Seasonal Analysis of Microbial Communities in Precipitation in the Greater Tokyo Area, Japan
The presence of microbes in the atmosphere and their transport over long distances across the Earth's surface was recently shown. Precipitation is likely a major path by which aerial microbes fall to the ground surface, affecting its microbial ecosystems and introducing pathogenic microbes. Und...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01506/full |