Arctic microbial and next-generation sequencing approach for bacteria in snow and frost flowers: Selected identification, abundance and freezing nucleation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6183-6204

  Mortazavi, R ^a   Attiya, S ^b   Ariya, P A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLOWER; FREEZING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MELTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SNOWPACK;

ARCTIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84930932868     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-6183-2015     Document Type: Article

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