Characterization of aerosolized bacteria and fungi from desert dust events in Mali, West Africa

Aerobiologia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-110

  Kellogg, Christina A ^a   Griffin, Dale W ^a   Garrison, Virginia H ^a   Peak, K Kealy ^a   Royall, Nelson ^a   Smith, Raymond R ^b   Shinn, Eugene A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b R 111 Badalabougou Ouest B

Author keywords

aerobiology; African dust; Bacillus; bacteria; fungi; longdistance transport; Mali; microbiology; Sahara; spores

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DESERT; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 3142782863     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AERO.0000032947.88335.bb     Document Type: Article

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