High bacterial 16S rRNA gene diversity above the atmospheric boundary layer

Aerobiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-498

  Zweifel, Ulla Li ^a   Hagström, Åke ^b   Holmfeldt, Karin ^b,c   Thyrhaug, Runar ^d   Geels, Camilla ^e   Frohn, Lise Marie ^e   Skjøth, Carsten A ^e   Karlson, Ulrich Gosewinkel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airborne microorganisms; Biological aerosols; Cloud formation; Ice nucleation; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHLOROPLAST; CLOUD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 84868192135     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-012-9250-6     Document Type: Article

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