Potential impact of microbial activity on the oxidant capacity and organic carbon budget in clouds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 559-564

  Vaïtilingom, Mickael ^a,b,c   Deguillaume, Laurent ^b,c   Vinatier, Virginie ^a,c   Sancelme, Martine ^a,c   Amato, Pierre ^a,c   Chaumerliac, Nadine ^b,c   Delort, Anne Marie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Cloud chemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CLOUD; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORMALDEHYDE; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEAM; YEASTS;

EID: 84872186334     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205743110     Document Type: Article

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