Intercontinental dispersal of bacteria and archaea by transpacific winds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1134-1139

  Smith, David J ^a   Timonen, Hilkka J ^b   Jaffe, Daniel A ^a,b   Griffin, Dale W ^c   Birmele, Michele N ^d   Perry, Kevin D ^e   Ward, Peter D ^a   Roberts, Michael S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ACTINOBACTERIA; AIR MASS; AIR-BORNE MICROBES; ARCHAEA; ASIAN LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BACTERIAL TAXA; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FIRMICUTES; LARGE AMOUNTS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL SPECIES; NORTH AMERICAN; PROTEOBACTERIA; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

ARID REGIONS; DUST; RNA; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OBSERVATORY; PROKARYOTE; TOPSOIL; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; WIND;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; METAGENOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WIND;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT BACHELOR; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874729355     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03029-12     Document Type: Article

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