Open AccessEvidence for more than one division of bacteria within airborne particles
Author(s) -
R. L. Dimmick,
H. Wolochow,
M. A. Chatigny
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.38.4.642-643.1979
Subject(s) - bacteria , aerosol , division (mathematics) , particle (ecology) , environmental science , biology , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , meteorology , physics , ecology , genetics , mathematics , arithmetic
When the protocol that we had used to demonstrate a single division of bacterial cells in airborne particles was changed to one that increased the glycerol content of the atomizer fluid from 1 to 5% (vol/vol), thus producing larger particles, more than two (and nearly three) divisions of bacteria occurred within 6 h of aerosol time.
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