Diversity and seasonal dynamics of airborne bacteria in the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, China

Aerobiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-38

  Wang, Wanfu ^a,b   Ma, Yantian ^a   Ma, Xu ^a   Wu, Fasi ^a,b   Ma, Xiaojun ^a   An, Lizhe ^a   Feng, Huyuan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Centre for Cultural Heritage Conservation Technology Services of the Dunhuang Academy   (China)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Bacterial community; Bacterial diversity; Culturable bacteria; Cultural heritage; Mogao Grottoes

Indexed keywords

RAIN; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROCOCCUS; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAULOBACTER; CAVE; CHINA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRMICUTES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAINTING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPHINGOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WIND;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; JANTHINOBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; ROSEOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 84862676004     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-011-9208-0     Document Type: Article

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