Contribution of vegetation to the microbial composition of nearby outdoor air

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 3822-3833

  Lymperopoulou, Despoina S ^a   Adams, Rachel I ^a   Lindow, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84976416500     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00610-16     Document Type: Article

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