Survival and ice nucleation activity of bacteria as aerosols in a cloud simulation chamber

Amato, P.; Joly, M.; Schaupp, C.; Attard, E.; Möhler, O.; Morris, C. E.; Brunet, Y.; Delort, A.-M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6455-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6455-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6455-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

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12 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 12 Jun 2015

Survival and ice nucleation activity of bacteria as aerosols in a cloud simulation chamber

P. Amato, M. Joly, C. Schaupp, E. Attard, O. Möhler, C. E. Morris, Y. Brunet, and A.-M. Delort

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Mortality rate of typical bacterial aerosols (Pseudomonas species) was determined in a cloud simulation chamber. Ice nucleation activity remained unchanged for several hours in aerosolized cells, whether they were viable or not. Cloud increased the specific removal of ice nucleation active cells by precipitation. Survival was negatively impacted by the presence of cloud and by sulfates.