Characterization of airborne ice-nucleation-active bacteria and bacterial fragments

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-117

  Šantl Temkiv, Tina ^a   Sahyoun, Maher ^a,b   Finster, Kai ^a   Hartmann, Susan ^c   Augustin Bauditz, Stefanie ^c   Stratmann, Frank ^c   Wex, Heike ^c   Clauss, Tina ^c   Nielsen, Niels Woetmann ^b   Sørensen, Jens Havskov ^b   Korsholm, Ulrik Smith ^b   Wick, Lukas Y ^d   Karlson, Ulrich Gosewinkel ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeromicrobiology; Airborne bacteria; Bioprecipitation; Ice nucleation; INA bacteria; Outer membrane vesicles

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ICE; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROTEINS;

AEROMICROBIOLOGY; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BIO-PRECIPITATION; ICE NUCLEATION; OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLES;

BACTERIA;

ICE; STAINLESS STEEL;

AEROSOL; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; ICE; NUCLEATION; PROTEIN;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE ICE NUCLEATION ACTIVE BACTERIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CELL DENSITY; CLIMATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84924405751     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.02.060     Document Type: Article

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