Climate factors influencing bacterial count in background air samples

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-178

  Harrison, Roy M ^a   Jones, Alan M ^a   Biggins, Peter D E ^b   Pomeroy, Nigel ^b   Cox, Christopher S ^c   Kidd, Stephen P ^a,d   Hobman, Jon L ^a   Brown, Nigel L ^a   Beswick, Alan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Biotec Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Climate; PCR; Temperature; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLIMATE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WIND;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; CLIMATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; WIND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 12844263778     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-004-0225-3     Document Type: Article

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