Microbiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications

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

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2575-2580

  DeLeon Rodriguez, Natasha ^a   Lathem, Terry L ^a   Rodriguez R, Luis M ^a   Barazesh, James M ^b   Anderson, Bruce E ^c   Beyersdorf, Andreas J ^c   Ziemba, Luke D ^c   Bergin, Michael ^a,b   Nenes, Athanasios ^a,b   Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cloud condensation nuclei; Ice nucleation; Microbial community; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CLOUD; FUNGAL CELL; GOVERNMENT; HURRICANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CYCLONIC STORMS; METAGENOME; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873743151     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212089110     Document Type: Article

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