Structure, inter-annual recurrence, and global-scale connectivity of airborne microbial communities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-195

  Barberán, Albert ^a   Henley, Jessica ^b   Fierer, Noah ^b   Casamayor, Emilio O ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Aerosols; Airborne bacteria; Diversity; Saharan dust outbreaks; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; DUST; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; DIVERSITY; SAHARAN DUST; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

DEPOSITION;

RNA 16S;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DUST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RNA;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CELL VIABILITY; DUST; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPAIN;

PYRENEES; SAHARA; SPAIN;

16S RRNA GENE; AEROSOLS; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; DIVERSITY; SAHARAN DUST OUTBREAKS; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 84899690263     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.030     Document Type: Article

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