About the Authors
- Alberta Vandini
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Affiliation CIAS Laboratory, Centre for the Study of physical, chemical and microbiological Contamination of Highly Sterile Environments, Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Robin Temmerman
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Affiliations Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Chrisal R & D Department, Lommel, Belgium
- Alessia Frabetti
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Affiliation CIAS Laboratory, Centre for the Study of physical, chemical and microbiological Contamination of Highly Sterile Environments, Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Elisabetta Caselli
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Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Microbiology Section, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Paola Antonioli
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Affiliation Department of Infection Prevention Control and Risk Management, Ferrara University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
- Pier Giorgio Balboni
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Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Microbiology Section, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Daniela Platano
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Alessio Branchini
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Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Sante Mazzacane
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* E-mail: sante.mazzacane@unife.it
Affiliation CIAS Laboratory, Centre for the Study of physical, chemical and microbiological Contamination of Highly Sterile Environments, Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors declare that they received funding from the Copma scrl commercial company, and that Dr. Robin Temmerman is affiliated to a commercial funder of this study (Chrisal, Lommel, Belgium). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RT PA PGB EC SM. Performed the experiments: AV RT AF EC. Analyzed the data: SM RT AF EC DP AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM AV AF EC. Wrote the paper: RT AB DP EC SM.