Comparison of the biological content of air samples collected at ground level and at higher elevation

Aerobiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-244

  Li, Kejun ^a   Dong, Shuofei ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   Yao, Maosheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Culturability; DGGE; DNA sequencing; Elevation; Fungi; qPCR

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LIMULUS; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 77955657268     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-010-9159-x     Document Type: Article

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