Microbiological and meteorological analysis of two Australian dust storms in April 2009

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2011, Pages 223-231

  Lim, Natalie ^a,e   Munday, Chris I ^a   Allison, Gwen E ^a,b   O'Loingsigh, Tadhg ^c,f   De Deckker, Patrick ^d   Tapper, Nigel J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust; Atmospheric bacteria; Bacillus; Bioaerosols; Microbial ecology; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DUSTS; AUSTRALIA; BACILLUS SPECIES; BANDING PATTERNS; BIOAEROSOLS; CANBERRA; COLD FRONT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DUST EVENT; DUST SAMPLES; DUST STORM; MELBOURNE; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MULTIPLE-BAND; PCR PRODUCTS; PCR-DGGE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES;

AEROSOLS; BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAIN; STORMS;

DUST;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; COLD FRONT; DUST STORM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; METEOROLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DUST; INDICATOR ORGANISM; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; BACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VICTORIA; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA; MALLEE; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RIVERINE PLAIN; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84855824258     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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