Microbial survival in the stratosphere and implications for global dispersal

Aerobiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-332

  Smith, David J ^a   Griffin, Dale W ^b   McPeters, Richard D ^c   Ward, Peter D ^a   Schuerger, Andrew C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Dispersal; Natural selection; Spores; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMIDITY; LATITUDE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; STRATOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84855266977     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-011-9203-5     Document Type: Article

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