학술논문
Contribution of microbial activity to carbon chemistry in clouds
Document Type
Report
Author
Source
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Jan, 2010, Vol. 76 Issue 1-2, 23-29
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0099-2240
Abstract
The biodegradation of the abundant atmospheric organic [C.sub.1] to [C.sub.4] compounds by selected representative microbial strains isolated from cloud water is analyzed. The in-cloud lifetimes of mono- and dicarboxylic acids are compared to reaction with the free radicals OH and N[O.sub.3] in the liquid phase, which has shown that microbial activity has represented a real alternative route for the oxidation of organic species in cloud water.