Free Tropospheric Transport of Microorganisms from Asia to North America

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 973-985

  Smith, David J ^a   Jaffe, Daniel A ^b   Birmele, Michele N ^c   Griffin, Dale W ^d   Schuerger, Andrew C ^e   Hee, Jonathan ^b   Roberts, Michael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON MONOXIDE; FUNGAL DNA; OZONE;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIUM; CHAETOMIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTERNARIA; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHAETOMIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NORTH AMERICA; OZONE; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; FUNGI; LEWIA INFECTORIA;

EID: 84867688153     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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