Cell concentration, viability and culture composition of airborne bacteria during a dust event in Beijing

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 55, Issue , 2017, Pages 33-40

  Yuan, Hongli ^a   Zhang, Daizhou ^b   Shi, Yanning ^a   Li, Baozhen ^a   Yang, Jinshui ^a   Yu, Xuejian ^a   Chen, Nan ^a   Kakikawa, Makiko ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust; Bacteria; Beijing; Fluorescence enumeration; PM10

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; RNA; STORMS;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; ASIAN DUST; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BEIJING; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PM10;

DUST;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RNA;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACTERIA; BEIJING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84992751176     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2016.03.033     Document Type: Article

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