Stratospheric microbiology at 20 km over the Pacific Ocean

Aerobiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-46

  Smith, David J ^a   Griffin, Dale W ^b   Schuerger, Andrew C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbiology; Pacific Ocean; Stratosphere; Upper atmosphere

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ENDOPHYTICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STRATOSPHERE;

BACILLUS ENDOPHYTICUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 77649231483     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-009-9141-7     Document Type: Article

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