Airborne bacterial communities of PM2.5 in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei megalopolis, China as revealed by illumina MiSeq sequencing: A case study

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 788-798

  Gao, Jing Feng ^a   Fan, Xiao Yan ^a   Li, Hong Yu ^a   Pan, Kai Ling ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Airborne bacterial communities; Beijing Tianjin Hebei megalopolis; Illumina MiSeq sequencing; PM2.5; Potential pathogens

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ILLUMINA; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PLANT-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIANJIN;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEGACITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HEBEI; TIANJIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIALES; CYANOBACTERIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONADALES; RHIZOBIALES; SPHINGOMONADALES;

EID: 85014089827     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2016.02.0087     Document Type: Article

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