Ice nucleation of bacterial cells
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Heterogeneous ice nucleation activity of bacteria: new laboratory experiments at simulated cloud conditions O. Möhler, D. G. Georgakopoulos, C. E. Morris, S. Benz, V. Ebert, S. Hunsmann, H. Saathoff, M. Schnaiter, and R. Wagner Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athen, Greece INRA, Unité de Pathologie Végétale UR407, Montfavet, France Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Received: 11 February 2008 – Accepted: 10 March 2008 – Published: 7 April 2008 Correspondence to: O. Möhler ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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