Non-spore forming eubacteria isolated at an altitude of 20,000 m in Earth's atmosphere: Extended incubation periods needed for culture-based assays

Aerobiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Griffin, Dale W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Bacteria; High altitude; Microbiology; NASA; USGS

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

AIR SAMPLER; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACTERIACEAE; EUBACTERIUM; GENUS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROCOCCACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIACEAE; MICROCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 41049116158     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-007-9078-7     Document Type: Article

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