Solar radiation is shown to select for pigmented bacteria in the ambient outdoor atmosphere

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-106

  Tong, Yongyi ^a   Lighthart, Bruce ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031049651     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01884.x     Document Type: Article

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