Community variability of bacteria in alpine snow (Mont Blanc) containing Saharan dust deposition and their snow colonisation potential

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-247

  Chuvochina, Maria S ^a,b   Marie, Dominique ^c   Chevaillier, Servanne ^d   Petit, Jean Robert ^a   Normand, Philippe ^e   Alekhina, Irina A ^a,b   Bulat, Sergey A ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^e University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA genes; Bacterial community composition; Mont blanc glacier; Saharan dust; Snow

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SNOW;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; FRANCE; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; FRANCE; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SNOW;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 80052460023     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11116     Document Type: Article

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