Assessment of composition and origin of airborne bacteria in the free troposphere over Japan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-82

  Maki, Teruya ^a   Kakikawa, Makiko ^a   Kobayashi, Fumihisa ^a   Yamada, Maromu ^b   Matsuki, Atsushi ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a   Iwasaka, Yasunobu ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Asian dust; Bioaerosol; Free troposphere; Halotolerant bacteria; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; ASIAN DUST; BIOAEROSOLS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HALOTOLERANT BACTERIA; PHYLOGENY;

AEROSOLS; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOLOGY; CLONING; CONTRAST MEDIA; TROPOSPHERE;

BACTERIA;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALTITUDE; DESERT; DNA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; FIRMICUTES; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; JAPAN; SIBERIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84876450301     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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