Epifluorescent direct counts of bacteria and viruses from topsoil of various desert dust storm regions

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-21

  Gonzalez Martin, Cristina ^a   Teigell Perez, Nuria ^a   Lyles, Mark ^b   Valladares, Basilio ^a   Griffin, Dale W ^c  

^a University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands   (Spain)

^b US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Desert soils; Direct counts; Dust storms; Viruses

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESERT; KUWAIT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; ULTRASOUND; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS LIKE AGENT;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VIRUSES;

EID: 84871714966     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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