Bacterial abundance and viability in long-range transported dust

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-25

  Hara, Kazutaka ^a   Zhang, Daizhou ^a  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Asian dust; Bioaerosol; Epifluorescent microscopy

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; ASIAN DUST; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOAEROSOLS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MINERAL PARTICLES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; CELLS; ECOSYSTEMS;

DUST;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CELL ORGANELLE; DISPERSION; DUST; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY; MINERAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; DUST; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84155162793     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.050     Document Type: Article

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