About the Authors

Elisabetta Caselli

elisabetta.caselli@unife.it

Affiliations Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Maria D’Accolti

Affiliations Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Alberta Vandini

Affiliations CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Architecture and Urban Planning (XXX cycle), Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Luca Lanzoni

Affiliation CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Maria Teresa Camerada

Affiliations CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Architecture and Urban Planning (XXX cycle), Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Maddalena Coccagna

Affiliation CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Alessio Branchini

Affiliation Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Paola Antonioli

Affiliation Department of Infection Prevention Control and Risk Management, S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy

Pier Giorgio Balboni

Affiliation CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Dario Di Luca

Affiliations Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Sante Mazzacane

Affiliation CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have received funding by the commercial company Copma scrl. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC PGB DDL SM. Performed the experiments: EC MD AV LL MTC. Analyzed the data: EC AV LL MTC MC PA SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC AV LL MTC. Wrote the paper: EC AB DDL SM.