Table 7.
Concentrations of bacterial species found in personal samples, but not in the same person’s truck cab
| Genus | Species | Concentration (CFU m−3 air) | n a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acinetobacter | lwoffii (h) | 22 | 1 |
| Arthrobacter | creatinolyticus (o) | 543 | 1 |
| oxydans (o) | 8 | 1 | |
| sulfonivorans (o) | 18 | 1 | |
| Bacillus | cereus (o) | Bdb; 62; 73 | 2 |
| firmus (o) | Bd; 8 | 1 | |
| megaterium (o) | Bd; 59 | 1 | |
| mycoides (o) | Bd; 16; 17 | 2 | |
| Brevibacterium | aurantiacum (h) | Bd; 21; 609 | 2 |
| Kocuria | rhizopila (o) | 607; 1157 | 1 |
| Microbacterium | sp. (o) | 76 | 1 |
| aerolatum (o) | 42 | 1 | |
| phyllosphaerae (o) | Bd; 76 | 1 | |
| Micrococcus | flavus (h) | 515 | 1 |
| luteus (h) | 17; 67 | 1 | |
| terreus (h) | 48 | 1 | |
| Moraxella | osloensis (o) | 95; 263 | 2 |
| Pseudomonas | antarctica (o) | 379 | 1 |
| monteilii (o) | 41 | 1 | |
| putida (o) | 24 | 1 | |
| Solibacillus | silvestris (o) | 44 | 1 |
| Staphylococcus | epidermidis (h) | Bd; 72 | 1 |
| equorum (h) | Bd; Bd; 172; 109 | 2 | |
| hominis (h) | 16; 173 | 2 | |
| saprophyticus (h) | Bd; 76 | 1 | |
| Streptococcus | salivarius (h) | 290 | 1 |
| Streptomyces | badius (o) | Bd, Bd; 21; 35 | 2 |
| chartreusis (o) | 65; 88 | 1 | |
| galilaeus (o) | Bd; 18 | 1 | |
| violaceoruber (o) | Bd, Bd; 21; 28 | 2 | |
| Average (geometric mean) of positive samples | 115 (58) | — | |
| Average (geometric mean) of ‘other bacteria’ | 88 (47) | ||
| Average (geometric mean) of ‘human bacteria’ | 168 (91) | — | |
Human-derived bacteria (h), which may also derive from the waste. Other environmental bacteria (o) expected to derive from the waste.
CFU, colony forming units.
a n = numbers of truck cabs with positive workers.
bBd is if only one of two workers in the same truck cab was exposed.