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Origin-Dependent Variations in the Atmospheric Microbiome Community in Eastern Mediterranean Dust Storms

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Proton pump inhibitor use associated with changes in gut microbiota composition

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The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)

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Legal immigrants: invasion of alien microbial communities during winter occurring desert dust storms

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Altered gut microbiome in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness causes neuroinflammation and intestinal injury via leaky gut and TLR4 activation

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Bioaerosols in the Earth system: Climate, health, and ecosystem interactions

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The Ebb and Flow of Airborne Pathogens: Monitoring and Use in Disease Management Decisions

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Dietary Gluten-Induced Gut Dysbiosis Is Accompanied by Selective Upregulation of microRNAs with Intestinal Tight Junction and Bacteria-Binding Motifs in Rhesus Macaque Model of Celiac Disease

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Molecular Evidence for Metabolically Active Bacteria in the Atmosphere

(2016) Ann M. Klein et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Highways in the Sky: Scales of Atmospheric Transport of Plant Pathogens

(2015) David G. Schmale et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Experimental Evolution of Enhanced Growth by Bacillus subtilis at Low Atmospheric Pressure: Genomic Changes Revealed by Whole-Genome Sequencing

(2015) Samantha M. Waters et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Minor revision to V4 region SSU rRNA 806R gene primer greatly increases detection of SAR11 bacterioplankton

(2015) A Apprill et al.   AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

NOAA’s HYSPLIT Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion Modeling System

(2015) A. F. Stein et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Every base matters: assessing small subunit rRNA primers for marine microbiomes with mock communities, time series and global field samples

(2015) Alma E. Parada et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Continental-scale distributions of dust-associated bacteria and fungi

(2015) Albert Barberán et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microbiology of wind-eroded sediments: Current knowledge and future research directions

(2015) V. Acosta-Martínez et al.   Aeolian Research

Effects of Stratospheric Conditions on the Viability, Metabolism and Proteome of Prokaryotic Cells

(2015) Dagmar Chudobova et al.   Atmosphere

Microbiomes of the dust particles collected from the International Space Station and Spacecraft Assembly Facilities

(2015) Aleksandra Checinska et al.   Microbiome

Improved Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene (V4 and V4-5) and Fungal Internal Transcribed Spacer Marker Gene Primers for Microbial Community Surveys

(2015) William Walters et al.   mSystems

Planning Considerations Related to the Organic Contamination of Martian Samples and Implications for the Mars 2020 Rover

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Implementing Planetary Protection Measures on the Mars Science Laboratory

(2014) James N. Benardini et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A method for sampling microbial aerosols using high altitude balloons

(2014) N.C. Bryan et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Waste Not, Want Not: Why Rarefying Microbiome Data Is Inadmissible

(2014) Paul J. McMurdie et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Microbes in the Upper Atmosphere and Unique Opportunities for Astrobiology Research

(2013) David J. Smith   ASTROBIOLOGY

Assessment of composition and origin of airborne bacteria in the free troposphere over Japan

(2013) Teruya Maki et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Seasonal Variability in Bacterial and Fungal Diversity of the Near-Surface Atmosphere

(2013) Robert M. Bowers et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads

(2013) Robert C Edgar   NATURE METHODS

phyloseq: An R Package for Reproducible Interactive Analysis and Graphics of Microbiome Census Data

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Inadequate methods and questionable conclusions in atmospheric life study

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Microbiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications

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Intercontinental Dispersal of Bacteria and Archaea by Transpacific Winds

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Microbial hitchhikers on intercontinental dust: catching a lift in Chad

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New perspectives on viable microbial communities in low-biomass cleanroom environments

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Free Tropospheric Transport of Microorganisms from Asia to North America

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Potential impact of microbial activity on the oxidant capacity and organic carbon budget in clouds

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Global dispersion of bacterial cells on Asian dust

(2012) Nobuyasu Yamaguchi et al.   Scientific Reports

Primary biological aerosol particles in the atmosphere: a review

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Pathogens as potential hitchhikers on intercontinental dust

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Microbial survival in the stratosphere and implications for global dispersal

(2011) David J. Smith et al.   AEROBIOLOGIA

Sources of Bacteria in Outdoor Air across Cities in the Midwestern United States

(2011) Robert M. Bowers et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

An improved Greengenes taxonomy with explicit ranks for ecological and evolutionary analyses of bacteria and archaea

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Multiangle implementation of atmospheric correction (MAIAC): 2. Aerosol algorithm

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A NEW UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

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Observations on the use of membrane filtration and liquid impingement to collect airborne microorganisms in various atmospheric environments

(2010) Dale W. Griffin et al.   AEROBIOLOGIA

Stratospheric microbiology at 20 km over the Pacific Ocean

(2009) David J. Smith et al.   AEROBIOLOGIA

Characterization of Airborne Microbial Communities at a High-Elevation Site and Their Potential To Act as Atmospheric Ice Nuclei

(2009) R. M. Bowers et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Contribution of Microbial Activity to Carbon Chemistry in Clouds

(2009) M. Vaitilingom et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY