Bacterial diversity and composition during rain events with and without Saharan dust influence reaching a high mountain lake in the Alps

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 618-624

  Peter, Hannes ^a   Hörtnagl, Paul ^a   Reche, Isabel ^b   Sommaruga, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

DUST; RAIN;

ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LAKES; PHYLOGENY; RAIN;

EID: 84913584598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12175     Document Type: Article

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