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

J Fröhlich-Nowoisky, CJ Kampf, B Weber… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aerosols of biological origin play a vital role in the Earth system, particularly in the
interactions between atmosphere, biosphere, climate, and public health. Airborne bacteria …

Primary biological aerosol particles in the atmosphere: a review

VR Després, JA Huffman, SM Burrows… - Tellus B: Chemical …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Atmospheric aerosol particles of biological origin are a very diverse group of biological
materials and structures, including microorganisms, dispersal units, fragments and …

The role of organic aerosol in atmospheric ice nucleation: A review

DA Knopf, PA Alpert, B Wang - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Predicting the formation of ice in the atmosphere presents one of the great challenges in
physical sciences with important implications for the chemistry and composition of the …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of biological ice nucleating particles in the atmosphere

S Huang, W Hu, J Chen, Z Wu, D Zhang, P Fu - Environment International, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological particles in the Earth's atmosphere are a distinctive category of ice nucleating
particles (INPs) due to their capability of facilitating ice crystal formation in clouds at …

Bacteria in the global atmosphere–Part 1: Review and synthesis of literature data for different ecosystems

SM Burrows, W Elbert, MG Lawrence… - … chemistry and physics, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Bacteria are ubiquitous in the atmosphere, with concentrations of bacterial cells typically
exceeding 1× 10 4 m− 3 over land. Numerous studies have suggested that the presence of …

A classical-theory-based parameterization of heterogeneous ice nucleation by mineral dust, soot, and biological particles in a global climate model

C Hoose, JE Kristjánsson, JP Chen… - Journal of the …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
An ice nucleation parameterization based on classical nucleation theory, with aerosol-
specific parameters derived from experiments, has been implemented into a global climate …

Suspendable macromolecules are responsible for ice nucleation activity of birch and conifer pollen

BG Pummer, H Bauer, J Bernardi… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
The ice nucleation of bioaerosols (bacteria, pollen, spores, etc.) is a topic of growing interest,
since their impact on ice cloud formation and thus on radiative forcing, an important …

How important is biological ice nucleation in clouds on a global scale?

C Hoose, JE Kristjánsson… - Environmental Research …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The high ice nucleating ability of some biological particles has led to speculations about
living and dead organisms being involved in cloud ice and precipitation formation, exerting a …

Particle-size distributions and seasonal diversity of allergenic and pathogenic fungi in outdoor air

N Yamamoto, K Bibby, J Qian, D Hospodsky… - The ISME …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Fungi are ubiquitous in outdoor air, and their concentration, aerodynamic diameters and
taxonomic composition have potentially important implications for human health. Although …

Atmospheric chemistry of bioaerosols: heterogeneous and multiphase reactions with atmospheric oxidants and other trace gases

AD Estillore, JV Trueblood, VH Grassian - Chemical science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Advances in analytical techniques and instrumentation have now established methods for
detecting, quantifying, and identifying the chemical and microbial constituents of particulate …