Atmospheric microbiology in the northern Caribbean during African dust events

Aerobiologia

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 143-157

  Griffin, Dale W ^a   Kellogg, Christina A ^a   Garrison, Virginia H ^a   Lisle, John T ^a   Borden, Timothy C ^a   Shinn, Eugene A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; African dust; Bacteria; Caribbean; Ecosystem health; Fungi; Microbiology; Public health

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AFRICA; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DUST; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIP; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0346458686     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AERO.0000006530.32845.8d     Document Type: Article

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