activities, and settlement. It is supposed to safeguard humans from all …

People's desire to understand the environments in which they live is a natural one. People
spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans …

The advent and application of high-throughput molecular techniques for analyzing microbial
communities in the indoor environment have led to illuminating findings and are beginning …

Most of our time is spent indoors where we are exposed to a wide array of different
microorganisms living on surfaces and in the air of our homes. Despite their ubiquity and …

Buildings represent habitats for microorganisms that can have direct or indirect effects on the
quality of our living spaces, health, and well-being. Over the last ten years, new research …

Background As modern humans, we spend the majority of our time in indoor environments.
Consequently, environmental exposure to microorganisms has important implications for …