Effect of Dust Storms on the Atmospheric Microbiome in the Eastern Mediterranean

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4194-4202

  Mazar, Yinon ^a   Cytryn, Eddie ^b   Erel, Yigal ^c   Rudich, Yinon ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOINFORMATICS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; STORMS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ASSOCIATED BACTERIA; BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; MEASUREMENTS OF; POULTRY HOUSE; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

DUST;

DNA; RNA 16S; AEROSOL; AIR; DUST;

AEROBIOLOGY; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; BIOINFORMATICS; DUST STORM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AMBIENT AIR; AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMABACTERACEAE; DESERT; DNA EXTRACTION; DUST EXPOSURE; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEMMATIMONADETES; GENE; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RUBROBACTERIA; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPRING; WEATHER; AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

AEROSOLS; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AIR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84966425278     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b06348     Document Type: Article

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