Cloud bacteria: diversity, ice nucleation and biosurfactants
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Ice-nucleation negative fluorescent pseudomonads isolated from Hebridean cloud and rain water produce biosurfactants H. E. Ahern, K. A. Walsh, T. C. J. Hill, and B. F. Moffett University of East London, Romford Road, Stratford, London, UK Environment Agency, Wallingford, UK Received: 1 September 2006 – Accepted: 15 September 2006 – Published: 4 October 2006 Correspondence to: T. C. J. Hill ([email protected])
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