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cord-001891-5op0yss9	Gordon, Julian	A simple novel device for air sampling by electrokinetic capture	2015-12-27		.txt	text/plain	4151	249	49	RESULTS: An air-cleaning device powered by electrokinetic propulsion has been adapted to provide a universal method for collecting samples of the aerobiome. For 23 common fungal species by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), there was 100 % sensitivity and apparent specificity of 87 %, with the reference filter taken as "gold standard." Further, bacterial analysis of 16S RNA by amplicon sequencing showed equivalent community structure captured by the electrokinetic device and the reference filter. CONCLUSIONS: This work introduces a very simple plug-and-play device that can sample air at a high-volume flow rate with no moving parts and collect particles down to the sub-micron range. The performance of the device is substantially equivalent to capture by pumping through a filter for microbiome analysis by quantitative PCR and amplicon sequencing. We demonstrate the application of ionic propulsion technology to capture a wider range of particle sizes than with traditional air filter sampling, with no significant bias in fungal and bacterial community recovery.	./cache/cord-001891-5op0yss9.txt	./txt/cord-001891-5op0yss9.txt