Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8155-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8155-2018
Research article
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08 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 08 Jun 2018

Long-range-transported bioaerosols captured in snow cover on Mount Tateyama, Japan: impacts of Asian-dust events on airborne bacterial dynamics relating to ice-nucleation activities

Teruya Maki, Shogo Furumoto, Yuya Asahi, Kevin C. Lee, Koichi Watanabe, Kazuma Aoki, Masataka Murakami, Takuya Tajiri, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Asami Mashio, and Yasunobu Iwasaka

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Apr 2018) by Jianping Huang
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 May 2018)
ED: Publish as is (10 May 2018) by Jianping Huang
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Atmospheric bacteria are thought to act as ice nuclei influencing the cloud formation. We used the aerosols captured in the snow cover on alpine mountain to investigate the sequential changes of ice-nucleation activities and bacterial communities at high elevation. The snow-cover samples exhibited high ice nucleation corresponding to the increase in natural and anthropogenic dust particles. Terrestrial bacteria (Bacilli) recorded in snow cover increased in relation to ice-nucleation activities.
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